Effect of federal government reductions in MoCo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, DAI, a major USAID contractor, which is based in Bethesda furloughed 382 workers due to the foreign aid pause/cancellation. Plus they say the govt hasn't paid them for work already completed. Catholic Relief Services is the largest recipient of USAID funds, and is headquartered in Baltimore...

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2025/02/06/dai-global-furloughs-usaid-trump.html

This is just said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think not enough people are talking about MoCo specifically. I work for a federal contractor in MoCo and numerous contracts have been terminated. Several of the USAID contractors are in MoCo. The top 2 employers in MoCo are NIH and FDA. Other top employers includes NOAA, NIST, and prominent government contractors with these agencies.

Walter Reed also employs hundreds of civilians and contractors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We all told you MoCo govt idiots to diversify the economy. Nope, they kept doubling down on increasing taxes, more red tape, and horrible business policies. Now Armageddon has arrived. So many jobs are going to be lost due to to fed cuts, and all of the contractors/think tanks/non-profits are going to be smoked. They're going to all need unemployment benefits at the same time. How many homes will end up foreclosing? The loss of property tax revenues will devastate the region.

This is exactly what they wanted. To burn everything down in the DMV. We are all screwed. It is going to be much more worse than you expect. And yes,.your home values are going to tank.

This. They are intentionally trying to stick to the elite/intellectuals - pull the rug out from under you and have you desperate and dependent on them for handouts.

[Anonymous]

Can't trumusk return to FL already and take their minions too

[Anonymous]

Is Musk's son living in that Old Executive building too? Musk sr and his ego to one up himself from his brother in South Africa, he can return to S Africa instead he is bringing his to here. Look at that, people being brought from Africa again this time white ones. How history repeats itself

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many are two-income families, highly educated, they can pull through. I wish it weren’t happening however, it’s an atrocity what is being done by eeeeel and trumps.

This is true and will save them. Every fed I know is incredibly smart and went to a top US college. It's not like layoffs at the mid-western factory. The point is to piss off Fed Workers and make them join the private sector.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think not enough people are talking about MoCo specifically. I work for a federal contractor in MoCo and numerous contracts have been terminated. Several of the USAID contractors are in MoCo. The top 2 employers in MoCo are NIH and FDA. Other top employers includes NOAA, NIST, and prominent government contractors with these agencies.

Walter Reed also employs hundreds of civilians and contractors.

I read about a hospital where the radiology department ALL took the fork. So now there's no Radiologists. Dumbass Shadow President Musk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think not enough people are talking about MoCo specifically. I work for a federal contractor in MoCo and numerous contracts have been terminated. Several of the USAID contractors are in MoCo. The top 2 employers in MoCo are NIH and FDA. Other top employers includes NOAA, NIST, and prominent government contractors with these agencies.

Walter Reed also employs hundreds of civilians and contractors.

I read about a hospital where the radiology department ALL took the fork. So now there's no Radiologists. Dumbass Shadow President Musk.

I feel bad for the veterans and service members that need care.

I do not feel bad for anyone that believes that fork in the road nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think not enough people are talking about MoCo specifically. I work for a federal contractor in MoCo and numerous contracts have been terminated. Several of the USAID contractors are in MoCo. The top 2 employers in MoCo are NIH and FDA. Other top employers includes NOAA, NIST, and prominent government contractors with these agencies.

Walter Reed also employs hundreds of civilians and contractors.

I read about a hospital where the radiology department ALL took the fork. So now there's no Radiologists. Dumbass Shadow President Musk.

Link?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think not enough people are talking about MoCo specifically. I work for a federal contractor in MoCo and numerous contracts have been terminated. Several of the USAID contractors are in MoCo. The top 2 employers in MoCo are NIH and FDA. Other top employers includes NOAA, NIST, and prominent government contractors with these agencies.

Walter Reed also employs hundreds of civilians and contractors.

I read about a hospital where the radiology department ALL took the fork. So now there's no Radiologists. Dumbass Shadow President Musk.

Link?

Musk is an idiot. If you offer a "package," research shows the people who take it are either close to retirement or the ones who have the best prospects elsewhere. Dumb to pay out people who were about to leave anyway, and particularly dumb to incentivize your best workers to leave.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think not enough people are talking about MoCo specifically. I work for a federal contractor in MoCo and numerous contracts have been terminated. Several of the USAID contractors are in MoCo. The top 2 employers in MoCo are NIH and FDA. Other top employers includes NOAA, NIST, and prominent government contractors with these agencies.

Walter Reed also employs hundreds of civilians and contractors.

I read about a hospital where the radiology department ALL took the fork. So now there's no Radiologists. Dumbass Shadow President Musk.

Link?

Musk is an idiot. If you offer a "package," research shows the people who take it are either close to retirement or the ones who have the best prospects elsewhere. Dumb to pay out people who were about to leave anyway, and particularly dumb to incentivize your best workers to leave.

Good for them. Bad for rest who need them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think not enough people are talking about MoCo specifically. I work for a federal contractor in MoCo and numerous contracts have been terminated. Several of the USAID contractors are in MoCo. The top 2 employers in MoCo are NIH and FDA. Other top employers includes NOAA, NIST, and prominent government contractors with these agencies.

Walter Reed also employs hundreds of civilians and contractors.

I read about a hospital where the radiology department ALL took the fork. So now there's no Radiologists. Dumbass Shadow President Musk.

Link?

Musk is an idiot. If you offer a "package," research shows the people who take it are either close to retirement or the ones who have the best prospects elsewhere. Dumb to pay out people who were about to leave anyway, and particularly dumb to incentivize your best workers to leave.

Yes, everybody knows this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We all told you MoCo govt idiots to diversify the economy. Nope, they kept doubling down on increasing taxes, more red tape, and horrible business policies. Now Armageddon has arrived. So many jobs are going to be lost due to to fed cuts, and all of the contractors/think tanks/non-profits are going to be smoked. They're going to all need unemployment benefits at the same time. How many homes will end up foreclosing? The loss of property tax revenues will devastate the region.

This is exactly what they wanted. To burn everything down in the DMV. We are all screwed. It is going to be much more worse than you expect. And yes,.your home values are going to tank.

This won't be limited to MoCo. You're about to find out that NoVa isn't as diversified as you'd like to believe.

Maybe a reduction in property costs will help young couples afford bigger houses and yards for their children and hobbies. The young couples that produce outside the federal government system and the ones who do stay employed in the fed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We all told you MoCo govt idiots to diversify the economy. Nope, they kept doubling down on increasing taxes, more red tape, and horrible business policies. Now Armageddon has arrived. So many jobs are going to be lost due to to fed cuts, and all of the contractors/think tanks/non-profits are going to be smoked. They're going to all need unemployment benefits at the same time. How many homes will end up foreclosing? The loss of property tax revenues will devastate the region.

This is exactly what they wanted. To burn everything down in the DMV. We are all screwed. It is going to be much more worse than you expect. And yes,.your home values are going to tank.

This won't be limited to MoCo. You're about to find out that NoVa isn't as diversified as you'd like to believe.

Maybe a reduction in property costs will help young couples afford bigger houses and yards for their children and hobbies. The young couples that produce outside the federal government system and the ones who do stay employed in the fed.

Your best hope for that to happen is that DOGE's efforts dramatically affect the private sector because those folks have driven up property values the most -- biglaw partners and associates, defense contractors, software firms that serve the government, etc. There are so many people who have become wealthy because of the government, but who aren't government employees.

[Anonymous]

Nice try fear mongers, but some basic math is in order here. Only 7% of all federal employees live in DC. Another 6% live in Maryland. So the max number of federal jobs that could possibly be lost in each location is 140,000 and 120,000 respectively. And, assuming 50% are lost, that’s 70k and 60k.