Jobs/Industries Not Affected

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Construction

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Local governments just raise taxes to pay for what they want, so many jobs there are probably safe enough.

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LEO is only a viable option if you're in your early 30s and already hitting the gym. At least at the federal level there is a max age limit as well as physical test to be hired.

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Anonymous wrote:Local governments just raise taxes to pay for what they want, so many jobs there are probably safe enough.

Last recession every state and local government went through furloughs and layoffs. Plus I doubt the current animus against government employees is meant only for the feds.

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Anonymous wrote:Construction

Nope. DH works for a major construction company in the DMV. There’s a trickle down effect. Feds will be vacating buildings and that will result in higher vacancy rates and reduced demand for new office buildings. Higher rates of unemployment or underemployment paired with high interest rates mean the residential market could slow meaning less demand for new construction. Also, the tariffs will raise costs for construction. Inflation had already had a negative impact. I just hope DH keeps a job.

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oil and gas, nuclear

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Construction

Nope. DH works for a major construction company in the DMV. There’s a trickle down effect. Feds will be vacating buildings and that will result in higher vacancy rates and reduced demand for new office buildings. Higher rates of unemployment or underemployment paired with high interest rates mean the residential market could slow meaning less demand for new construction. Also, the tariffs will raise costs for construction. Inflation had already had a negative impact. I just hope DH keeps a job.

Data centers

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a private investigator whose primary clients are hedge funds. Business is very good for now. My wife works in PR; her clients are primarily corporations.

+1. My DH is a law firm partner whose clients are the above. Even if some clients leave/shrink/disappear, that's highly unlikely to happen to all of them.

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Unemployment office will soon be hiring en masse - to process claims, expand software, public relations, budgeting, etc

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Anonymous wrote:Construction

Most ridiculous answer. Tariffs, high interest rates, plus nobody spending money will hit construction hard.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a private investigator whose primary clients are hedge funds. Business is very good for now. My wife works in PR; her clients are primarily corporations.

+1. My DH is a law firm partner whose clients are the above. Even if some clients leave/shrink/disappear, that's highly unlikely to happen to all of them.

Your husband isn’t telling you what deregulation and lack of enforcement is about to inflict on his law practice.

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Anonymous wrote:Local law enforcement. As society slowly unravels more will be needed.

Local law enforcement officers are government employees paid by tax dollars. The federal DOGE mess will trickle down to the state and local levels as they lose tax revenue and federal funding. What will happen is that people will have to hire private security guards and more neighborhoods will become gated communities. Look at other countries where this is commonplace.

It’s gonna get ugly.

The crazy thing is that LEOs overwhelmingly vote republican. And then they’ll cry when the state budgets are ultimately squeezed and it starts to affect their personal bottom line. But they won’t blame the Rs, they’ll just complain that the cuts should come from elsewhere in the state budget.

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Lower cost retailers, dollar stores and groceries will benefit as families tighten their budgets.

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Anonymous wrote:Residential property management (apartment rentals). We are hiring like crazy at my company.

This is interesting. We own a condo on the Orange Line that we rent out and I was thinking finding tenants would soon become difficult.

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My NGO takes 0 federal funding, thank God