ripple effects from government employment/contracting uncertainty in DMV economy?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

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The rest of the country doesn't give a sh** about unemployment in DC or have any sympathy for fed workers or contractors who they regard as evil leeches stealing their hard earned money or at least lazy moochers.

Until it hits them. So far, it looks like a lot of the focus is on NIH cuts, which are currently on hold. 22 states joined in this suit; some of them are red states You can see the list in the caption
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.280590/gov.uscourts.mad.280590.1.0.pdf

Local news outlets are beginning to publicize the effects

Ohio https://www.cleveland.com/medical/2025/02/trumps-proposed-nih-cuts-threaten-northeast-ohios-biomedical-research-industry.html

Arizona https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA5ACLFosWI

Alabama https://www.al.com/news/2025/02/what-would-nih-funding-cuts-mean-for-alabama-5-things-to-know.html

Iowa https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2025/02/13/nih-cuts-could-mean-university-of-iowa-loses-33m-in-research-funds/78480108007/

So far, local press hasn't highlighted the fact that even if the percentage is increased from 15 per cent, grant processing is going to take a lot longer because so many NIH staff were laid off.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make those folks get a teaching certificate and get them into schools to teach. teaching shortage and especially of people in STEAM subjects.

Why? My kid was slated to start a STEM PhD this fall and all science is on hold. Until we know the real end game eg Yarvin’s vision or whatever else they’ve cooked up, I see no point. Would be great but aren’t schools shrinking? There will be an exodus from DMV.

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DC proper and super close in, eg Arlington, will be fine or even improve bc of return to office. centreville, Springfield, woodbridge, anything outside the beltway will be a blood bath.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

No one is vilifying all Feds. It's mostly waste to the NGOs and non-profit orgs with bloated executive salaries who think everyone should subsidize their lives that drives people who work for a living to be so upset.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

No one is vilifying all Feds. It's mostly waste to the NGOs and non-profit orgs with bloated executive salaries who think everyone should subsidize their lives that drives people who work for a living to be so upset.

I don't even mind the That's Not My Jobs and the I'm on My Breaks at the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

No one is vilifying all Feds. It's mostly waste to the NGOs and non-profit orgs with bloated executive salaries who think everyone should subsidize their lives that drives people who work for a living to be so upset.

Bloated nonprofit salaries is an oxymoron. I’ve worked in nonprofit work for 20 years and finally cracked $70k this year.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

No one is vilifying all Feds. It's mostly waste to the NGOs and non-profit orgs with bloated executive salaries who think everyone should subsidize their lives that drives people who work for a living to be so upset.

Bloated nonprofit salaries is an oxymoron. I’ve worked in nonprofit work for 20 years and finally cracked $70k this year.

The poster you replied to wasn’t suggesting the peons at ngos were getting rich. Your bosses intentionally pay you peanuts so they can drive Mercedes, buy 2M homes I arlington, etc

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

Sounds like the mantra for a death cult.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

No one is vilifying all Feds. It's mostly waste to the NGOs and non-profit orgs with bloated executive salaries who think everyone should subsidize their lives that drives people who work for a living to be so upset.

Examples?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

News? Or tweets from the guy doing the crime? If you want to know what is in the budgets of agencies, google them. They are all available to you on line. Go find the "waste" on your own.

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If anything, my friends who work for feds, NIH, Navy / Army medicine work harder than my private sector friends. This whole thing is so sad; they are being made scapegoats. If you want to deal with the debt, look at SS / Medicare, which they’ll never touch. While our household is not fed or even fed related, we are going on a buying strike for anything nonessential in solidarity. Buy only local where possible; do not feed the tech machine that is behind this.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope everyone in the DMV realizes that these government layoffs are going to cause people in the private sector and small businesses to lose jobs too. If you have ever lived in a factory town when the factory closes, all businesses go down too.

Good luck with your property values.

There will be pain but we will sacrifice for the greater good.

You won't survive this sacrifice, you are not special. Something has to change to what's going on, and at some point even the biggest fans of DOGE will start questioning when new jobs will be created and all the prosperity they are promised will start trickling down to them. So far proposed budget is going to add to national debt too.. let's find out where they are planning to spend and how this will benefit you.

I’ll be fine. Not at all worried. My kids and their kids will be fine. Already taken care of from real work.

As for the other aspects you mentioned, I wish you all had thought of that before you spent decades looting the treasury.

Who looted the Treasury. Seriously, what ARE you talking an out? All these Trumpers thinking their work in the private sector somehow is legitimate over government workers is laughable. Unless you are a doctor, you and your work really aren’t that special.

Government workers help you get a passport, process social security payments or make sure Exxon is punished for spilling oil all over Alaska. While you do what exactly? Are there unnecessary programs, sure? But the vast majority are good and government workers work hard. Your inability to understand this shows a lack of critical thinking. My husband and I have never worked for the government but appreciate their work. My husband works in banking and while he isn’t in favor of some of the regulations there, he recognizes the importance of the CPFB. He has had a front row seat to the predatory lending and its impact on the lower socioeconomic class. The class that Trumpers pretend to champion. But in reality don’t give an F about.

I see I'm dealing with the kind of low information voter who has not been falling the news and seen the extraordinary waste being exposed.

Any waste comes from policy decisions. Not what generic government workers are doing.

Vilifying all Feds is just as bad as vilifying all cops. Same hysterical, mindless mob behavior based on feelings. Just occurring on the opposite of the political spectrum.

Come up with an informed way to cut waste. You'd have yourself a bipartisan issue.

No one is vilifying all Feds. It's mostly waste to the NGOs and non-profit orgs with bloated executive salaries who think everyone should subsidize their lives that drives people who work for a living to be so upset.

Bloated nonprofit salaries is an oxymoron. I’ve worked in nonprofit work for 20 years and finally cracked $70k this year.

The poster you replied to wasn’t suggesting the peons at ngos were getting rich. Your bosses intentionally pay you peanuts so they can drive Mercedes, buy 2M homes I arlington, etc

I don’t think so. My boss drives a 20 year old dodge lol.