Supreme Court punting statehood is not the story. Eleanor Holmes Norton punting tax free is!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give DC Statehood and spread the Federal Gov to the rest of the various states. DC could keep Congress and the WH and the Mall but all the bureaus and jobs gets spread out across the country. Fed jobs are great for local economies so it’s only fair that job location be done on a parity basis across all states.

They already are. 85% of federal employees are not in the DC area.

Actually, it’s closer to 25%. I have seen the 2017 list you are citing and it doesn’t make sense. There are 500k plus jobs in DC/MD/VA. There are about 2 million federal jobs. The 15% number is a huge undercount. Still, move the jobs and the actual agencies and thousands or hundreds of thousands others follow. Leave Congress, the WH and the mall. Spread everything else around. Fair for all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give DC Statehood and spread the Federal Gov to the rest of the various states. DC could keep Congress and the WH and the Mall but all the bureaus and jobs gets spread out across the country. Fed jobs are great for local economies so it’s only fair that job location be done on a parity basis across all states.

They already are. 85% of federal employees are not in the DC area.

Actually, it’s closer to 25%. I have seen the 2017 list you are citing and it doesn’t make sense. There are 500k plus jobs in DC/MD/VA. There are about 2 million federal jobs. The 15% number is a huge undercount. Still, move the jobs and the actual agencies and thousands or hundreds of thousands others follow. Leave Congress, the WH and the mall. Spread everything else around. Fair for all.

You know more than OPM about the location of federal jobs? Wow.

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/data-analysis-documentation/federal-employment-reports/reports-publications/federal-civilian-employment/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No taxation would instantly turn DC into an international tax shelter and housing prices would quadruple.

And that’s fine.

- 25 year district resident charmed by all the adorable come latelys with their flags and tattoos and statehood signs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Give DC Statehood and spread the Federal Gov to the rest of the various states. DC could keep Congress and the WH and the Mall but all the bureaus and jobs gets spread out across the country. Fed jobs are great for local economies so it’s only fair that job location be done on a parity basis across all states.

They already are. 85% of federal employees are not in the DC area.

Actually, it’s closer to 25%. I have seen the 2017 list you are citing and it doesn’t make sense. There are 500k plus jobs in DC/MD/VA. There are about 2 million federal jobs. The 15% number is a huge undercount. Still, move the jobs and the actual agencies and thousands or hundreds of thousands others follow. Leave Congress, the WH and the mall. Spread everything else around. Fair for all.

Trump tried that and there was no one there to fill the jobs.