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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I telework 2 days and when I was in DC yesterday I bought a burrito and a bottle of water from Qdoba  and it was almost $20.00.  Bowser can start by fixing vagrancy and homelessness Fed workers aren’t going to buy enough lunch to fix DC even if they all return full time.[/quote]
Jesus. What a waste of money. It seems like prices everywhere have increased 50% or more. The idea that Federal workers need to come back in order to be ripped off is ridiculous. I recommend stocking up your office with protein shakes from
Costco. They are cheap, filling and provide all your essential nutrients. Maybe it’s not as satisfying as a burrito, but when the alternative is to spend $20 at Qdoba I’m going with the shake. [/quote]

DP.  Prices have totally gone up.  I generally bring my lunch but previously when things get busy would buy out once a week, but I swear lunch at my pre-pandemic quick service haunts cost 50% more.  Just not worth it.  I'll still get a coffee/muffin sometimes but have really buckled down on bringing my lunch.[/quote]

I'm a fed and I go in twice a week.  I stopped getting coffee from the shop next door to my office because it was just to expensive to justify.  I'm now brining it from home which is something I never thought I would do but I guess $6 for a latte was my tipping point.

I'm going to guess my agency's leadership doesn't give a damn about Bowser.  None of them live in DC and they seem to enjoy teleworking as much as the rest of us.  If she wants to criticize the way the fed government is managing its real estate profile that's one thing but suggesting how they manage employee benefits is going to far.  Plus there are a lot of DC government employees who are teleworking some percentage of time.  Until she brings back all DC employees full time she should limit these types of comments/demands.[/quote]
+1 This!

I’ve stopped buying coffee out completely. But prices downtown are insane and when I do go in, I also bring my own coffee which is also something I never thought I’d do. I walked into a Compass coffee a few months ago and look at the prices and just turned around and walked out.

I also agree that the DC mayor has no business thinking she can dictate anything to the Federal government, which is why the Federal government has paid her no mind.

Not to go off-topic, but it’s hard to see how DC statehood can ever be taken seriously if that cannot manage their affairs without always demanding Federal handouts, when the city already benefits the most from the Federal government than anywhere else in the country. [/quote]

D.C. doesn't demand federal handouts. It gets federal payments for things like health care, highways, etc., the same as the states do. The largest single tranche of federal money D.C. gets is for Medicaid. If you think any states would be able to manage their budgets without federal aid for things like that, you're dreaming.

What usually happens is the District eats the costs for things the federal government does that use up D.C. government resources, like, for instance, providing extra police during inaugurations (or rescuing Capitol Police during insurrections). Or, as I suspect we'll see again this year, picking up trash from federally owned and administered land around the city during federal government shutdowns.[/quote]
You believe that the Federal government is a drag on DC’s finances?[/quote]

No, but I believe a lot of people think the D.C. government gets way more in direct federal budget support than it does in reality.[/quote]
The Federal government is responsible for billions upon billions of dollars in direct and indirect economic support to the District of Columbia that is the envy of other jurisdictions, which is evident for how hard MD and VA are fighting over the new FBI HQ. How much is enough?[/quote]

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