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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If telework is indeed here to stay, my prediction is that the DC area will weather this better than many other cities and states. 
 
If people keep resisting requests/commands to head back to the office and continue to insist they are just as productive at home, at some point corporate leaders will simply offshore those jobs. They did this before with blue collar jobs; they will do it to knowledge workers. Why pay for an accountant/graphic designer/engineer in the US, when you can hire one for a 1/10 of the cost and without pesky employment regulations in Costa Rica or Ghana or India? Even if these employees are (initially) less productive, they will cost so much less that it won't matter. The tax revenue consequences of this will be felt throughout the country.

The safest jobs are going to be jobs that cannot be outsourced: service jobs, professional jobs that require physical interaction (e.g., some doctors), the military, and many government jobs. The latter will make the DC area more offshore-proof than the rest of the country.

In addition, vengeful Republicans will eventually force federal government employees back to the office. They will be delighted at upsetting what they perceive to be lazy government workers. Which will help DC and surrounding areas.[/quote]

Every time I have been downtown it seems quite busy. Also, I agree that the “vengeful” Republicans are going to force federal workers back into the office. It is only a matter of time. [/quote]

The House already has a bill introduced by GOP sponsors to end federal telework, as it happens.[/quote]

Will it pass the Senate?  And even if it does, can it reverse or supersede signed bargaining agreements?  Not sure it can, on either of those questions.[/quote]
It’s not likely this will pass the Senate unless it gets included in the debt ceiling package or something like that. The most likely outcome would probably be to lead more agencies to move to the suburbs and that’s likely to happen anyway. [/quote]

Yep. GSA won't allow my agency to justify new leases or buildings in DC because of the cost savings in PG, Alexandria, and Fairfax.[/quote]

If more fed agencies move out, wouldn’t that mean a federal city (at least one as big as it is now) is unnecessary? Wouldn’t the exit of more federal agencies bolster DC’s chances of statehood? [/quote]

Congress and the president are still located in DC. The federal city insulates them from the pressure of whatever state would otherwise house them [/quote]

I get that but there is an argument to be made in reducing the size of the federal city to the area closer to the Mall.

[b]Ultimately I wonder if statehood would attract more business to DC. I’m not fully versed in how DC operates but seems like the fed govt plays a middleman role that comes with a cost. Remove the middleman and maybe the area becomes more attractive? [/b][/quote]
This is going to need an explanation because I have no clue what you are referring to. [/quote]

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