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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone on the West Coast, my first thought is that there's a lot of good stuff that DC gets that the rest of the country doesn't get. For example, you have the Smithsonian museums that are way better than anything we have in the rest of the country. You also get paid WAY more for frankly less work than the rest of the country gets.

I'd be fine if they distribute the government departments/functions throughout cities in the rest of the country, distribute the museums and any other things like that that are supposed to be national facilities and services, and then let the surrounding states absorb the DC properties and its residents.[/quote]

People in DC may get paid more, that is, you know, how capitalism works. It is also a high cost of living area. Not as high as NY or SF, but higher than almost anywhere else in the US.

The Smithsonian is Federal and open to ALL visitors free of charge, whether they are a US taxpayer or not.

Distributing departments across the country would actually make the federal government less effective. As it is, more than 90% of federal workers are outside of DC. But you have to be able to have leadership and senior staff etc in a location where it makes sense to work with the WH and the Capitol on policy.[/quote]

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