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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think it’s going to amount to that much on a macro level (not downplaying the effect on families). I don’t think dc economy or real estate will end up that impacted. 
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Well, you're wrong. In December, there were 20,000 people unemployed in the District. So far, 75,000 federal workers have taken the buyout and hundreds of thousands could be laid off because they are probationary. Obviously only a fraction of them live in DC. But it wouldn't take much for the number of unemployed people to reach levels unseen in many decades. [/quote]

Almost everyone who took the Fork was retirement eligible or had another job so no part of the unemployment numbers.  But the probationary employees are obviously different.  It’s not clear to me how many live in DC versus MD, VA or other states.  [/quote]
The probationary people I know who took the Fork were mid 30s to early 40s.
None lived in DC proper.

But - an element that I have not seen discussed at all is how all of this is going to impact local non-profits who connected through the Combined Federal Campaign / United Way.[/quote]

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