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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]DC: Many DC politicians and large sections of the government apparatus become redundant. You still need the same number of classroom teachers and policeman but you sure don't need all that upper management. Powerful people don't like losing their careers that they have built up over a lifetime. 
The politicians that keep their jobs are now now one rung lower on the totem pole. Egos don't like that. Fewer Escalades on the government bill. [/quote]

This "problem" goes away if you make DC a city (like Baltimore) or a county (like Montgomery) within Maryland.[/quote]

I don't have immediate data but here's what I have from www.city-data.com:
Baltimore    population 2003: 628,670
Washington population 2003: 563,384
(not so different in size of the city)

Baltimore    number of city government employees in 2005: 15,099
Washington number of city government employees in 2005: 34,000

Imagine if the Tea Partyers launched a campaign for retrocession based on the idea of eliminating 10 or 20 thousand Washington city employees. That would be fun to watch.[/quote]

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