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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you know most federal jobs are already outside Washington DC, right?[/quote]

This. I hate to burst OP's bubble with facts but 14% of federal employees work in the entire DC region, 86% are around the world. There are nearly as many civilians in Texas or California as there are in DC. DOD civilians and VA staff account for over half of all civil servants, they are working on bases and in VA hospitals around the country and world. What remains in DC is mostly headquarters, which makes sense for any large organization to be co-located.[/quote]

I know you are a fed and all that, but  you do understand that the population of Texas and California are multiples higher than the population of DC[/quote]

Yes, I can also read census data. The point was not that the percentage of workers in those states who are federal employees is higher than comparable in DC but that the total percentage of federal employees in the DC region is only 14%, In contrast to the common perception that the entire federal government works in DC. The original point of this thread seemed to be that we should move federal employees out of DC, the fact that 86% of them are already out of DC seems relevant.[/quote]

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