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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC literally wouldn’t exist without government. And the more the government spends, the richer DC residents get. So it makes sense that they’re pro big government and pro big government spending. Self preservation.[/quote]

Actually, very little of DC residents actually work for the federal government or the contractors. That is mostly suburban folk.[/quote]

+1. This narrative is infuriating and incorrect. I have lived in DC for 25 and literally have one friend who is a fed, and one friend who is a federal contractor. That’s it.[/quote]

Ok, but the base of the economy if linked to the federal government, and as a result, your friends are indirect beneficiaries, even if they don’t work directly for the government or a government contractor.  How many law firms do you think would be here if it weren’t the capital?  Even the tech corridor is in many ways a function of government funded research from the cold war era.[/quote]

You don’t need to get a paycheck directly from the federal government to be dependent on it.

If the capital of the country was in Tennessee, do you really think the DMV would have the economy is has? It would be a lot more like Baltimore.[/quote]

You can equally say that if the capital of Tennessee wasn't Nashville do you think it would have a large and vibrant metropolitan area? I'm not really sure what point you're making.  [/quote]
I’m not sure the point you’re making. Plenty of state capitals are pretty blah places that are neither large nor vibrant.[/quote]

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