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Anonymous wrote:My massage therapist voted for Trump because of low taxes, I went there the other day and the place was practically empty on a Sunday ( which has NEVER happened before). She said people are cutting back and she has no customers, I thought to myself that well this takes care of the income tax problem, no income so no tax.

I can’t believe the stupidity of small businesses and non fed people, they didn’t bother to think that if their clients lose jobs then they lose business, but here we are. I have a couple of relatives in Baltimore who voted for Trump and their business sales are in the dump. I have zero sympathy.

Btw, I am not a Fed but I have 2 brain cells to figure out that pretty much everything in DC is tied to the Federal government.

You seem to be suggesting that people in America should vote for what's best for the people in the DC metro area? Why would someone in Illinois vote so that DC area workers are employed by the government?

What a dumba$$, thinking that Feds only exist in DC.

Exactly. Dumb AF. The majority work outside DC and universities that get fed funding for research have to cut. Many of these are in MAGA land and confederate country. WSJ had a story.

Goodbye, U Alabama!

Not just Alabama will be impacted. They are the only state with a university getting NIH funding.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-cuts-to-nih-research-funding-would-hurt-states/

They don't care. They make $100 million yearly off their football program

Katie Britt cares. She’s scrambling for carve outs.

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Anonymous wrote:The stock market is rallying. No one else sees this as economic doomsday.

And, these cuts affect DC based feds a lot more. Feds outside of DC might lose their job, but their community will remain robust. Real estate won't crater, and the job market will won't be oversaturated the way it will be in DC.

DC feds are hosed. RIP the job market, real estate market, tax base, etc.

Maybe. However, RTO could boost the DC economy. When COVID hit and everyone started WFH, local restaurants, dry cleaners, coffee shops, hair salons, professional clothing stores, etc had to lay off a lot of workers or close entirely. RTO for federal workers, even a reduced number, could have a ripple effect by boosting these businesses. Similarly, companies contracting with the government may move their offices to DC in order to be closer to their customers, and the number of trade shows may increase as well.

Won’t happen until they are confident their jobs are secure again. Everyone affected is cutting spending right now.

Anonymous wrote:IDK about you all, but my nail tech and hair stylist are booked out for weeks. The restaurants are busy, and the line at the Louis Vuitton store at the mall was a mile long. I'm in AZ.

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Anonymous wrote:The stock market is rallying. No one else sees this as economic doomsday.

And, these cuts affect DC based feds a lot more. Feds outside of DC might lose their job, but their community will remain robust. Real estate won't crater, and the job market will won't be oversaturated the way it will be in DC.

DC feds are hosed. RIP the job market, real estate market, tax base, etc.

Maybe. However, RTO could boost the DC economy. When COVID hit and everyone started WFH, local restaurants, dry cleaners, coffee shops, hair salons, professional clothing stores, etc had to lay off a lot of workers or close entirely. RTO for federal workers, even a reduced number, could have a ripple effect by boosting these businesses. Similarly, companies contracting with the government may move their offices to DC in order to be closer to their customers, and the number of trade shows may increase as well.

Anonymous wrote:The stock market is rallying. No one else sees this as economic doomsday.

And, these cuts affect DC based feds a lot more. Feds outside of DC might lose their job, but their community will remain robust. Real estate won't crater, and the job market will won't be oversaturated the way it will be in DC.

DC feds are hosed. RIP the job market, real estate market, tax base, etc.

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Yay baby. MF’er not even a citizen , but influencing others on their vote. Send him back to Cuba. He can influence the politics in his own country

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Anonymous wrote:My massage therapist voted for Trump because of low taxes, I went there the other day and the place was practically empty on a Sunday ( which has NEVER happened before). She said people are cutting back and she has no customers, I thought to myself that well this takes care of the income tax problem, no income so no tax.

I can’t believe the stupidity of small businesses and non fed people, they didn’t bother to think that if their clients lose jobs then they lose business, but here we are. I have a couple of relatives in Baltimore who voted for Trump and their business sales are in the dump. I have zero sympathy.

Btw, I am not a Fed but I have 2 brain cells to figure out that pretty much everything in DC is tied to the Federal government.

You seem to be suggesting that people in America should vote for what's best for the people in the DC metro area? Why would someone in Illinois vote so that DC area workers are employed by the government?

Federal employees are in every state aren't they?

Anonymous wrote:University programs that cater to students interested in public service are also feeling the pinch. I got at email from AU SIS asking alumni if there’s anything we can do to help students find jobs given hiring pauses and other uncertainties are affecting students’ job opportunities, internships, experiential learning and labs. I don’t think too many people at American would vote from Trump, so it’s not a reap what you sow example, just an example of the broader ripple affect and who’s getting hurt beyond the feds in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:IDK about you all, but my nail tech and hair stylist are booked out for weeks. The restaurants are busy, and the line at the Louis Vuitton store at the mall was a mile long. I'm in AZ.

Cool. This is just the beginning. You haven't noticed 34,000 or more affected plus more if you count contractors.

Layoffs have begun in Arizona.

"Some Mesa Public Schools teachers won’t be back in the fall because of pending staffing cuts, Arizona’s largest public district announced last week.

Outgoing Superintendent Andi Fourlis said layoffs for the 2025-26 school year are necessary because of declining enrollment, rising operational costs and a reduction in federal and state funding."

https://ktar.com/arizona-news/mesa-public-schools-laying-off-teachers/5646536/


Arizona is home to 34,000 federal employees
Arizona has 34,150 civilian federal employees, according to a 2024 report by the Congressional Research Service. That’s a group nearly double the capacity of the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix.

The figure does not include the uniformed military personnel, the U.S. Postal Service or federal contractors...

Federal employees who live in Arizona work across a number of federal agencies, including 500 employees at the Bureau of Land Management. That agency manages nearly 17% of the land in Arizona, or 12.1 million acres....

The greatest number of Arizona federal employees, 16,450, live in Republican Rep. Eli Crane’s northeastern district. Another approximately 15,000 employees reside in Rep. Juan Ciscomani’s, R-Ariz., district in the southeastern part of the state, according to the Congressional Research Service.

Ciscomani is a member of the Delivering Outstanding Government Efficiency, or DOGE, Caucus in Congress.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2025/02/02/trump-federal-employee-buyouts-impact-arizona-workers/78102498007/

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Why is a Cuban getting deported?

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Anonymous wrote:My massage therapist voted for Trump because of low taxes, I went there the other day and the place was practically empty on a Sunday ( which has NEVER happened before). She said people are cutting back and she has no customers, I thought to myself that well this takes care of the income tax problem, no income so no tax.

I can’t believe the stupidity of small businesses and non fed people, they didn’t bother to think that if their clients lose jobs then they lose business, but here we are. I have a couple of relatives in Baltimore who voted for Trump and their business sales are in the dump. I have zero sympathy.

Btw, I am not a Fed but I have 2 brain cells to figure out that pretty much everything in DC is tied to the Federal government.

You seem to be suggesting that people in America should vote for what's best for the people in the DC metro area? Why would someone in Illinois vote so that DC area workers are employed by the government?

What a dumba$$, thinking that Feds only exist in DC.

Exactly. Dumb AF. The majority work outside DC and universities that get fed funding for research have to cut. Many of these are in MAGA land and confederate country. WSJ had a story.

Goodbye, U Alabama!

Not just Alabama will be impacted. They are the only state with a university getting NIH funding.

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-cuts-to-nih-research-funding-would-hurt-states/

They don't care. They make $100 million yearly off their football program