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That sucks! Looks like the recession is finally starting to affect DC. It appears that other metros are slowly recovering from the recession, but the DC metro is slowly falling into recession. It will be interesting what happens next week - the government may shut down - and the effect will trickle down and affect all sectors of the economy...mainly DC.
They just put forward a bill that will keep D.C. federal workers working if the government shuts down but stop all other federal government employee's in the country. Just saw it on the news today.
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They just put forward a bill that will keep D.C. federal workers working if the government shuts down but stop all other federal government employee's in the country. Just saw it on the news today.
From what I understand, if the federal government shuts down, the government of DC shuts down as well. I believe that the bill in question would allow the government of DC to continue running by using local taxes that have been accumalated, instead of relying on the coffers of the federal government. Because otherwise, DC itself would be completly shutdown as well. A DC congresswoman is proposing this.
From what I understand, if the federal government shuts down, the government of DC shuts down as well. I believe that the bill in question would allow the government of DC to continue running by using local taxes that have been accumalated, instead of relying on the coffers of the federal government. Because otherwise, DC itself would be completly shutdown as well. A DC congresswoman is proposing this.
Yep, that is what I heard.
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