Thanks to work-from-home, the capital won’t look too different when the government closes.
. He has covered national and local politics for over twenty years and spent seven years as editor-in-chief of the. His Capital City column chronicles the inside conversations and big trends shaping Washington politics.
Since idled federal workers always wound up getting paid back for their involuntary time off, it was these adjacent private businesses where the budget stand-off had some of its biggest effects: When there are nearly 200,000 fewer people making their way to offices every day, that means there are nearly 200,000 fewer potential customers at your boutique, diners in your restaurant or cars at your parking garage.
To be clear, Sayin, whose organization is funded by some of the region’s top businesses, is not saying the muted impact on D.C.’s economy is a good thing. To the contrary. While Washington boosters have long tried to portray their city as more than just a sleepy government town, the shrugging attitude toward the effects of a possible shutdown doesn’t reflect the sudden rise of a dynamic private sector.
But you really don’t need a sheaf of HR data to know that Washington is not the same place as it was before the pandemic. Still, when shutdowns come, the politics are a reminder that work — especially work on behalf of the taxpayers — isn’t just an economic exchange of labor for money.
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