09-24-2015, 03:23 PM
(09-24-2015, 01:26 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: The area around DC has the highest wealth. They can afford to find other jobs. 15% of the gov isn't that much and no one would feel a difference except for that area with massive wealth.
What you're not realizing is that even in those NoVA areas, the low income individuals rely on those government workers doing their thing. Say you work in food service or hospitality in the area. A government shutdown means a drastic reduction in customers. The ripple effect felt from something like this reaches far and wide.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
