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Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, a c - Tiangou - 02-13-2025
https://jalopnik.com/trumps-return-to-office-forces-17-000-workers-into-4-40-1851760921
President Donald Trump’s second term has thus far been a deluge of executive orders. They’ve largely ranged from bad to horrifying, but one always stuck out as primarily just weird and out-of-touch: A ban on remote work for the federal government. As it turns out, this one’s even worse than it seems — government offices simply don’t have the space for all their new in-person workers...
Return-to-office mandates make little sense for most industries, as the employer suddenly has to bear costs for real estate, internet, and myriad other costs. Work-from-home passes theses costs onto the employee, who very often maintains — or exceeds — the same quality of work. Unfortunately, work-from-home appears to be Woke, so we can’t have it...
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - Black - 02-13-2025
Sounds more like too many cars than too many people.
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - $tevie - 02-13-2025
Isn't Trusk firing most of the federal employees? That oughta fix it.
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - Carnos Jax - 02-13-2025
This is purely nothing but the billionaire oligarchs (Musk, Trump et.al) trying to make the lives of their slaves as miserable as possible.
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - pdq - 02-13-2025
Just FYI: From Krugman’s column this morning:
Source: FRED (ie Federal Reserve Economic Data, a product of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - SDGuy - 02-13-2025
Black wrote::agree:
Sounds more like too many cars than too many people.
Did everyone suddenly forget that the Metro exists?
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - Acer - 02-13-2025
This administration
1. Declares a national energy emergency
2. Demands all employees report in person to work.
What a cluster. Who voted for this crap?
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - Tiangou - 02-13-2025
SDGuy wrote::agree:
[quote=Black]
Sounds more like too many cars than too many people.
Did everyone suddenly forget that the Metro exists?
The Metro serves very few areas, has limited hours of service, and is broken on any given day. If you live anywhere affordable, odds are that you are not served by the Metro.
It’s mostly for tourists and a few commuters who can tolerate hours of delays or being shuffled onto buses when a breakdown takes down a whole line.
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - SDGuy - 02-13-2025
Tiangou wrote::agree:
[quote=SDGuy]
[quote=Black]
Sounds more like too many cars than too many people.
Did everyone suddenly forget that the Metro exists?
The Metro serves very few areas, has limited hours of service, and is broken on any given day. If you live anywhere affordable, odds are that you are not served by the Metro.
It’s mostly for tourists and a few commuters who can tolerate hours of delays or being shuffled onto buses when a breakdown takes down a whole line.
Well - I suspect that many of those folks who were stuck in traffic for a few hours will rethink whether or not to try riding in on the Metro instead; time will tell one way or the other.
Re: Traffic in DC crept to a standstill Monday as nearly 17,000 federal workers commuted in to the Washington Navy Yard, - Lux Interior - 02-13-2025
Public transport is woke radical socialism.
It should be Eloned immediately.