[HN Gopher] Washington is shunning remote work, and we're all lo...
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       Washington is shunning remote work, and we're all losing
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2023-03-22 20:52 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | snake_plissken wrote:
       | A rather refreshing take on the work from home topic.
       | 
       | When gas prices were at their peaks last summer I found it a
       | little perplexing that the Biden administration wasn't advocating
       | for more work from home policies, so that people didn't have to
       | commute as much to get to the office. But they really can't
       | advocate for it too much. There is a ton of money in commercial
       | real estate and the commercial mortgage backed securities that
       | have been spawned. End of the day, I think that is why we have
       | the current atmosphere where "work from home bad" narratives are
       | being pushed with such frequency and intensity.
        
       | globalreset wrote:
       | The thing to understand about government hiring is that it's
       | about popular support, and not some kind of "talent" or
       | "expertise".
       | 
       | Every government employee is another ballot (somewhat) aligned
       | with the needs of the ruling elites. That's a solid base always
       | supporting expansion of government, giving it more power and
       | transferring more resources to it. How could they not, when they
       | view themselves as a "part of it".
       | 
       | At the end of the day - the government doesn't care how
       | efficiently it runs. What it cares about it is staying in power.
        
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