USDA eases relocation timeline as researchers flee agency

The Hill ^ | 08/09/19 | Rebecca Beitsch

[ZOOKER]

DC is where I want to stay
I get allergic smelling hay
I just adore a White House view
I love ya but give Pennsylvania Avenue...

Sorry but I got no sympathy. Nobody promised a lifetime guarantee.
Just quit, we’ll all be happier. We don’t want any more candy-ass prima Donna beaurocrats, lots of local guys here can do your job.
Just quit.

[redlegplanner]

lets start a list of where the agencies should move:

Commerce to Newark
DHS to El Paso
HUD to Gary
BLM to Fairbanks

….

[upchuck]

From the article:

members of Congress need this information and need to have face-to-face meetings with these researchers...

It's called Skype. Welcome to the world of technology.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Skype would never work. There would be a record of what they discussed.

[semimojo]

LOL - right, because there are SO many other agriculture research jobs they can get in Washington D.C.

For better or worse most of these jobs aren't agriculture-specific. They're much more related to economic analysis and tax and trade issues.

These people's skill sets are in much higher demand in DC than in KC.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

There is a lower cost of living there so they should be good.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

How will we ever survive without USDA researchers? This is a bigger cataclysm than a huge meteor strike.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Be patient. They are just starting the replacement program to dump Western Union Telegraph and install Telex.

[Pollster1]

I’d rather fire them now, but as long as they steadily cut staff, I’m happy.

[Dr. Sivana]

lets start a list of where the agencies should move:

Commerce to Newark
DHS to El Paso
HUD to Gary
BLM to Fairbanks


AMTRAK to Baltimore, MD
Bureau of Indian Affairs to Tucson, AZ
Chemical Safety Board to Dover, DE
Commission of Fine Arts to Nashville, TN
BATF to Attu Station, Alaska

[Publius]

Amtrak should move to Chicago, which is the hub for its national network of long distance trains.

[Taxman]

YES!

KEEP DRAINING THE SWAMP!

HST, WHEN YOU ARE UP TO YOUR ASS IN ALLIGATORS (LIEBERALS!),
IT IS HARD TO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOUR INITIAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO DRAIN THE SWAMP!

[MinorityRepublican]

Next, let’s move FBI Headquarters to Kansas City. They’ll do a better job because they would be less motivated by the “Swamp” in D.C.

[Dr. Sivana]

Amtrak should move to Chicago, which is the hub for its national network of long distance trains.

I picked Baltimore, as it is in the middle of the only profitable route (Bos-NY-PHL-BAL-DC). Also, I thought we were going to avoid giving the fed employees first tier cities (NY-CHI-LA) in order to save on costs. Yes, if we actually wanted to keep the whole nationwide system intact, Chicago would actually be logical.

[Publius]

Amtrak has 3 business units:

• The Northeast Corridor;
• State-supported corridor operations in states such as North Carolina, Washington state, California and other states;
• The long distance trains.

The 3 business units should be separated into 3 different agencies to avoid Amtrak's annoying practice of allocating costs across business units, which gives false data about financial success or failure.

The Northeast Corridor should be headquartered in Philadelphia.

The state-supported corridor operations should be headquartered in Sacramento, which is where many of the various California corridor operations intersect.

The long distance network should be headquartered at Chicago's Union Station.

[100American]

To get rid of the swamp creatures and well connected Leftards and provide assistance to the folks they serve more directly

Does this bother you?

[Beagle8U]

Put them all in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, let them see a real fever swamp up close and personal.

[zeestephen]

Yes - I should have read past the first sentence.

The two main “research” groups are economic research and NIFA, which hands out scientific research grants.

In Washington D.C., there is never a shortage of work for economists or cash distributors!

[Wonder Warthog]

"Besides, does the USDA still pick cotton?"

Yes, actually. And none of those researchers is located in DC. USDA has at least one in south Louisiana. This is just a bunch of bitching beltway bandits screeching when their gravy train is being derailed.

[onemiddleamerican]

This is a case study in how to effect a major reduction in force in the government sector. And the Federal government needs it badly. Transfer these agencies out to the lower cost states in flyover country. If this could cause a 20% reduction in force it would show a path for finally getting some control over the Swamp.

Agreed. As well, I believe it makes a whole lot of sense to have the agencies located where most of its responsibilities are. Very little agriculture happens in DC/MD/VA Metro area.