[traderrob6]

“That’s not 1.8% of the Federal work force. It’s 1.8% of the entire D.C. area employment base”

Exactly, people need to freakin pay attention.

[relee]

There are over 3 million people employed in the DC metro area and about 10% are federal government employees. If my math is correct that 1.8% impact in the region means the President is talking about RIF for 20% of the federal government workers in the DC region and that's a good start!