We are not going to be able to get rid of all of the Federal workers no matter how much we downsize the government. We have seriously depressed cities in the United States. Instapundit writer Glenn Reynolds has the solution. From USA Today:
Make D.C. a swamp again: Glenn Reynolds
Donald Trump ran for president on the slogan “Make America Great Again!” And he’s also promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington. But maybe the way to do that is to make Washington a little less great. Because as Washington has prospered over the last several decades — to the point where people are making Hunger Games comparisons — the rest of the country hasn’t done as well.
So perhaps it’s time for a role-reversal. I propose that over the next several years, we transfer a lot of federal employees out of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, to parts of the country that aren’t doing so well economically. This would provide a boost to places like Buffalo, New York, or Quincy, Illinois, or Fresno, California, while getting federal bureaucrats out of the D.C. bubble.
This is, of course, a step beyond the kind of thing that The New York Times was worrying about after the election, when it ran a piece worrying that a “newly vibrant” D.C. would suffer under a Trump administration, as progressive hipsters left for greener (or bluer) pastures. But while fewer hipsters is always a plus, what I really hope would happen is a reduction in the population of lobbyists and senior bureaucrats.
Makes perfect sense.
Decentralization of the Fed "workforce" would reduce DC metro population and home values. As a homeowner here, I hate the idea, but as a taxpayer, it makes perfect sense.