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Why Your Tax Dollars Fund Empty Office Buildings
In this episode of The Fiscal Policy Podcast, Lucas and Luna dig into a specific and costly problem in public spending: the federal government's sprawling real estate portfolio. The US government is the largest property owner in the country, with over 250,000 buildings. But the Government Accountability Office reports that dozens of agencies are using less than 25 percent of their office space, while still paying full maintenance and utility costs. Lucas walks through the numbers on a few specific buildings in Washington, DC, and explains why the government can't easily sell them…
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