Washington DC Now Has the Highest Unemployment Rate in the Country at 6.9%

A few years ago, I was eating breakfast in a DC hotel listening to two men talk about their schedule for the day. Their business was decorating homes for Christmas, and they were discussing their heavy workload. As I listened quietly the men were describing premium rates for DC families who wanted their decorating services completed fastest. The average rate was $15,000 per residence for 30-day interior holiday decorating, and the rates went up from there. They were overwhelmed with business calls. I sat there stunned doing spit-takes with my coffee while thinking, “holy cow, who has that kind of...