IMF/WB protests & fed gov spending

[Chuck Munson]

Jlcranford at aol.com wrote:
> <PRE>a perhaps unexpected result of the imf/wb protests in dc:  the meetings are 
> in late september and coincide with the end of the u.s. government's fiscal 
> year -- when frenzied gov. workers rush to spend every penny available for 
> that year (often into the wee hours of the last day, often with the main 
> reason for buying something being that it's available on short notice and, 
> eh, might be useful - sometime, somewhere, to someone).  but -- many fed 
> workers stay home to avoid potentially disruptive protests in downtown dc, 
> thus impeding the end-of-fiscal-year ritual. 

If Fed Workers expect to get to work on Friday, September 27, they can 
expect to several hours in traffic. The anti-capitalists are planning a 
morning shutdown of traffic and public transit. Given D.C.'s problems with 
gridlock, this shouldn't be too hard to do. Even if the cops arrest 
everybody, their activities will be sufficient to add to the gridlock.

Chuck0

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