[glm]

i agree - they don't have to sell to the government. I used to wonder why anyone would ever sell to the government.

[dr_who]

On the contrary, the Washington DC area is exploding because our government spends like a drunken sailor. Hi-tech firms, law firms, contractors, etc. are falling all over themselves to buy a plot of overvalued swampland and set up shop so that they too can join the "beltway bandit" club and tap into that steady stream of cash. The more the government spends, the more entrenched it gets. Trust me. Washington is basically one huge morass.