You do realize that many buildings that house Federal agencies are not federally owned correct? I work for a bureau within the DOI and we lease space in buildings that were owned by a local college and even the city. If taxes aren’t being paid by the entities that actually own the buildings, then take it up with them. We also pay a crap ton in local utilities and all of us own a house and vehicles we pay taxes on. It’s the same way when I was in the military and lived off base, I paid property taxes, tags for my car and personal property taxes as well depending on the state.
Oh, and the federal government recently ordered a study to see which jobs can go remote work, so the amount of office space they lease can be cut down. For many areas they want to cut lease spaces at, I can see it hurting the local economy.
