Chart of the Day: ( public-sector workers vs goods producing workers )

Hot Air ^ | 12:55 pm on January 6, 2010 | Ed Morrissey

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

This comes from Business Insider, and it provides a natural follow-up to my post from last week as to why public-sector workers are more optimistic than private-sector employees.  For the first time, the US has more government workers than goods-producing workers:

The significant dropoff comes from the sharp increase in unemployment over the last year. 

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Graph says it all...

[TexasCajun]

Need the matching chart in salary/wages.

Seems everyone but govment workers are feeling my pain.

[TruthConquers]

"For the first time, the US has more government workers than goods-producing workers: "

Time to go Galt!!

I knew it was getting close to where the system will have to start imploding from the weight of the NON-producers. It is NOW!!!

[skeeter]

The next great conflict(whatever shape it will take) will not be between the states. It will be between the public sector and its proxies, and the rest of us.

[TruthConquers]

And that is what is so scary.

The statists will not go quietly into the night.
They will use more and more “laws” to STEAL from the rest of us, to keep themselves alive.

Sigh.

Maranatha!!!!

[RC2]

Yup. I don’t know what’s wrong with people that don’t understand that the more government workers we have, the more taxes we have.

[DonaldC]

Looks like Bush’s losses were as bad as obama’s now. Regardless, that few workers making anything says a lot.

[TruthConquers]

“Toward the end of 2007, the total number of government jobs exceeded the total number of goods producing jobs
.”

SO, this has been going on for MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.

[WOBBLY BOB]

..but security will improve greatly if TSA is unionized.

Comedy Of Errors: Cameras Didn’t Work At Newark

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421979/posts

DHS Decided It’s OK to Allow Some Terrorists to Board Planes

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2422265/posts

[Road Warrior ‘04]

[onyx]

And they all get pensions!

[WOBBLY BOB]

Big payoffs to senators on health bill stoke public anger

http://www.sfexaminer.com/politics/Big-payoffs-to-senators-on-health-bill-stokes-public-anger-8675288-79940092.html

Beyond reckless / Sacramento, Washington pile up the debt

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/24/beyond-reckless-sacramento-washington-pile-debt/

House votes 218-214 for short-term debt ceiling increase

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/72607-debt-limit-raised-in-close-vote

Feds owe Uncle Sam $3B in unpaid taxes

D .C. hands out $15M in bonuses despite recession, budget...

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/D_C_-hands-out-_15M-in-bonuses-despite-recession_-budget-gaps-8651125-79169767.html

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Direct link and Note the Title:

CHART OF THE DAY: How The Government Payroll Replaced Goods-Producing Jobs

**************************EXCERPT*****************************

In the just-so story of the evolution of our economy , our old manufacturing based economy has been replaced by an innovative knowledge economy. That's not quite true.

In fact, the decline of the jobs in goods producing sectors of the economy--construction, manufacturing, mining and agriculture--has largely been met with an increase in jobs on the government payroll.

[WOBBLY BOB]

that’s the next coming economic catastrophe:

http://www.pensiontsunami.com/public.php

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well you might find this interesting:

CHART OF THE DAY: You Should Have Gone Into The Public Sector

[TexasCajun]

Thank You

[DonaldC]

Maybe I need to look for a gubmit job.

[elc]

Seems everyone but govment workers are feeling my pain.

You are correct.

"The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker's pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector."

http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2009-12-10-federal-pay-salaries_N.htm

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

More charts...this from Aug 2009: