Posted on 08/24/2010 3:16:57 AM PDT by Scanian
Out of work? Behind on your bills? Defaulting on your mortgage, maybe? If so, you no doubt did not hold a government job before getting canned.
Some 2½ years after the start of the recession, the evidence is now clear: The private-sector economy took a severe blow -- but public-sector workers were spared. In fact, their numbers actually grew, albeit slightly.
This stark picture clearly reflects upside-down priorities -- particularly if officials care about boosting the truly productive parts of the economy.
Start with a few telling statistics: From January 2008 to January 2010, private-sector jobs plunged from 115.5 million to 106.8 million. But the number of federal, state and local public employees climbed up a tick, from 22.3 million to 22.4 million, as economist Veronique de Rugy recently noted. In other words, some 8.7 million private-sector jobs vanished, while the public sector gained 100,000 jobs.
Not much of a recession for government workers, but a hard hit for everyone else.
Private-sector jobs began to fall almost immediately after the onset of the recession in December 2007. But state and local jobs remained steady, at least until last month, when states finally started laying off their workers, too. As for federal employment, as of July, it was nearly 10 percent higher than back then.
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It's about time we pass an Amendment that sets an absolute limit on the size of the Federal government as a percentage of the adult population. It's heading toward 1/10 of the population working for the government and that's not even 1/10 of the adult population. Half that might be reasonable if you include a larger than current military, but no more than 1/20. Regards
I think you may have slipped a decimal, not to mention that the tax rate would have to be something along the lines of 100% for every private sector employee to have to pay for two government employees.
There are 115.5 million private sector jobs when things are better than they are now, and at that same point there were 22.3 million public employees. See, I do better when I'm not mumbling to myself while I type. So, you're right, we aren't at the point where taxes are required to reach 100% yet.
Regards
Even with the correct ratios it is sickening and pathetic.
The recession DID NOT start 2 1/2 years ago. Liars all.
The second consecutive quarter of negative growth ended on 12-1-08.
Facts are stubborn things.
Fedgov employment is a little over 2 million people.
Where do you get a “ratio of two government jobs for every private sector job” from?
Is that “new math”?
As the article stubbornly states, it includes all levels of government not just the federal government. Nonetheless, the federal government needs to be put on a leash in order to keep it from mandating, funding, and creating, the reason for many of the jobs required at the state and local level.
Regards
We’re going to have to cut entire departments at Federal and State levels.
Of course the goal is socialism. The Obamanistas know exactly what they’re doing.
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