Want smaller government? Looks like you already got it

[Guns Guns Guns]

Growth in private sector employment has been counteracted by a drop in public sector employment. This is the graph for state and local government jobs:

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Add federal jobs to state and local jobs to get the number for total public sector employment. (Presumably that spike mainly reflects hiring for the census.)

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http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/06/maybe-the-private-sector-is-doing-fine/258311/

 

[Rune]

Nice that government actions ensure an ongoing recession.

 

[Guns Guns Guns]

I wonder what jobs the righties want to cut next?