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eodoll  Posts: 1,028
Registered: 2002-2-14 12:35:42
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What about comparing it to bush?
Also you cant look at just employees. The new healthcare reform that forces us to buy insurance from private companies has screwed everyone ver.
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ZigmundZag Title: Grammar Nazi
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Registered: 2002-3-25 23:03:00
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The interesting thing is if you compare the % of people employed by the government (state, local and federal) in the early 90's until now it's declined. I really wouldn't have expected that, especially with the creation of DHS 10 years ago.
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Sin_of_Onin Posts: 1,307
Registered: 2005-6-29 08:21:12
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eodoll posted:
What about comparing it to bush?
Also you cant look at just employees. The new healthcare reform that forces us to buy insurance from private companies has screwed everyone ver.
I don't see how I am screwed over by having people forced to buy insurance. The only impact I see is higher costs associated with covering people with pre-existing conditions but a lot of those costs were being passed down anyway. Plus I really don't have much of a problem with that reform sense I think it sucks people were getting screwed over by that.
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reesescups Title: //Captain America
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Registered: 2003-5-26 14:45:53
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ZigmundZag posted:
The interesting thing is if you compare the % of people employed by the government (state, local and federal) in the early 90's until now it's declined. I really wouldn't have expected that, especially with the creation of DHS 10 years ago.
Yeah, I am a bit surprised overall as well. Well now I know, and so do the rest of you derpa derpas!
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Moe_Nox Title: In Moe We Trust
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Registered: 2007-2-4 12:17:56
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Does not compute.
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theredkay1  Posts: 611
Registered: 2008-5-16 10:37:09
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The BLS tracks this stuff in their monthly employment numbers. Easy to pull at http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
Govt Employment growth from 1/1989 to 1/2012
Federal: (10%)
State: +23%
Local: +34%
Of the state growth, 80% of it was in education. Of the local growth, 60% of it was education.
Private payrolls are up 24% over the same time.
Scary big government appears to be teachers. |
Sin_of_Onin Posts: 1,307
Registered: 2005-6-29 08:21:12
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theredkay1 posted:
The BLS tracks this stuff in their monthly employment numbers. Easy to pull at http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
Govt Employment growth from 1/1989 to 1/2012
Federal: (10%)
State: +23%
Local: +34%
Of the state growth, 80% of it was in education. Of the local growth, 60% of it was education.
Private payrolls are up 24% over the same time.
Scary big government appears to be teachers.
I would bet a lot of the education stuff is special education related or administrative.
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Grymlo  Posts: 415
Registered: 2002-4-30 05:51:06
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Yet , the debt was $10.626 trillion on the day Mr. Obama took office. The latest calculation from Treasury shows the debt has now hit $14.639 trillion. 
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theredkay1 Posts: 611
Registered: 2008-5-16 10:37:09
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Sounds like massive financial industry driven recessions are not a good for the budget after all.
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Groucho48 Posts: 821
Registered: 2003-10-22 03:00:14
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The day Obama took office and for almost a year after, it was the Bush budget.
As to the rest, this has been posted numerous times...
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