Simple math, Lisa might want to check how many folks work in the private, versus “public” sectors. Of course she might also look at how many “private sector” jobs are actually paid by the government- like Lockheed/Martin?
2 Millions Americans have lost their jobs in the past two years, if the “Private Sector” was hiring they would have a lot of people to choose from.
The Far Right and the GOP don’t care about these people, but the GOP doesn’t want to take the blame so they, now that they are out of power, want to blame everything on the government.
In the past 2 years millions of jobs have been lost in this country. We have a 9.7% + unemployment rate. If you count discouraged workers and those only working part time the rate is 15%+. During this time of massive unemployment the government has added 500,000 workers. How do they get paid? Obviously by taxes. If you cut the government work force by 1-2 million gave their pay raised by taxes back to the country, think of the results. Each individual would have more spending money and would purchase needs. The private sector would fill those needs and do more hiring and these newly hired workers would make more purchases. A wonderful circle.
Every single government worker is a drain on this country. A few we actually need and many do valuable work but still a drain. Add into that these workers are unionized and are bankrupting the country. California is the first of many failed states. 25% of their shortfall is payments made to unionized workers as benefits. It has to end.
“Every single government worker is a drain on this country.”??
No police or fire protection, “Privatized toll roads” that equal paying $53 per gallon for gasoline, no Army/Navy/Air Force/ Marines, no cheap timber on public lands, no cheap forage for ranchers, no agriculture subsidies to “private” farmers(corporations), think what “privatizing” the FAA would cost- while you pay $8 to use a blanket in coach from the airlines, no weather service to warn of floods, snow or crop threats, well yes- it’s truly a mixed bag of whether the services to the public, vs corporations are money down the drain.
You went the wrong way. Using your numbers our unemployment is closer to 4X the old number not 1/4.
dtoutma You really have no concept of the number of government workers. DC which is not my police, my fire dept, forest rangers. There are 2.0 million federal government workers! That is not police nor fire that is bureaucracy.
^What about DMV, Social Security, Public Library, City Parks, Medicare, Courts of justice, Jails, Public Schools, etc. Those are government jobs too! There’s way more, but I’m not gonna bore you with the list.
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
Simple math, Lisa might want to check how many folks work in the private, versus “public” sectors. Of course she might also look at how many “private sector” jobs are actually paid by the government- like Lockheed/Martin?
kennethcwarren64 over 14 years ago
2 Millions Americans have lost their jobs in the past two years, if the “Private Sector” was hiring they would have a lot of people to choose from.
The Far Right and the GOP don’t care about these people, but the GOP doesn’t want to take the blame so they, now that they are out of power, want to blame everything on the government.
agent.007 over 14 years ago
The referee in the game Lisa depicts is the Public Sector, so you know how the game has to turn out, regardless of how it should.
d_legendary1 over 14 years ago
“Public sector is make work.”
You were incoherent before, AN_uz. Now you’ve totally lost it.
I didn’t know referees suited up to play the game, skinhead007.
Libertarian1 over 14 years ago
In the past 2 years millions of jobs have been lost in this country. We have a 9.7% + unemployment rate. If you count discouraged workers and those only working part time the rate is 15%+. During this time of massive unemployment the government has added 500,000 workers. How do they get paid? Obviously by taxes. If you cut the government work force by 1-2 million gave their pay raised by taxes back to the country, think of the results. Each individual would have more spending money and would purchase needs. The private sector would fill those needs and do more hiring and these newly hired workers would make more purchases. A wonderful circle.
Every single government worker is a drain on this country. A few we actually need and many do valuable work but still a drain. Add into that these workers are unionized and are bankrupting the country. California is the first of many failed states. 25% of their shortfall is payments made to unionized workers as benefits. It has to end.
Dtroutma over 14 years ago
“Every single government worker is a drain on this country.”??
No police or fire protection, “Privatized toll roads” that equal paying $53 per gallon for gasoline, no Army/Navy/Air Force/ Marines, no cheap timber on public lands, no cheap forage for ranchers, no agriculture subsidies to “private” farmers(corporations), think what “privatizing” the FAA would cost- while you pay $8 to use a blanket in coach from the airlines, no weather service to warn of floods, snow or crop threats, well yes- it’s truly a mixed bag of whether the services to the public, vs corporations are money down the drain.
Magnaut over 14 years ago
OBMANADE……SQUEEZE SUCCESS AND GET LEMONS
kennethcwarren64 over 14 years ago
MAG - It wasn’t yellow unil the GOP pissed in it.
Remember the GOP has said, out loud and in print, that Obama must fail.
Libertarian1 over 14 years ago
RVW
You went the wrong way. Using your numbers our unemployment is closer to 4X the old number not 1/4.
dtoutma You really have no concept of the number of government workers. DC which is not my police, my fire dept, forest rangers. There are 2.0 million federal government workers! That is not police nor fire that is bureaucracy.
d_legendary1 over 14 years ago
^What about DMV, Social Security, Public Library, City Parks, Medicare, Courts of justice, Jails, Public Schools, etc. Those are government jobs too! There’s way more, but I’m not gonna bore you with the list.
comYics over 14 years ago
Lisa should have drew 2 women doing that, :)).