Posted on 03/10/2023 11:13:46 AM PST by Olog-hai
The number of people employed by government in the United States increased by 46,000 in February, according to the employment report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In January, according to BLS’ seasonally adjusted numbers, there were 22,449,000 people employed by government in this country. In February, that increased to 22,495,000. […]
From January to February of this year, federal government employment increased by 7,000, rising from 2,881,000 to 2,888,000.
State government employment increased by 2,000 from January to February, rising from 5,162,000 to 5,164,000. State-government employment in the United States hit its all-time high in February 2020, just as the COVID pandemic was starting. […]
Local government employment increased by 37,000 in February, rising from 14,406,000 in January to 14,443,000. …
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Bloated government.
it takes the taxes of 4 private sector workers to pay wages and benefits of each gov’t worker.
Not questioning your post but where did you get that information?
Where do they get the money to do this?
Mitch McConnell?
This is March. Time to give them a fat raise! :-(
If you’ve got cancer, make sure to take one with you.
I like how you think.
Going the wrong way.....
Well, there HAS to be some place for the non-talented.
Feb 10, 2023 — As of January 2023, there were 131.18 million full-time employees in the United States.
In January, according to BLS’ seasonally adjusted numbers, there were 22,449,000 people employed by government in this country. In February, that increased to 22,495,000. […]
Bureaucracy is the physical manifestation of passive aggression!
Love to see the demographics on those numbers.
Before long 80% of the country will be working for the government or in a hospital.
Any of the 46,000 Americans or are they all illegal aliens and former carnival freak show stars?
Not from the point of view held by a tyrannical government...
The continuing exponential growth of government intrusions into every aspect, both major & minor, of the serfs' lives is essential for the absolute control the communists have now imposed...
The need for more spies, informants, bureaucrats, armed tax collectors, and other apparatchiks is driven in order to maintain the dark communist tyranny under which we now exist...
On the optimistic side, there are only about 998 years of this tyranny left that we have to put up with...
They “the Bureaucrats” are the Nazi Stormtroopers.
There has never been such a low class bunch of do nothings as the Government worker....
I can’t wait until we revolt and repeat the 1776 revolution...
All we need is another George Washington....
AND THEN CALL US TO ARMS...
I miss my government job! Earned many more benefits in 12 years than 25 years in private sector.
It seems most people lack all ability to analyze trends. Government employment continues to grow and life gets worse. You gotta be stuck on stupid to think growing government makes anyone better off than those who are employed by government.
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