[Calif Conservative]

Oh, and one more thing. You posted this:

* There were only 194,000 new jobs in the private sector. Of those, 37,000 are in construction and only 11,000 are in manufacturing. The bulk of the new jobs – 144,000 – are in domestic services.*

But you conveniently left this part out, which preceded the private sector comments from Roberts. Here is the full passage:

* Twenty-one thousand of those jobs were government positions supported by taxpayers. There were only 194,000 new jobs in the private sector. Of those, 37,000 are in construction and only 11,000 are in manufacturing. The bulk of the new jobs – 144,000 – are in domestic services.*

See? Roberts brought up the government jobs. So a comparison of government vs. private job growth is apt and on-topic.

[Paul Ross]

See? Roberts brought up the government jobs. So a comparison of government vs. private job growth is apt and on-topic.

No, it isn't because Roberts makes no further mention of Government as a proportion of the job growth. He isn't belaboring that, so your whole effort to argue against that position he doesn't take... is a straw man argument.

You are hence off topic and inapt. Still.

[1rudeboy]

The usual suspects have been whining for months that all of our job growth is in the public sector. Now, apparently things have become inconvenient.