[Moonman62]

There's been huge growth in service sector jobs. And as far as government goes, why doesn't productivity gains have an effect on it? Politicians are stealing us blind.

[templar]

There's been huge growth in service sector jobs.

Service sector jobs are, typically, a step dopwnwards, for the last century, not a move to better and higher paying jobs. Government jobs soak up excess workers and keep them off of the unemployment roles. There are more people working for government than for the manufacturing industry.