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Title: Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by 9,932,000
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CNSNews.com
URL Source: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ter ... -manufacturing-workers-9932000
Published: Sep 3, 2016
Author: Terence P. Jeffrey
Post Date: 2016-09-03 13:27:04 by Hondo68
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Keywords: GOP party of, big government, open borders, nanny state
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(CNSNews.com) - Government employees in the United States outnumber manufacturing employees by 9,932,000, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Federal, state and local government employed 22,213,000 people in August, while the manufacturing sector employed 12,281,000. The BLS has published seasonally-adjusted month-by-month employment data for both government and manufacturing going back to 1939. For half a century—from January 1939 through July 1989—manufacturing employment always exceeded government employment in the United States, according to these numbers. Then, in August 1989, the seasonally-adjusted employment numbers for government exceeded the employment numbers for manufacturing for the first time. That month, manufacturing employed 17,964,000 and government employed 17,989,000. Manufacturing employment in the United States had peaked a decade before that in June 1979 at 19,553,000 From August 2015 to August 2016 seasonally-adjusted manufacturing employment declined by 37,000--dropping from 12,318,000 last August to 12,281,000 this August. The 22,213,000 government employees in August, according to the BLS, included 2,790,000 federal employees, 5,120,000 state government employees, and 14,303,000 local government employees. Poster Comment: In 1989 the US changed from a free market economy, to a big government nanny state, open borders tyranny, aka Atzlan. By the end of Reagan's second term where the lines cross on the chart, the country was hosed. 
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As I wrote back in 2011... "The Democratic Party's nourishing of special interests enabled by government handouts has resulted in the formation of the ultimate special interest group, that being the U.S. Government itself; which, includes not only those we elect, but also, the staffs of all the federal agencies, bureaucracies, foundations, policy institutes, etc. With so many who are not required to answer directly to the people, this new special interest group, also known as "our government," now exists not to protect all citizens of America, but solely to perpetuate its own existence while lining its members' pockets with the hard earned money it steals from those who work and pay taxes. The failure of the Republican Party to stand on principle to stem the tide of this vast new special interest group makes them an accessory to the fact; which, puts those of us who are footing the bill for ALL special interest groups between the proverbial "rock and a hard place." We can't support Democrats for obvious reasons; and, we can't get a third party candidate elected because BOTH major political parties have gotten anti-third party election laws passed in enough states that it is virtually impossible for anyone other than a Republican or a Democrat to get his/her name on the ballot in every state in a national election. However, as bad as the Republican Party is, it is still the best option we have for the short term. We can and should continue to work with the Tea Party Movement to elect more conservative candidates to office at all levels. Long term, we need to work to get the anti-third party laws repealed or made less strict; especially in the states which make it the hardest for their candidates to get on the ballot. The states that usually pose the biggest challenge for third party candidates seem to be Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and Indiana; but, almost every state makes it harder for third party candidates to get on the ballot than Republicans and Democrats. I encourage everyone to check into your own state's laws and work to change those that need changing." Of course, in 2011, I did not foresee the Tea Party being infiltrated by RINOs and/or those who were elected by that movement's efforts being corrupted by those who preceded them in Congress. Now, our only hope is to elect Trump...
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