Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by 9,977,000

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Originally Posted by whell

Economic growth is flat, we're replacing manufacturing jobs, and higher paying jobs in general with lower wage jobs...

...so how is it that we can afford expanding gov't jobs?

Also, government is immune to inefficiencies that, for example, advancing technology might offer to managing labor costs? We just need "more gov't jobs " because we're at a 50 year low, regardless of the work that might or might now be available? Sounds like you want to bring back the secretarial pool with all the typewriters?

It is a huge dilemma. Government jobs offer reasonable salaries, benefits, and better security than what is generally available in the private sector.
However we must be wary of government ballooning.

How do we strike a balance is key and not the number of jobs in itself.

As to manufacturing jobs we have sold out so much to the Chinese that I
do not see too much hope there.