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Government is Largest Employer: The Fading American Economy
ronpaulforum.info — According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy lost 98,000 private sector jobs in March, half of which were in manufacturing. Today 13,643,000 Americans are employed in manufacturing, of which 9,849,000 are production workers. Government employs 22,387,000 Americans, 8,744,000 more than manufacturing. Even the category leisure and
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- freedomwv, on 04/10/2008, -1/+5Hello socialism good by liberty. I knew this was going to happen. Dammit!
- siszam, on 04/10/2008, -3/+1You're not very smart are you? Socialist countries provide education and health care. America provides war, death and cuts education funding. Socialism would mean your tax dollars benefit citizens instead of killing them. If you think that's a bad thing then you're the one with a problem. What we have now is a country that is run for the benefit of corporations and elitists. That's why is more beneficial for companies to ship out jobs than to train Americans to do them. That is why other countries get our tax dollars in the form of "aid". That's what your beloved Republican party has done for you. So when you're standing in the bread lines and the economy has collapsed thanks to Bush and Buddies you will be wishing we were a socialist country.
- StingingNettle, on 04/10/2008, -0/+3To big to fail! I bet the BIS will end up bailing the U.S. out.
- harrisbradley, on 04/11/2008, -0/+1That's funny, same thing with China.
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