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Re: Obama says private sector 'doing fine,' then Standard & Poor keeps downgrade, neg
Obama's statement wasn't restricted to the federal government. In fact a lot of the stimulus bill's aid was directed to the states so that they could avoid mass layoffs. And, point of fact, Politifact rated Krugman's statement "true", which it obviously was when you look at the bls data.
Obama wants more gov employees? THAT will fix the economy? 38000 more fed employees on his watch isn't enough????????????
"First, let’s look at federal government employment, which accounts for just 13 percent of all government employment. The number of federal workers has increased by 38,000 over the same period -- an increase of 1.4 percent.
And if you separate out the U.S. Postal Service, the growth was even bigger. Non-postal federal employment -- about 10 percent of all government employment -- increased over the same period by 139,000 workers, or 6.7 percent."
PolitiFact | Paul Krugman says government jobs have fallen by half million since January 2009
Obama's statement wasn't restricted to the federal government. In fact a lot of the stimulus bill's aid was directed to the states so that they could avoid mass layoffs. And, point of fact, Politifact rated Krugman's statement "true", which it obviously was when you look at the bls data.