Dick Tuck
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- Aug 29, 2009
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We Now Have Our Smallest Government in 45 Years
This is quite an interesting fact. Lowest rate in 45 years, and the right is still claiming that Obama is growing government.
So how badly has this actually hurt the job market? The Hamilton folks estimate that, if the share of government workers was back to 2007 levels, we'd have about 1.7 million more jobs than we do today. Now, did we have the balance right before the recession? That's for a much longer conversation. But it's certainly food for thought.
This is quite an interesting fact. Lowest rate in 45 years, and the right is still claiming that Obama is growing government.