I love Google because when Right Wingers bring up these complaints, you can just go see the "truth". The "truth". To right wingers, it's the most frightening word in the English language.
It's actually been that way since 1989. Hmmm, 1989. The last year of Reagan's second term and the first year of Bush term.
Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by 9,932,000
I'm not disputing that there are more government workers. But let's look at them per 10,000 residents.
Looking at it that way, guess who has the most government workers? It's like with high school drop outs and welfare recipients. It always ends up being Republican states. Why is that.
So, let's look at the states with the most government workers per each 10,000 residents.
The the largest number of course is blood red Alaska with a whopping 245.
While I didn't actually go through it and look at exact numbers, for sure, the state with the largest number of government workers appears to be mostly Red States.
If anyone wants to look at the data, here is the link:
States With Most Government Employees: Totals and Per Capita Rates
