Evidence of a Poor Economy - When the Regulators outnumber the Regulated

Nearly 10 million more Gov't Employees (there are no Gov't workers) who do not produce anything but grief. Government has become our enemy. Proof of that is, what the last thing you want is a letter in the mail from some government bureau. It almost always means trouble. m/r

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

By Terence P. Jeffrey | November 7, 2016

 (CNSNews.com) - The United States lost 9,000 manufacturing jobs in October while gaining 19,000 jobs in government, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Government employment grew from 22,216,000 in September to 22,235,000 in October, according to BLS, while manufacturing jobs dropped from 12,267,000 to 12,258,000.
The 22,235,000 employed by government in the United States now outnumber the 12,258,000 employed in manufacturing by 9,977,000.
Over the past year—from October 2015 to October 2016—manufacturing employment fell by 53,000, declining from 12,311,000 to 12,258,000. During the same period, government employment climbed 208,000, rising from 22,027,000 to 22,235,000.

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