A sobering statistic - from CNS News:
21,995,000 to 12,329,000: Government Employees Outnumber Manufacturing Employees 1.8 to 1
Those employed by government in the United States in August of this year outnumbered those employed in the manufacturing sector by almost 1.8 to 1, according to data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There were 21,995,000 employed by federal, state and local government in the United States in August, according to BLS. By contrast, there were only 12,329,000 employed in the manufacturing sector.
This is no way to run a Nation - or to reduce National Debt.
When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.
--Benjamin Franklin
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money
--Margaret Thatcher
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