Nation of Takers, Not Makers!!

We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers
More Americans work for the government than in manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined.


By STEPHEN MOORE

If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960, when there were 15 million workers in manufacturing and 8.7 million collecting a paycheck from the government.

It gets worse. More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined. We have moved decisively from a nation of makers to a nation of takers. Nearly half of the $2.2 trillion cost of state and local governments is the $1 trillion-a-year tab for pay and benefits of state and local employees. Is it any wonder that so many states and cities cannot pay their bills?

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Disgusting...we are becoming a nation of socialist!

Yes sir, we are.

"The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. " -- Gordon Gekko

kresspin wrote: "The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. " -- Gordon Gekko

Nice fictional movie quote :Snooze

Considering that many of the private sector jobs, manufacturing for instance, have gone away, people have had to go to where there is work--government is hiring when others are not. I guess there's too much red tape for the government to outsource as yet.

The fault lies with presidents who have increased the size of the government by adding more layers of bureaucracy: Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Lyndon Johnson and George W. Bush.

Why are you not including Obama????

He increased government spending. My post was referring to presidents who added entire new departments.

kresspin wrote: He increased government spending. My post was referring to presidents who added entire new departments.

You mean like this ? http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans