Obama lays out budget: this will shock you, but he calls for increased spending to be "paid for" by increasing taxes

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Originally Posted by HappyTexan

The government outsources as contracts, not individual workers.

Not always.

Where I worked we had in our contract the number of people we wanted. We ALSO had contracts for individual people.

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Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

Even more interesting is the fact that the Government worker to Population ratio is now lower than it has been in decades. Reagan is the 2nd lowert, but even he had more government workers than we do now (in relation to population).

Bush had the highest ratio, and Obama has reduced it by 7%.

I'm curious -- what is the significance of Govt worker to population ration? Is that somehow intended to validate the growth of government?

Our government is the biggest employer in the country -- seems those are the only jobs Obama has been able to create. The rest just didn't materialize ("weren't as shovel ready as we thought" ha-ha). Yes, Mr. President. That was funny. NOT.

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Originally Posted by Finn_Jarber

The difference in government workforce is actually about 14% going back 10 years

You do understand the difference between the size of government, and the workforce, right? Do you think things like Social Security, welfare, etc only consists of workforce ?

And considering the workforce, you do understand that the government is contracting out for more services evey single day, right? Guy 2 doors up from me has worked for the Patent office for 20 years.. 3 years ago he became a "private" employee, contracted out and no longer federal.