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发帖数: 8227 | 1 We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers
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. |
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