When conservative pundits talk about Blacks, at some point a comment
is made that Blacks work disproportionately for the government and
that this is government dependence, just like welfare. Keeping that in
mind, here is an interesting statistic:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704050204576219073867182108.html
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?
Every state in America today except for two—Indiana and
Wisconsin—has more government workers on the payroll than people
manufacturing industrial goods.
The bold emphasis is mine. Please note that RED states are also
included in this statistic. That's right, FLY OVER COUNTRY is on
welfare!
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