[–] loceng 14y ago ↗ Cute. But I would like to see a dynamically updating breakdown of all countries, for comparison, of all this data. Sadly, what governments publish may not be factual.
[–] daguar 14y ago ↗ Ugh. This data is somewhat obnoxiously wrong.- The federal gov't employs ~2.8 million people, not 29 million [1].- State and local gov'ts employ ~17 million, half of which are education (a little ~6 million are elementary and secondary) [2].- Let me also note that the topline figure is about ~150 million jobs [1]. I have no idea where he cuts out the retired and young from.Very quippy; very tantalizing to ideologues; very empirically inaccurate.Ugh.[1] http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm [2] http://www2.census.gov/govs/apes/10stlus.txt
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 17.2 ms ] thread- The federal gov't employs ~2.8 million people, not 29 million [1].
- State and local gov'ts employ ~17 million, half of which are education (a little ~6 million are elementary and secondary) [2].
- Let me also note that the topline figure is about ~150 million jobs [1]. I have no idea where he cuts out the retired and young from.
Very quippy; very tantalizing to ideologues; very empirically inaccurate.
Ugh.
[1] http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm [2] http://www2.census.gov/govs/apes/10stlus.txt