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copperline
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Subject:
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I won't mention the dismal jobs report
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Date:
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4/6/2012 7:13:27 PM
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i started to try to write a post about how much the unemployment numbers were affected by reductions in government spending, as various community agencies, local governments, and contractors have seen Fed dollars pulled back. Looking at headlines today, even Republican officials in Alabama are beginning to worry about what the impact of the coming govt cutbacks will be. More to come on that later, i think.
i didn't get very far on the first question, but i did come up with something else interesting. These numbers from the US Office of Personnel Management.
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Years in office
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Fed employees at beginning
of term
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Fed employees at end of term
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Change
(Republican)
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Change
(Democrats)
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Jimmy Carter (Dem)
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4
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2,883,000
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2,875,000
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-8000
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Ronald Reagan (Rep)
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8
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2875000
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3,113,000
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+238,000
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Geo. Bush i
(Rep)
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4
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3,113,000
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3,083,000
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-30,000
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Bill Clinton
(Dem)
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8
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3,083,000
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2,703,000
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-380,000
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Geo. Bush ii
(Rep)
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8
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2,703,000
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2,756,000
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+53,000
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Barack Obama
(Dem)
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4
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2,756,000
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2,840,000
(at end of 2010)
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+84,000
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Republican administrations have been in office for a
total of 20 years & show a net increase in Federal non-military
employees of 261,000.
Democrats have been in office 16 years, responsible for a
net decrease of 304,000 employees during those terms.
By the end of 2010, the United States government STiLL has less employees
on the books than we did back in 1980 even though the population has grown from 226,545,805 to
approximately 330,000,000 in 2010.
We have 35,000 fewer nonmilitary employees
under President Obama than we had 30 years ago.
This makes me think that GOP’s execution of
their rhetoric and their particular claim to be the ‘party of smaller
government’ just isn’t an accurate description of what they’ve been doing.
Believe it or not, hob, i don't care for statistics much either... but we have to live with them!
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