{"id":29609,"date":"2016-11-09T10:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T15:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29609"},"modified":"2016-11-09T10:19:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T15:19:39","slug":"its-time-to-shrink-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=29609","title":{"rendered":"It’s Time To Shrink The Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of 2012, four of the five top per capita earnings counties in America were suburbs of Washington, D.C.<\/a> Working in government or lobbying the government has become very profitable. On Monday, CNS News<\/a> reported that the number of people employed by the United States government<\/a> is now higher than the number of people employed in manufacturing<\/a> in America.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Government employment<\/a> grew from 22,216,000 in September to 22,235,000 in October, according to BLS, while manufacturing jobs dropped from 12,267,000 to 12,258,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 22,235,000 employed by government in the United States<\/a> now outnumber the 12,258,000 employed in manufacturing by 9,977,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past year\u2014from October 2015 to October 2016\u2014manufacturing employment fell by 53,000, declining from 12,311,000 to 12,258,000. During the same period, government employment climbed 208,000, rising from 22,027,000 to 22,235,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the picture:<\/p>\n

\"governmentemployees\"<\/a>It is time for a change in Washington. Hopefully, we have elected that change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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