Posted by Tina
Big government used to be a talking point that conservatives used to warn people of the dangers associated with bloated, tax hungry, ever expanding government.
Well it’s not just a warning now; CNS News reports:
(CNSNews.com) – Those employed by government in the United States in August of this year outnumbered those employed in the manufacturing sector by almost 1.8 to 1, according to data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There were 21,995,000 employed by federal, state and local government in the United States in August, according to BLS. By contrast, there were only 12,329,000 employed in the manufacturing sector.
Since 1989, according to the Labor Board, government employment “increased by 4,006,000 workers while manufacturing lost 5,635,000.
Americans want manufacturing jobs. But government expansion, complex tax policies, and expensive, unreasonable regulations have chased the businesses away or put them out of business. Union demands for benefits have not helped much either.
All of these reasons are part and parcel of leftist thought put into practice.
Some will make the excuse that it’s the fault of the tech industry, but that’s nonsense. A thriving economy would result from reforms and there would be plenty of room for many types of jobs that have disappeared or declined.
Our federal and state governments have gotten too big to be efficient and supportive. Time to vote for more freedom…and JOBS!
Seriously? Really?
‘Americans want manufacturing jobs. But government expansion, complex tax policies, and expensive, unreasonable regulations have chased the businesses away or put them out of business. Union demands for benefits have not helped much either.”
Weak at best Tina.
Let’s dig into this and have a conversation. First off name an issue. “Regulations”? Like the ones that protect clean air? The ones that China just learned about that caused so much smog in Beijing they had to shut down factories to clean up the air for the Olympics?
let us discuss these issues one by one, pick one?
Big government ? Like an elected clerk trying to decide who can get married on her religious beliefs? Which big gov? Conservatives are big gov!
Dewey “’Regulations?’ Like the ones that protect clean air?”
The alarmist tone in your question makes your objection incredibly weak.
The document that established our republic, The Constitution is, when typed out, only a few pages long. It is written in language that is simple, clear, and easy to understand.
Conversely the regulations that “protect” clean air are thousands of pages long and filled with complex language requiring debate and interpretation…even lawyers don’t agree on the language meaning.
Smart regulations passed years ago helped manufacturing clean the air (and water) by approximately 98%.
Ignorant green zealots have added complex additions to those early regulations that have almost zero effect on air quality but have cost us dearly in jobs and economic growth and have forced the prices we pay for goods higher. Consumers bear the cost of this burden as well. The current onslaught of regulations are political and do not impact our water or air significantly…they are stupid regulations.
An article that addresses out of control regulations by Robert Longley at usgovinfo.com informs:
No one has suggested eliminating all regulations, as you imagine, with such alarmism.
We ask that regulations be concise, clear, and supportive of production. A hostile attitude toward business hurts everyone, especially when it doesn’t result in significantly measurable protection. The cost to benefit ratio is over the top.
“Like an elected clerk trying to decide who can get married…”
An “appointed” Supreme Court judge and several lower court judges have done just that! At least the clerk was elected. The people, through our representatives, didn’t decide the marriage issue, unelected judges did. Democrats are responsible for that!
“Which big gov?”
The big government with an excessive number of employees (see above), the big government with $6.3 trillion in spending, $499 billion in spending over the budget (deficit of $499 billion), and $2.5 trillion paid in interest to service the debt! The bi government whose EPA has gone into overdrive:
So let’s talk, Dewey. How do you defend that size? The people have to work to support that and 40% to 50 % of us don’t contribute because they don’t work or make too little money! Most of the cost falls to those with the means to invest in business and job creation. The top 10% shoulder most of the burden. How Stupid is that, when different policies through the years would have resulted in both greater private citizen wealth and greater revenue pouring into government, policies that would have resulted in greater and diverse opportunity and higher wages.
Go ahead Dewey…defend this unreasonable theft of the wealth American producers create. Defend the ridiculous and complex regulation and tax structures that strangle economic growth and the availability of jobs. I can’t wait.
Government jobs do not pay for themselves because they do not create anything, specifically wealth. Manufacturing jobs create wealth by taking raw materials and making something that can be sold. There is no way for this imbalance to sustain itself, the economic “ecosystem” is going to collapse when they run out of money to borrow.
Someone, probably the next President, is going to HAVE to downsize and layoff federal employees. It won’t be pretty but they’ll have no choice. There’s going to be a lot of complaining from the left…
Steve you’re right on the money.
Many jobs today, even outside of government, are service jobs. These jobs are necessary but they don’t create wealth like manufacturing does and ultimately their survival depends on a broad base of wealth builders. There are some tech jobs create wealth but a lot of them are going to foreigners in one way or another. Unreasonable, complex tax structure and regulation is killing our wealth building jobs opportunities.
American Machinest practically begs for some relief:
My answer is there won’t be anyone to bear the burden and America will slide into an economy of desperate survival.