Great points. Now, I’ll lay something else on you, which seems such a state secret that even Wiki Leaks doesn’t know about it.
Below is once screen from the Bureau of Labor statistics database (http://www.bls.gov/data/#employment). This is for PRIVATE company employment and is NOT seasonally adjusted (i.e., these are real jobs). The secret nobody seems to know about?
psst…The US economy has produced 3.7 MILLION PRIVATE jobs this year.
So why do taxpayers need to pay off the rich and corporations to do what they’re already doing?
Series Id: CEU0500000001
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Super Sector: Total private
Industry: Total private
NAICS Code: -
Data Type: ALL EMPLOYEES, THOUSANDS
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Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2001 109680 109889 110350 110707 111368 112047 111638 111565 110816 110499 110148 109783 110708
2002 107303 107358 107836 108411 109076 109862 109594 109648 109192 109349 109329 108975 108828
2003 106706 106735 107131 107801 108573 109303 109104 109199 108925 109174 109229 109112 108416
2004 106922 107130 108027 109130 110059 110951 110901 110898 110571 111027 111128 111024 109814
2005 108742 109146 109892 111087 111893 113009 113015 113228 112826 113077 113483 113389 111899
2006 111234 111693 112561 113465 114278 115208 115129 115283 114858 115051 115299 115293 114113
2007 112978 113196 113983 114767 115692 116603 116416 116411 115960 116129 116291 116137 115380
2008 113590 113620 114104 114626 115164 115740 115405 115199 114313 114036 113237 112337 114281
2009 109084 108444 108215 108263 108601 108878 108564 108370 107786 107768 107713 107338 108252
2010 104933 104981 105671 106707 107405 108178 108252 108396 108004 108429 108623 108464 107337
2011 106079 106515 107332 108478 109199 110064 110061 110179(P) 109793(P)