I was thinking the other day about the people in the United States that actually produce something. There aren't many of us.
People Employed in the US:102,109,850 (2009)
Federal Government Workers: 15,000,000
State Government Workers: 4,586,544
Remainder: 85,523,306
There are only 85M people in the US actually working and adding to the GDP. That includes the people working for "private entities" that are kept operational by federal and state money. That is a big problem. Its like the workers in the US have a 400# monkey on their backs.
That doesn't include people working here are sending the money they make back home. That would be a negative in this equation.
People Employed in the US:102,109,850 (2009)
Federal Government Workers: 15,000,000
State Government Workers: 4,586,544
Remainder: 85,523,306
There are only 85M people in the US actually working and adding to the GDP. That includes the people working for "private entities" that are kept operational by federal and state money. That is a big problem. Its like the workers in the US have a 400# monkey on their backs.
That doesn't include people working here are sending the money they make back home. That would be a negative in this equation.