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To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (43312)	2/9/2009 9:42:38 PM
From: Woody_Nickels	Respond to of 95598

Don, nice chart. Gov't employment seems to have exceeded private sector employment at about the time the new Dept. of Homeland Security was established. The trend was well established by that point, however. I'm fairly certain that government deficits were re-established at about the same time, and the Afghan/Iraq wars exacerbated the fiscal problem. Would we rather spend money preventing attacks, or suffering and recovering from them? A devil of a dilemma. Woody

To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (43312)	2/9/2009 9:45:33 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	3 Recommendations Respond to of 95598

I wonder if government jobs, as a fraction of total employment, is increasing. I also wonder what the graph would look like, if it shifted all workers in recently-nationalized industries (banking, housing, auto) from private to public. I hear the government is going to set up a "Bad Bank" for "toxic equity assets", to "improve liquidity and confidence in the private sector". At the end of each year, as an investor, I'll be eligible to divide all the stocks I own into "bad stocks" and "good stocks". the "bad stocks", the ones that went down during the year, I can sell to the "Bad Bank" at my original cost. I keep the "good stocks", of course. This arrangement will definitely prop up my confidence, and I'm likely to consume more, invest more, buy more stocks on margin, and generally do my part to help end the recession. What a wonderful idea.

To: Donald Wennerstrom who wrote (43312)	2/10/2009 12:03:30 AM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 95598

Don, OT ** it would be instructive to see a graph of gov employees as a percentage of population and with service sector employment added to mfg and construction - i.e. total private employment. The chart you posted seems to come from someone with an agenda. however, US population has increased a bit over 50% since your chart started, so gov employment has increased by more in percent. while searching for pertinent information I came across this site by Ross Perot perotcharts.com this video illustrating rates of growth and change is worthwhile perotcharts.com