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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (115916)	10/19/2011 4:10:21 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	1 Recommendation Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 224748

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, during President Obama's term, the number of government employees has dropped by 607,000 since January 2009 and 905,000 since April 2010, at the peak of government hiring for the 2010 Census. Since the president's January 2009 inauguration, total private sector employment has dropped by 1.6 million, though 2.5 million jobs have been added to the private sector since the term low in February 2010. In September, 103,000 new jobs were created, including the return of 45,000 striking telecommunications workers. The private sector gains of 137,000 jobs was offset by the loss of 34,000 government jobs in the month. But BLS noted that while 57,000 new jobs were created in August, as the school year started back up again, 42,000 were in the private sector while 15,000 were government jobs. Read more: foxnews.com