From Marshall:
Lest we miss any opportunity to give the White House a hard time over Friday’s disappointing employment report, let’s not overlook this important detail.
None of those 21,000 new jobs came from the private sector. They were all the result of increased government sector hiring.
And then there’s this
“The numbers … reinforce our view that it would be a terrible mistake to raise taxes on American families and American businesses that are working to create jobs,” Treasury Secretary John Snow said, referring to Kerry’s proposal to roll back tax cuts for the wealthy.
But…but…if you don’t raise taxes, how you gonna pay for all these new Government jobs?
ah, “deferred taxes,” of course.
Funny
Or you can anticipate that 21K Federal employees will retire in the near future – which isnt an unreasonable stretch of the imagination.
Or if OMB Circular A-76 was utilized properly the need to add 21K new jobs wouldnt have come up in the first place – the Feds would just have to ensure that they hire and retain enough “intelligent” young people to reasonably replace the aging and soon to retire brain trust.