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Russ Vreeland (russ@.etdesg.trw.com) wrote:

: If laying off all government workers could cause an unemployment rate of 25%,
: then our government is far, far, too big already.

The unemployment rate is 8% currently.  Laying off all government workers 
would realistically raise it by 17% to 25%.  Of course a lot of people 
work for the government.  Look at how many services you get from the 
government: water, sewer, local streets, highways, schools, transit, 
mediating disputes over property claims (survey work in this case), the 
entire court system, the DMV, police, fire protection, administration of 
welfare plans such as Social Security (the biggest welfare bite of all), 
and on and on.  You're bitching for the sake of bitching.  Government is 
not "far, far too big"; by the condition of streets, our libraries, and 
schools, it's obvious that it's not big enough.

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