Public Sector Jobs

Once Again for the Cheap Seats: We're Still Creating Jobs Where We Were Once Losing Jobs!

Dee Evans | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Jobs, Unemployment, Election 2012, Stock Market, Economy, President Obama, Jobs Numbers, Public Sector Jobs, April Jobs Report, Politics News
Dee Evans

Isn't it funny how no one in the media is asking why over 600,000 jobs in the public sector (mostly government jobs) have been slashed while the private sector is steadily growing?

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Both Public And Private Sector Wages Barely Grew Over Twelve Months

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.23.2012

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Whether you work for the government or the private sector, it's likely your salary didn't go up much in 2011, but federal workers saw their wages grow...

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WATCH: Constituent Speaks Out About Joe Walsh's Rant

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Joe Walsh Outburst, Public Sector Jobs, Video, Joe Walsh Postal Service, Joe Walsh Meltdown, Joe Walsh Constituents, Joe Walsh Rant, Melissa Rakestraw the Ed Show, US Postal Service, The Ed Show, Melissa Rakestraw, Joe Walsh Public Sector Jobs, Chicago News

The woman who U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh directed his anger toward during a constituent event in the Chicago suburbs last week is speaking out about the much...

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Public Sector Losing Jobs At Same Rate Private Sector Adding Them

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.03.2012

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When it comes to an economy trying to right itself, if it's not one thing, it's another. Even as the economy seems to be moving -- slowly -- in the...

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End the Wars, Cure Cancer, Create Jobs

Robert Schwab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Public Sector Jobs, Investments, Defense Spending, Job Creation, Private Sector Jobs, Afghanistan War, Barney Frank, Economic Crisis, Denver News
Robert Schwab

Is the nation war-weary? Would the $700 billion this nation is spending on wars be better spent creating jobs for Americans at home?

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The High Costs of Cheap Talk

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Debt, Public Sector Jobs, Deficit, Obama Pay Freeze, Federal Budget Deficit, Third World America, Middle Class, Politics News
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson

Perhaps the best that can be said about Obama's preemptive sacrifice to the deficit-reduction gods -- a two-year freeze on pay for non-military federal workers -- is that it represents small change. But the price isn't as small as the numbers suggest.

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Government Worker Envy

Larry Hirsch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry Hirsch

One of the themes of the Tea Party and others on the right has been how good government workers have it. I never knew I had it so good.

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Where Do People Think Gov't Workers Come From?

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles D. Ellison

Public rancor directed at government workers is a bit confounding. It's on all levels: state, local, federal. Much of this particular election cycle ...

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The Pension Pinch: Public-Sector Unions Grapple With Rhetoric and Rollbacks

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011

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Akito Yoshikane

With elections and budget crises looming, public unions have entered the spotlight once again, providing much fodder for critics who say labor costs are above budget levels.

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Government Jobs No Longer So Secure

AP | CHRISTOPHER LEONARD and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Jobs, Public Sector, Public Sector Jobs, Government Furloughs, Job Stability, Job Security, Politics News

For years, most people who worked for state or local governments accepted a fact of life: Their pay wasn't great. The job security was. Now that's go...

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