Obama on pace to become 1st president post-1976 to oversee job losses in the public sector

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http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2016/07/public-and-private-sector-payroll-jobs.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+CalculatedRisk+(Calculated+Risk)&m=1

[Crazieman]

Isn't public sector job loss a good thing?

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Isn't public sector job loss a good thing?

Yes. Found it on Twitter and I think it's interesting.

[jmyrlefuller]

Consider:

The federal government makes up a surprisingly small portion of the public sector workforce. The states and local governments (especially schools) make up most of those jobs. With Republicans in charge of so many statehouses since 2010, they've held back on expanding the public sector.

But it also shows how much of an abject failure Obama's stimulus was at creating jobs.