How many people work directly or indirectly for the government .?

How many people can we afford to employ in this manner at tax payer expense .

I have never been a fan of government employing people but today it seems the best jobs are with government contractors and direct employment within the government .

Government subsidized health care , road construction , power companies that are heavily regulated and many jobs most consider to be private employment like the millions working in the defense industry .

How many people can we afford to offer full health care and 20 year retirements to . With many collecting pension benefits after only ten years .

As some one who has worked outside the government sphere of care taking , my taxes have steadily increased to benefit those people who work providing the services I am told I need .

I have little say in the benefits of teachers, police and civil service employees who have strong bargaining lobbies with millions of dollars to spend electing the right people to office . How do we reduce this number .How many people work directly or indirectly for the government .?
If I tell U, I have to ............ ? Why all of the sudden some folks acting as bean counters? Open your eyes , look around, where is all the money? where is it? Then you may suddenly get hit by an energy wave and bingo. U got it.



yupchge, buddy are U always angry? your avatar is , and your comments R, I hope U R not, friend, it just don't worth it.

Life is too short to get so serious on this politics BS.

Relax, take it easy.



Best Regards.How many people work directly or indirectly for the government .?
Federal, state, and government spemding is about 26 to 28 % of our GDP now. You have brought up an issue that is wildly complicated, more, really, than anyone here can know. Contracting actually reduces expenditures socially!
10's of millions are on goverment payrills. Very few actually work.
Honey if you pay income tax then you work for the government lol
Too many.