On the Dole

I recall the first time I heard the above phrase used, I was enjoying Swan lagers and mussels in a small pub in Rockingham, Australia with some blokes I met while in the Navy.  It seemed such a polite way to say one was on welfare.  Stopping by the Mises Economics Blog this morning, I see Lew Rockwell has posted a note from Carroll Cox, who is the editor of the Pioneer newspaper in Snowflake, AZ.  Rockwell’s post of Cox’s words follows in its entirety.

"In my county of Apache, Arizona, 2/3 of employed people with full time jobs work for some level of government and education. In the neighboring county of Navajo, close to half of people are employed by government. With the help of Phoenix consultants Elliot Pollock and Associates, we determined that the average government job (in these two counties) pays $7,000-$10,000 more annually than the average private sector job, not counting benefits. According to U.S. News&World Report, there are about 100 million fulltime workers in the U.S. What percentage of them work for government? I have been unable to find breakdowns between jobs in the private and public sectors on Dept. of abor, Dept. of Commerce, etc. websites."

Think about that this morning, on the way to your private sector job.  Think about how many people you employ, quite possibly against your wishes, about how many people are taking a bite out of your paycheck before it even gets to your hand.  Think about the gravy train that is the U.S. government, taxing you to keep the train a runnin down the tracks.

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