“Those employed by government in the United States in August of this year outnumbered those employed in the manufacturing sector by almost 1.8 to 1, according to data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.” As of August, nearly 22 million people were employed by federal, state and local governments in the US compared to the meager 12 million employed by the manufacturing sector.
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