tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400390336523591685.post6418697366874485599..comments2023-08-24T08:56:06.522-05:00Comments on Rhymes With Clown: Selective Data on Government EmploymentJeremy R. Shownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11303377672028774152noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400390336523591685.post-48235568388969474892010-06-13T16:45:24.519-05:002010-06-13T16:45:24.519-05:00J,
The President is a consummate politician. Those...J,<br />The President is a consummate politician. Those who actually believe what he says are not as eloquent as the Trickster in Chief.<br />The Dems of WI praised the hiring of 400,000 unproductive workers as proof that the economy is headed in the right direction. (So apparently not everyone is aware of the temporary and unproductive nature of this hiring.)<br /><br />Census hiring is unproductive because a) nothing is produced and b) because the 'product' is neither demanded nor purchased willingly by anyone and c) because the hapless taxpayer must pay for the whole scheme, ensuring a pure loss on the part of productive society d) because the census has transformed from a mere headcount to a vast scheme of wealth redistribution. <br /><br />Census 'workers' openly tout the fact that we need to respond, 'so we get our federal money!'<br /><br />There is no 'our' federal money. They only money the federal government has is what it takes from producers by force and what it prints out of thin air.Dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400390336523591685.post-47004039466154448032010-06-12T08:50:21.333-05:002010-06-12T08:50:21.333-05:00Everyone is well aware of census vs. private secto...Everyone is well aware of census vs. private sector hiring in the monthly labor statistics. Democrats and Keynesians included. Even the President highlighted the temporary nature of census hiring last week (when NFP numbers were announced). Look it up. <br /><br /><br />Census hiring is productive because, well, we have to take the census every once in awhile. Taxpayers lose out because, well, we have to pay to take the census every once in awhile. <br /><br />Not everything is a vast Keynesian conspiracy.J. Struppnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400390336523591685.post-5886060190027530342010-06-10T22:54:19.834-05:002010-06-10T22:54:19.834-05:00Add the 411,000 census 'workers' added to ...Add the 411,000 census 'workers' added to the federal payrolls. The ones the Democrats and other Keynesians praise. <br />It's productive, you see, because every taxpayer must now lose out to cover the costs. <br />Again, the Unseen.Dnoreply@blogger.com