I am as we type applying for the position of Director of the regional Department of Inefficiency, within a federal department that shall remain nameless (I don’t like competition.) But then, there are plenty of such jobs to go around.

In fact, it may not be said often, or loud, enough: “Interference by the federal government in the US Economy destroys private sector jobs.”

Notable findings in the May 2009 Employment Situation Summary.

Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs rose by 732,000 in May to 9.5 million. This group has in-
creased by 5.8 million since the start of the recession.

Health care employment increased by 24,000 in May, about in line with
its average monthly job growth so far in 2009. Employment in government
changed little in May.

Apparently, the stimulus could not escape the Law of Unintended Consequences. The May 2009 unemployment numbers were 60% higher than projected.

We don’t need no stinking stimulus:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_lawrence_kudlow/recall_the_stimulus

My favorite line: “it’s the printing presses, stupid.” We’ll probably see that one at the July 4th protests.

Also of note, Blackhedd on newledger: “Faced with an evil choice between much higher taxes and a smaller economy, Obama is on track to give us both.”

http://newledger.com/blogs/markets-policy/

We being chained into an America where the incentive to innovate, invest and compete are hamstrung. Fail in your endeavor? No problem. Daddy will write you out a nice fat check.

They keep people off the dole, but that’s all, if they don’t do meaningful work.

The fact is, a US government job is completely paid, 100%, by tax dollars. Even the income and payroll taxes that the worker pays are paid by your tax dollars, not by the worker, because he doesn’t get his salary until you pay your taxes, and you pay his whole salary.

For state workers, their entire salaries are paid by state taxpayers.

City workers; city taxpayers.

Yes, this is somewhat simplified, but except for the useful work they do, government workers don’t help the economy any more than if their net salaries were simply paid out as welfare. And welfare isn’t necessarily permanent, whereas government jobs are almost never surrendered.

Furthermore, we don’t want government to be a growth industry. Think about what would happen if it grows to one-fourth.

If one-sixth of the work force is soon to be government workers, that actually means that 100% of all relevant taxes will be paid by the remaining five-sixths of us. So those numbers about what percentage of taxpayers pay what percentage of taxes actually understate the extent to which a small minority of people carry the tax burden.

Every single aspect of the porkulus bill is counterproductive.