At what point does public sector job creation wipe any net job gains?

Question

Whenever I point out that the public sector is a more efficient job provider than the private sector(dollar for dollar) conservatives point out that, yes, those public sector salaries are paid in taxes levied on the private sector. The question is a matter of OPTIMIZATION.
It is fair to assume that eliminating public sector jobs and lowering spending would not create an equal or greater amount of good paying jobs in the private sector. At what point does public sector job creation actually negate itself in terms of the overall job market? Is there a known ratio?

Answer 1

Thats a bunch of bs and you know it. Why should I or anyone else be paying the salaries of the lazy parasites who work for the public sector. We need more private sector jobs

Answer 2

The increase in unemployment announced this week was all in public sector employment. Private sector unemployment actually went down.



If it were not for the Government wasting a lot of money preparing for hurricane relief, public sector employment would have dropped even more.



The plan seems to be to reduce public sector employment until it is on a par with private sector in/re productivity. Currently any given task performed by the private sector costs approx. 500% more than the same task contracted out to the private sector. So if the workload on public sector employees can be increased fivefold, it may reduce productivity to private sector standards. California has a good approach, they are increasing the public sector workload and reducing pay at the same time while considering appropriating retirement funds. If Ms. Whitman has her way private sector retirement funds, Social Security taxes and Medicare funds will all be confiscated and go into general funds where they are more easily stolen.

Answer 3

I think given the Economy that was left to us by the Conservatives, any job gains whether Public Sector or Private Sector is good.



A dollar is still a dollar whether it is earned in the Public Sector or Private Sector.

Answer 4

That's funny , since when are healthcare and home healthcare, which are mostly run by public companies get classified as 'public" sector jobs, besides the fact they serve the public Also notes it excludes postal and state and local workers New laws favorable to big business??? Good that the private sector has lost 6.7 million jobs since Dec 2008 and the stimulus package is focused on public service government jobs. Anyone can present facts that support their point of interest but let's see all the facts

Answer 5

Less tax burden on the private sector paying for public sector jobs allows the private more capital to create jobs. Common sense.

Answer 6

Everyone knows full well that public sector wages and salaries offers no return as they are paid for by taxes not revenue generating streams. Every dollar taken away from a private sector paycheck is a dollar taken out of the economy and family spending ability.

Answer 7

The government isn't more efficient at anything more than the private sector. There is tons of waste coming out of pockets of the private sector to pay these people. Money that could go toward more hiring.

Answer 8

You're saying the Public sector is more efficient than the Private sector - I stopped reading at that point.

Answer 9

I don't think their argument is as scientific as it is ideological. They have it hard wired in their brain to oppose the public sector and worship the private sector. They can't see anything thats not for profit as something good. They believe profit optimizes all.

They hate seeing people earn a descent wage, they want everyone to be poor, except those at the very top. They really think their dollars will go further if we make America third world.

Answer 10

We passed that point long ago. How many workers in the private sector does it take in order to fully fund (no deficits) the salaries of the US government when they are the largest single employer in the economy? Likely more workers than we have, far more.

Answer 11

"public sector is a more efficient job provider"



That is an oxymoron like, "military intelligence".



They may "create" or "save" a job quicker because they don't have to create income like a business has to. The government only needs to tax or print money to "provide" the job.



“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Abe Lincoln

Answer 12

If efficient, you mean easier to be subject to waste, fraud and abuse, including no market wages, and politicized wage and benefit increases...yes, government work is optimal. But at some point, it is utter folly to believe this quasi-aristocracy of employment is sustainable without the traditional pressures faced by the private sector.

Answer 13

"Whenever I point out that the public sector is a more efficient job provider than the private sector"



Your argument fails right there.

Answer 14

If I had children, I would recommend they work for the govt. because it is a piece of cake- no responsibilities and you get paid about 4 times what you are really worth in benefits and pay. It will ruin our country.

Answer 15

You mean government jobs? Yeah, I see people sitting around in trucks who work for the government. They park and sleep. Bunch of people just got busted recently.

Answer 16

The only mechanism for economic growth is through the guidance of government; means of production, means of earnings, and means of distribution.