States with the biggest % of Government workers are Red States
http://www.businessinsider.com/10-s...-uncle-sam-2010-6#10-nebraska-1#ixzz0q7mQmvM8
10 States Where An Absurd Percentage Of The Population Works For The Government
Greece's bloated public sector employs the same share of the workforce -- 14.1% -- as America's. Some US states are much worse, giving public jobs to nearly 25% of workers.
A new CEPR report analyzes just how bloated our public sector is.
Surprisingly -- as Economix points out -- the biggest public sectors aren't in liberal states like California. They're in states like Kansas, where people often rail against big government.
10 Nebraska
#10 Nebraska
Gov. Dave Heineman
Public employees: 128,025
% of all employees: 16.0
#9 New York
#9 New York
Gov. David Patterson
Public employees: 1,296,806
% of all employees: 16.3
#8 Idaho
Gov. Butch Otter and family
Public employees: 96,225
% of all employees: 16.4
#7 Kansas
#7 Kansas
Gov. Mark Parkinson
Public employees: 201,660
% of all employees: 16.5
#6 West Virginia
#6 West Virginia
Gov. Joe Manchin III
Public employees: 114,169
% of all employees: 16.7
#5 North Dakota
#5 North Dakota
Gov. John Hoeven
Public employees: 49,454
% of all employees: 16.8
#4 Mississippi
#4 Mississippi
Public employees: 191,831
% of all employees: 18.9
#3 New Mexico
#3 New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson
Public employees: 148,882
% of all employees: 19.9
#2 Alaska
#2 Alaska
Gov. Sean Parnell
Public employees: 60,067
% of all employees: 20.8
#1 Wyoming
#1 Wyoming
Gov. David Freudenthal and sons
Public employees: 52,433
% of all employees: 22.0
http://www.businessinsider.com/10-s...-uncle-sam-2010-6#10-nebraska-1#ixzz0q7mQmvM8
10 States Where An Absurd Percentage Of The Population Works For The Government
Greece's bloated public sector employs the same share of the workforce -- 14.1% -- as America's. Some US states are much worse, giving public jobs to nearly 25% of workers.
A new CEPR report analyzes just how bloated our public sector is.
Surprisingly -- as Economix points out -- the biggest public sectors aren't in liberal states like California. They're in states like Kansas, where people often rail against big government.
10 Nebraska
#10 Nebraska
Gov. Dave Heineman
Public employees: 128,025
% of all employees: 16.0
#9 New York
#9 New York
Gov. David Patterson
Public employees: 1,296,806
% of all employees: 16.3
#8 Idaho
Gov. Butch Otter and family
Public employees: 96,225
% of all employees: 16.4
#7 Kansas
#7 Kansas
Gov. Mark Parkinson
Public employees: 201,660
% of all employees: 16.5
#6 West Virginia
#6 West Virginia
Gov. Joe Manchin III
Public employees: 114,169
% of all employees: 16.7
#5 North Dakota
#5 North Dakota
Gov. John Hoeven
Public employees: 49,454
% of all employees: 16.8
#4 Mississippi
#4 Mississippi
Public employees: 191,831
% of all employees: 18.9
#3 New Mexico
#3 New Mexico
Gov. Bill Richardson
Public employees: 148,882
% of all employees: 19.9
#2 Alaska
#2 Alaska
Gov. Sean Parnell
Public employees: 60,067
% of all employees: 20.8
#1 Wyoming
#1 Wyoming
Gov. David Freudenthal and sons
Public employees: 52,433
% of all employees: 22.0
