When one considers that public sector employment has ranged since the 1950s at between 15 percent and 19 percent of the population, the makeup of the current cabinet—over 90 percent of its prior experience was in the public sector—is remarkable.
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| 2009-12-01 |
| A friend sends along the following chart from a J.P. Morgan research report. It examines the prior private sector experience of the cabinet officials since 1900 that one might expect a president to turn to in seeking advice about helping the economy. It includes secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Housing & Urban Development, and excludes Postmaster General, Navy, War, Health, Education & Welfare, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security—432 cabinet members in all. When one considers that public sector employment has ranged since the 1950s at between 15 percent and 19 percent of the population, the makeup of the current cabinet—over 90 percent of its prior experience was in the public sector—is remarkable. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #4 "Help Wanted, No Private Sector Experience FTFY. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-01 21:48 |
| #3 NMBS, the where is socialist heaven or as most gun-totin', mother lovin', god fearin' call it, HELL. As for the when, it's NOW! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-12-01 20:51 |
| #2 ...where the One wants to take us. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2009-12-01 16:59 |
| #1 Since you have a socialist agenda, why in heavens name would you hire actual capitalists? This makes perfect sense given when the One wants to take us. I'm simply wondering when the torches and pitchforks start coming out.... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2009-12-01 16:58 |