https://wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/government-is-hiring-this-year…
While many companies have been cutting staff and freezing new hires this year, the government is laying out the welcome mat.
Public-sector jobs at the federal, state and local level have risen by 327,000 positions so far in 2023, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is approaching one-fifth of all new American jobs created in the first eight months of the year. In contrast, public-sector jobs accounted for 5% of employment growth during the equivalent period last year.“After two years of very underwhelming government hiring, it’s a necessary catch-up,” said Julia Pollak, an economist at online jobs site ZipRecruiter.Much of the recent hiring spree has been to backfill jobs left open by millions of teachers, police officers and other public servants who quit during the pandemic. Other roles at government agencies languished because the public sector couldn’t effectively competeagainst private employers that were offering pay raises and signing bonuses to attract talent during several years of a white-hot labor market.
@DopeyL3gis1ativeLibertarian8mos8MO
I feel like it's one of those things that any sensible person would vigorously agree with, but impossible in practice. At least during a 4-8 year term.
@EcstaticR1ghtWingRepublican8mos8MO
75% is slightly ridiculous. IRS could be abolished with a flat tax (theoretically). USPS could just be outsourced to amazon and probably should be. Government run road building/ maintenance companies can be outsourced minus the regulation officials. But that still leaves military, schools, DMV, and first responders. I'd like to see how exactly he'd cut 75%. 30 - 50% seems more reasonable.
@DopeyL3gis1ativeLibertarian8mos8MO
vast majority of departments could be eliminated within 1 year and power returned to the states.
@DeterminedXerusSocialist8mos8MO
Put all of that into the hands of private industry and you should expect to pay more. A lot more. Outsourcing is good when it makes sense to do it. But that doesn't mean govt should outsource everything.
BTW, reducing the govt's workforce by 75% is absurd.
@DopeyL3gis1ativeLibertarian8mos8MO
They've successfully put the space industry into privatized hands- and it is around 100x cheaper and better. (This was said that it could not be done and condemned by almost everyone in NASA and astronauts like neil armstrong). They've privatized DOD software- the same results. Many things should be outsourced.
