Despite what the Republicans would have you believe, Public Sector jobs are actual, real jobs occupied by people with homes and cars, supporting families, and contributing to American life and our economic prosperity. And when you hurt these workers, you're hurting the economy, because firing public workers means that their salaries aren't being pumped back into the economy. That money is not paying mortgages, buying groceries and clothing, and purchasing other goods and services. Plus, you've added people to the unemployment rolls, thus increasing costs there.
Employment at the moment is 9.1%, which is better than it was, but nowhere near to where it needs to be. And yet, private sector job growth has shot up. So what's helping keep unemployment high? Firing public sector workers.
Of course, firing public workers means that fewer social services are offered, law enforcement suffers, regulatory inspections are neglected, and all those things we do together, as a nation, are curtailed. This fits right in with the conservative plan as the decrease in government efficiency means they can then argue that government is ineffective and call for even more cuts.
The chart above also demonstrates that the Republicans are lying when they say the Obama Administration has radically increased the size of government.
If those jobs weren't being cut, our deficit would increase a little in the short term, but the unemployment rate would be much lower and our economy much stronger.
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