Why I'm So Tired(stanford.edu)32 points·by ilija139·قبل 15 سنة·4 commentsstanford.eduWhy I'm So Tiredhttp://www.stanford.edu/~dement/tired.html4 commentsPost comment[–]daguar·قبل 15 سنةreplyUgh. This data is somewhat obnoxiously wrong.- The federal gov't employs ~2.8 million people, not 29 million [1].- State and local gov'ts employ ~17 million, half of which are education (a little ~6 million are elementary and secondary) [2].- Let me also note that the topline figure is about ~150 million jobs [1]. I have no idea where he cuts out the retired and young from.Very quippy; very tantalizing to ideologues; very empirically inaccurate.Ugh.[1] http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm [2] http://www2.census.gov/govs/apes/10stlus.txt[–]loceng·قبل 15 سنةreplyCute. But I would like to see a dynamically updating breakdown of all countries, for comparison, of all this data. Sadly, what governments publish may not be factual.[–]xam·قبل 15 سنةreplyOld... US population is at 307 million now... but still interesting.[–]pan69·قبل 15 سنةreplyThis brings me back to 1997...
- The federal gov't employs ~2.8 million people, not 29 million [1].
- State and local gov'ts employ ~17 million, half of which are education (a little ~6 million are elementary and secondary) [2].
- Let me also note that the topline figure is about ~150 million jobs [1]. I have no idea where he cuts out the retired and young from.
Very quippy; very tantalizing to ideologues; very empirically inaccurate.
Ugh.
[1] http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm [2] http://www2.census.gov/govs/apes/10stlus.txt