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Years in which public sector jobs have not been part of the post recession recovery. and they wonder why the current recovery is sluggish. even ronald reagan added public sector jobs coming out of the recession. public employment was up 3.1% under reagan but down 2.7% under president obama and the republican congress. those jobs make a difference in the overall unemployment picture. according to the "wall street journal," unemployment would be a full percentage point lower with those public sector jobs factored in. it all has an effect on the economy. the center for budget priority says, quote...

Years in which public sector jobs have not been part of the post recession recovery. and they wonder why the current recovery is sluggish. even ronald reagan added public sector jobs coming out of the recession. public employment was up 3.1% under reagan but down 2.7% under president obama and the republican congress. those jobs make a difference in the overall unemployment picture. according to the "wall street journal," unemployment would be a full percentage point lower with those public sector jobs factored in. it all has an effect on the economy. the center for budget priority and public ...

Show up to the meeting? look it all became a silly theatrical thing anyway at white house. so i understand the dynamics on both sides here politically. but why give up the higher ground? >> you understand that both sides were trying to do what they thought they needed to do to create political leverage for a negotiation. >> right. >> the issue now is let's have the negotiation. and let's for example, put at the heart of that discussion what we are going to do for the d.r.e.a.m.ers in a the president said he doesn't want to deport to a country that they have never been or done he no. it would s...

Even ronald reagan added public sector jobs coming out of the recession. public employment was up 3.1% under reagan but down 2.7% under president obama and the republican congress. those jobs make a difference in the overall unemployment picture. according to the "wall street journal," unemployment would be a full percentage point lower with those public sector jobs factored in. it all has an effect on the economy. the center for budget priority says, quote, private and public sector workers who are laid off or who see their pay reduced by less and further reduced economic activity. today the ...