Report: Public Sector Austerity Crushing Economies Locally and Nationally
<div class='node-body'><p>If governments still employed the same percentage of the work force as they did in 2009, the unemployment rate would be a percentage point lower, according to an analysis by <em>Moody’s Analytics </em>and cited by the<em> New York Times</em> today in an article that describes a US economy unable to heal itself as public sector employment continues unabated.<img alt="" border="0" class="image-right" src="/sites/commondreams.org/files/imce-images/layoffs_graphic-popup.jpg" style="width: 190px; height: 435px;" /></p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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