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Wednesday, December 04, 2013

Md., Va. Among Top Five States For Government-Funded Jobs

Maryland and Virginia are among the top five states in the nation in the dubious competition for most government-financed employment, according to a new economic study.

It turns out Virginia, Maryland’s closest fierce competitor for business, edges out Maryland in most categories for taxpayer-funded jobs, according to a study conducted by Keith Hall, former commissioner of the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. He is now a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center of the George Mason University.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Surprise, surprise!

Anonymous said...

That's why they are so weird, especially on the western side. They actually believe what their government tells them.

Anonymous said...

Considering these statistics, the Eastern Shore is doing pretty good - not many Federal jobs in the Easton/Cambridge/SBY/OC area that I know of.

We still have our share of people of that ilk though....