When It's Great To Work For The Government
Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute has a great post today at Cato’s blog -- Cato @ Liberty. He even provides a link to Meat Loaf singing “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.” In fact, Neal titles the post, “Sing It to the NEA, Mr. Loaf!”
What got into Mr. McCluskey today? First, he notes the “wailing and gnashing” of teeth over school budget cuts, pointing to this item at the LA Times website. Then he provides the following piece of news from a Fox News business report:
“Nearly all of the major sectors of the economy lost jobs. The only industries that saw job gains in October were the education, government and health sectors — which are often considered recession-resistant.” (emphasis added)
Neal concludes by saying:
“That’s a trifecta of security for public school nurses, but pretty good news for teachers and administrators as well. After all, two out of three ain’t bad!”
Recession-resistant eh? Something to remember when the Arlington County Manager and Superintendent of Schools make their recommendations for cost-of-living adjustments next spring.