Headlines from the Obama Dependency Economy
Conn Carroll /
- Politico, April 22nd 2010: New energy powers up lobbying – “Alternative energy used to be just a speed bump on K Street. In 1998, the entire sector spent only $2.4 million lobbying the federal government … In 2009, alternative energy spent $30 million on lobbying, 12 times its 1998 amount.”
- The Washington Post, May 3rd, 2010: More tech firms setting up offices in Washington area to get federal business – “In general, high-tech jobs in the region have been multiplying at a disproportionately high rate. … The number of software services jobs, for instance, has increased 55 percent in the District, Maryland and Virginia in the past 10 years, as compared with 36 percent nationally. In engineering and technology services, the region has experienced a 38 percent increase, while the nation saw 29 percent growth.”
- Gallup, May 3rd, 2010: Federal Government Outpaces Private Sector in Job Creation – “Gallup’s Job Creation Index for April reveals significantly more hiring within the federal government than in the private sector. … By almost a 2-to-1 margin, federal employees say their employer is hiring rather than firing, giving the federal government a relatively robust +18 Job Creation Index for April. … The Job Creation Index among private-sector and other non-government workers is +9.”
Back in 1994 Jonathan Rauch wrote in Government’s End: (more…)