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NEWS ABOUT: public sector

public sector stories: 4 news summaries
DAVID BROOKS

Leveling With Voters Could Revive GOP

Look at Britain: a tough austerity program has emboldened the right

Oct 16, 09 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economy might be in shambles, but Republicans are offering no alternative plan to ward off mounting American debt—insisting on yet more tax cuts and refusing to cut into bloated Medicare. David Brooks suggests they take a lesson from their British cousins, the Tories, who are poised to win... More »

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debt • Tories • Conservative Party • public sector • David Brooks • George Osborne

 'Black Thursday' 
 Strike Staggers France 

Biggest action in decades tests President Sarkozy

Jan 29, 09 5:48 AM CST
(Newser) - More than a million protesters in France are taking to the streets today in the country's biggest general strike in decades, reports the Times of London. The so-called "Black Thursday" job action is bringing together public and private sector workers, along with students, who are angered by President... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • strike • public sector • general strike • financial crisis • economic downturn

OPINION

 Leave Washington Alone! 

DC is unfair target of attacks, 'good place in which to live'

Oct 5, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Politicians can make a career out of promising to “change,” “clean up,” “reform,” and “shake up” Washington. And while the District may not completely be a shining city on a hill, it’s doing just fine, thank you, Leonard Downie writes in a... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Washington DC • bureaucracy • public sector • private sector

Iraq Private Sector Stalls, Public Hiring Fills Gap

Economy driven by single employer sparks financial concerns

Aug 11, 08 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - With private business slow to take root in post-invasion Iraq, the government is picking up the slack by hiring a vast army of employees, the New York Times reports, creating an economy far different from what the US had foreseen. Government jobs will account for about 35% of employment this... More »

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Iraq • inflation • employment • public sector • Iraq war • private sector

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