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ONE of the biggest headaches for policymakers in many rich countries has been how to create jobs during a period of fiscal austerity and anaemic growth. The private sector has been slow to generate jobs, and government-spending cuts usually end up cutting jobs. And governments employ a lot of people: in our chart of the ten biggest global employers, below, seven are government-run. America's defence department had 3.2m people on its payroll last year, equivalent to 1% of the country's population. China, the world's most populous nation and a big military spender, employs 2.3m people in its armed forces. And the number of people working for the National Health Service in England is equivalent to over 2.5% of the country's population. The three private companies are Walmart, McDonald's and Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, a subsidiary of which is Foxconn, a secretive electronics manufacturer.

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Twits du Jour (Sep 14)

14 years ago

<1 min read

I liked a @YouTube video t.co/F7PKRoHI How Captain America Should Have Ended #
I liked a @YouTube video t.co/Z7cLlWRH Flight Search #
115 updates on yum today. CentOS must have been updated. Better get to it! #
Not happy Kitties, but the teeth are clean. (@ All Animal & Bird Hospital) t.co/tsALPxxr #
I'm at Jack In The Box (507 91st Ave. NE, Lake Stevens) [pic]: t.co/Wjrm7Qq3 #
Two unhappy Kitties… Dental cleaning this afternoon. (@ All Animal & Bird Hospital) t.co/4EFcuJZ #

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At the Vet...

14 years ago

1 min read

Where do I seat now?

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Twits du Jour (Sep 13)

14 years ago

<1 min read

@mc Going to learn to fly now? #
I'm at 7-Eleven (507 W Casino Rd, Everett) t.co/TflsNYG #
bitcasa, unlimited cloud storage for $10/mth, free beta. Signup: t.co/UoY6wUS -- TechCrunch article: t.co/A3Q84rj #
The Top 500 Worst Passwords of All Time… t.co/446FY31 #85 is not that bad ;-) #