Shocking

More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined.

Over the period 1970-2005, school spending per pupil, adjusted for inflation, doubled, while standardized achievement test scores were flat. Over roughly that same time period, public-school employment doubled per student, according to a study by researchers at the University of Washington.

Real Clear Politics

One of my favorite blogs.  Today it led me to these three editorials:

(1) What can be done about the economy?
         Peter Goodman, New York Times

(2) A Troika of Big G'ovt, Big Business & Big Labor
         Warren Meyer, Forbes

(3) Hatching Bigger Government
         Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune