A former Obama administration official has been accused of swift backlash on social media for trying to defend the number of workers employed by the government.
Steveratner is an advisor to the Secretary of Treasury and is currently speaking out on economic issues on the “Morning Joe” show on MSNBC. He jumped into the debate surrounding federal workers by trying to assert that there was no “inflation” in federal workers over the past decades.
“Ratner Charts is a handy application of how to lie to statistics.”
Ratner Posted A graph of the proportion of non-farm private employees that make up federal workers.
“The proportion of Americans employed by the government fell sharply in the decades until 2000 and has remained essentially flat ever since.
The graph shows a decline from about 3.2% in 1960 to about 1.5% in 2000.
He was soon attacked by many who accused him of providing incomplete photos of the actual growth of federal workers.
“Recent estimates show that the number of federal contract employees is substantial and accounts for a significant portion of all federal workers. As of 2015, approximately 3.7 million contracted employees in the federal government as of 2015. The staff were working.” I answered The Gene of Reason Epstein.
“This graph shows only the percentage of total employees of federal government employees and only the percentage of total employees of federal government employees. The absolutes of federal government employees and other government workers. Not a number (for example, state or local government employees, military personnel, or postal workers are excluded), “Read One response.
“This graph you provided is a great example of how people lie to statistics. *real * is the total cost of those employees.” I responded Author Brad Torgersen. A graph showing the number of workers making more than $100,000 each year.
Blaze Media media critic Rob Eno added another nail to the co during Rattner's discussion.
“Ratner's chart is a handy application of how to lie to statistics. Zoom out and hides the fact that the federal government's civilian workforce has increased by 2% in just one year from 2022 to 2023. ” Eno said.
He added that the number of federal workers rose by an additional 2.4% in 2024.
Ratner previously admitted that the Biden administration has failed illegally with illegal immigration, predicting that the inflation crisis from 2022 will end with a “hard landing.”
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