In the last five years, the number of state employees rose 9 percent and the number of people on local government payrolls 7 percent — but the population grew only 4 percent. Over the last decade, the real story has been the hearty growth in local governments — the number of people working for local governments in Virginia climbed 20 percent, or twice as much as the population.Barack Obama's plan to win Virginia for the Democrats.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The More Government Workers in Virginia Costly to Taxpayers
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