Growing the economy the liberal-progressive way

Some time ago, noticing the growth in Washington DC in marked contrast to the rest of the country I dubbed it Versailles on the Potomac.  So the linked post is no surprise.  A few highlights:

• From 2008, while the economy grew at 5%, regulatory budgets have increased by 16%
• Private sector jobs shrank by 5.6%, employment in regulatory agencies has increased by 13%

I can't understand what's keeping the economy from taking off. Perhaps not enough presidential bus tours.
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/274923/regulatory-hiring-bloom-veronique-de-rugy

Employment, thank God were not in a recession.

Check out the employment to population graph posted on Mankiw's site and note that we aren't technically in a recession.  I think this is what Plouffe meant when he said people don't pour over Dept. of Labor reports to guage how things are going.  In this case, they probably aren't too hung up on the definition of recession.

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