What would it cost to put a teacher in every gun store? [View all]
Let's see, about 100,000 public schools and 60,000 gun shops. That's a 40% savings, right?
PLUS, education is a worthwhile investment.
How many unemployed teachers are there?
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/09/how-many-unemployed-teachers-are-there.html
According to BLS, the unemployment rate for “educational services” is 9.3 percent. ....
9.3% seems very high compared with other professions with similar educational requirements, and that’s after stimulus money.
A Record Decline in Government Jobs: Implications for the Economy and America's Workforce
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/jobs/posts/2012/08/03-jobs-greenstone-looney
... public-sector employment (i.e. federal, state, and local government jobs) declined in 10 of the past 12 months, in sharp contrast to 29 consecutive months of private-sector job growth. Indeed, falling public employment has been among the largest contributors to unemployment in the United States since the end of the Great Recession. ...
Total government (i.e., the sum of state, local, and federal) employment has decreased by over 580,000 jobs since the end of the recession, the largest decrease in any sector since the recovery began in July 2009.
Teachers
2009 = 3,942,700
2011 = 3,721,938
-220,762
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