But I do want to say, and some people say, oh, you shouldn't say. It sounds negative to me. I think it sounds positive. The only reason our unemployment tucked up and went up to 4.5%... is because we are reducing the government workforce by numbers that have never been seen before. In other words, government jobs are way down. And as you know, we don't need 10 people to fill one job, which is what we had in government in many cases. (03:32–03:50)
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Asserts that unemployment rose to 4.5% due to unprecedented reductions in the government workforce.
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