The emphasis on private sector jobs is for two reasons.(1) Republicans frequently claim that a job on the government payroll isn't a "real" job, but mere make-work -- even if it produces useful goods or services, such as the roads and bridges built during the New Deal.(2) The austerity-driven cuts in public sector jobs, particularly at the state and local levels, have been a significant drag on
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