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What % of the adult American workforce depend on government for their income versus those in private industry?
Include those who are directly employed by either the federal, state, or local government, or are in a private industry job where 90% or more of their income is the result of a government contract, or those where their income is by way of a government entitlement program such as SSI or welfare.
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- 100% The federal government budget is about $3.5 trillion out of a total U.S. GDP of about $14 trillion. The state and local governments together have budgets in excess of $1 trillion. Who do you think would NOT be affected if the all the governments stopped spending? Consider doctors. In 2007, the federal government spent $440 billion on Medicare and another $236 billion on Medicaid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget Very few doctors are paid directly by the government (the Veterans and military hospitals are in a completely separate category) or have "90% or more of their income as the result of a government contract", but just about all rely on Medicare for a goodly portion of their income. For example more than half of all hip replacements in the U.S. are paid for by Medicare. I would say the doctors performing those operations depend on the government for their income even though they are in private industry.
