What benefits everybody in the country more; government jobs or private sector jobs?

It seems to me that this administration is most interested in increasing govt. power and decreasing our wealth. "Spread the wealth"!

the private sector is much more beneficial for the economy .. the reason we have entered a recession is because the government stuck its greedy hands into the private businesses and banks.. trivia time: this government entity/job has consistently NEVER been profitable and is losing money every single year.. but the govt continues to pay the employees high dollars and let the tax payers cover their losses... ANSWER = government mail - post offices -

I have a friend who has a government job.... He has to fill out a hand written multiple page form, get his boss to approve it, his boss sends it off to get another approval, and 3-5 months later he gets his....box of staples. The less government the better.

Both of them combined. "The more government jobs there are, the less wealth we all have." That doesn't make any sense. That's like saying the more food you buy, the less you will have to eat. "Unless you can name a government job that produces a product . . ." Building parks, bridges, and public property. There's a product for you. No, nvm, that's THREE products for you.

There are lots of government jobs that though they might not produce a product are completely necessary. The Army, police, fire fighters, post office, teachers (though they produce the ability of the next generation to exist in the world). Are some government jobs silly? Sure but not all of them are evil. For all the talk about how great the free market is it seems that all these companies are always looking for a break of some kind. If you can't pay your taxes and expand your company then your company isn't doing well enough to be able to expand.