Something I’ve spent a fair amount of time complaining about is the extent to which state and local government layoffs have been a drag on employment. This is problem they’ve avoided in Texas, where everything — including the government payroll — is not only bigger, but increasingly so:
If only all states could provide such labor market stability.
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