I like the chart that the Economic Policy Institute has put out on the value of spending vs. tax cuts, but one of the critical points is deep in the report: The GOP budget plans in Washington would lead to the loss of as many as 800,000 jobs in the next year.
Considering that business leaders and economists of all political stripes agree that the modest uptick in new jobs (about 210,000 in March) shows signs of a slow, fragile recovery, you'd think that the loss of four times that many jobs would be a matter of concern.
But no: public-sector jobs don't count.