Data from the BLS, chart by Mish.

The surge in government jobs and social assistance jobs is soaring to handle the massive influx of immigrants.

Health care jobs are rising for the same reason but also because of demographics. Aging boomers need more assistance.

Blistering Start to 2024

• Government jobs are 20.63 percent of all job growth in 2024.
• Social assistance jobs are 9.25 percent of all job growth in 2024.
• Health care jobs ae 25.93 percent of all job growth in 2024.
• Government plus social assistance provide 29.88 percent of all job growth in 2024.
• Government plus social assistance plus health care provides 55.81 percent of all job growth in 2024.

Denver Health at “Critical Point” as 8,000 Migrants Make 20,000 Emergency Visits

To help understand the surge in government and social assistance jobs, please note Denver Health at “Critical Point” as 8,000 Migrants Make 20,000 Emergency Visits

The Denver hospital system is turning away local residents because it is flooded with migrant visits.

Eight-thousand migrants from Central America accounted for approximately 20,000 visits in 2023. Denver Health asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide funds for immigrants’ medical costs. The state and federal governments aren’t reimbursing the hospital, which spent $136 million for patients who didn’t pay.

Q&A on Everything He Can

Q: Everything he can? Like what?
A: Like new back doors.

Texas Showdown

In Texas, the Supreme Court Lets Feds Cut Abbott’s Razor Wire

The swing vote, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, is a Trump nominee. Expect to hear calls of “traitor”. There is one way to decide this issue. Vote out Biden. The ruling does help Trump. Meanwhile, the floodgates are open.

Sanctuary Cities Seek More Money for Migrants, But is Money the Problem?

On December 30, I asked Sanctuary Cities Seek More Money for Migrants, But is Money the Problem?

Who Will Pay for This?

You will, to varying degrees.

Those in sanctuary cities like Denver will bear the brunt whether or not the mayor or governor is in denial.

Divergence Between Jobs and Employment

Another seemingly strong jobs headline today falls apart on closer scrutiny. The massive divergence between jobs and employment continues.

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Nonfarm payrolls and employment levels from the BLS, chart by Mish.

Payrolls vs Employment Gains Since March 2023

• Nonfarm Payrolls: 2,602,000
• Employment Level: +144,000
• Full Time Employment: -284,000

For more on the divergence between jobs and employment, please see Jobs Up 275,000 with 52,000 More Government Jobs, Employment Down 184,000

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