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Job Revisions and Government Employment Growth
The speaker highlights that a significant portion of the initially reported job gains were revised down due to monthly and annual revisions. They emphasize that about one quarter of the initially reported job gains were revised away. Additionally, the speaker points out that government is the second biggest growth sector in terms of employment for 2023, which is unsustainable due to the three to one ratio of private sector growth to government growth, leading to concerns about tax revenue.