MORE PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN GOVERNMENT THAN MANUFACTURING

Look at the chart. My concern is that government employment doesn't create wealth. I know there is the argument that wealth is being produced by non-manufacturing sectors of the economy, but I am skeptical that a service-oriented economy can produce wealth. And I am not sure the technology start-ups are generating the kind of wealth necessary to keep a country's economy strong. Somehow wealth needs to be created to be taxed to pay for government workers.