Thankfully, Maryland has held onto some job gains in August, but scrutiny of the figures prompts concern over efforts at statewide deficit control ("Maryland added 700 jobs in August; unemployment rate holds steady at 4.3 percent," Sept. 20).
When one considers that the month's losses were in professional, business and health while the 6,000 new hires were in the government employee public sector, which further bloats government spending, the outlook is not nearly as rosy as it initially appears.
Dick Huffman, Timonium