A House Representative seeking re-election in next Tuesday's election says the government workforce needs to be reduced.
Representative Taotasi Archie Soliai has told a high school forum that the private sector should be developed to generate jobs.
He says the size of the territory's government is at an all-time high with about 7,000 employees, which he says is a major burden on the taxpayer.
He says the private sector is the driver of the economy which has suffered after one of the major employers left the territory.
Pago Pago Harbour, American Samoa Photo: AFP / Michael Runkel / Robert Harding Premium
