Thursday, February 19, 2004
GWB and growth of government
Many conservatives have been decrying the Bush administration for supposedly abandoning the GOP's long-standing tradition of whittling down an unwieldily federal government. Seems like business as usual for the GOP. Here are the last seven presidents ranked on two indicators of federal government growth:
| Least Growth of Non-Defense Federal Government Employees (per year average) |
Least Federal Spending Growth (per year average) |
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|---|---|---|
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SOURCE: http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2003/pdf/hist.pdf
It would seem that the solution to the conservatives woes would be to figure out how to bring back Clinton.
// posted by Erik @ 2/19/2004 10:59:00 AM
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