Originally Posted By: Nitrah
you are certainly wrong re the # of govt employees being the same over many years. There are far more state and fed workers now than 30 years ago. Just the enforcement of Obama care will add even more.


You're right - the TOTAL number of all gov't employees is higher now than it was 30 years ago.

My point was that I thought the percent relative to the total US population was not much different. I do not think the number of employees per million population has changed much. Admittedly I am relying on memory and haven't looked it up. Am I wrong about that?