Do you remember the good old days when President Clinton announced to the world "the era of big government is over"? Well apparently that was just a temporary "over" because we are about to see the largest ever Federal Government with some 2.15 million employees - and I don't think that includes contractors!
The Obama administration made the announcement and it will mark the first time since Clinton, that the Federal workforce has topped two million.
The numbers - which were contained in the budget released on Monday, do NOT include postal workers (remember that is a "for profit" organization!). The number does however include people hired to oversee outside contracts - again, no word on the number of actual contractors.
So far, The American Federation of Government Employees (that would be the Union) says it is still looking through the budget and did not have a comment. But other people do. The following was in the Washington Times today:
"I'm shocked that the 'tea party' hasn't focused on it yet, and the Obama administration only has a thin sliver of time to deal more directly with it, I believe," said Paul C. Light, who studies the federal bureaucracy as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a professor at New York University. "When you talk about big government, you're talking about a big employer."
Now the thing is, party affiliation has little to do with the nation's general distaste for big government. I cannot imagine that HUGE Government is going to play any better. When - someone please tell me - when will these people STOP playing with our money and STOP trying to control every aspect of our lives? I really want to know.
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