Can we not agree that the government has become way too large? Here is one statistic - from CNS News:
Government Workers Now Outnumber Manufacturing Workers by 9,977,000
The United States lost 9,000 manufacturing jobs in October while gaining 19,000 jobs in government, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Government employment grew from 22,216,000 in September to 22,235,000 in October, according to BLS, while manufacturing jobs dropped from 12,267,000 to 12,258,000.
The 22,235,000 employed by government in the United States now outnumber the 12,258,000 employed in manufacturing by 9,977,000.
The government creates very little - what it does is regulate. Do we really need this much regulation in our lives. I think not. For every new regulation, take two old ones off the books and any new regulation, make sure it has a sunset clause - if people don't vote for it again, it never should have been put in force in the first place.
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