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American reliance on government at all-time high

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Re: American reliance on government at all-time high

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Government is a necessary overhead that must be constantly minimized to avoid eventual societal suicide.

I think governments only move in one direction though. (Has the American government ever shrunk year over year?)

Short answer: yes, ten of the previous twenty years, and fourteen of the last thirty (as a percentage of GDP). http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.ht...