American reliance on government at all-time high
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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
#2Government is a necessary overhead that must be constantly minimized to avoid eventual societal suicide.
Re: American reliance on government at all-time high
#3Bread and circuses :/
Re: American reliance on government at all-time high
#4Government 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?)
Re: American reliance on government at all-time high
#5What in the world is this doing on HN? This is not what people come here for.
Re: American reliance on government at all-time high
#6Government 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...