Uncle Sam wants you

The Cato Institute’s newest project “Downsizing the Federal Government” has a website that is a treasure trove of useful information. Here is the latest post:

http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/federal-employees-continue-prosper

If you do not think that government spending is out of touch with reality you need to review this chart:

Clearly the Federal Employees have commandeered the levers of spending. This is one of the reasons that the Federal Government continues to grow larger as the rest of the real economy flounders.