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Ironhorse · 09-07-2003, 03:51 PM

Everybody tighten your belts.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/Politics/ap20030907_851.html

Mr.Fiction · 09-07-2003, 04:13 PM

'Big Government' Getting Bigger Under Bush

The era of big government, if it ever went away, has returned full-throttle under President Bush, who came to office championing "conservative ideas" as an alternative.

A report released on Friday by the Brookings Institution think tank and New York University said the "true size" of the federal work force -- which includes employees for federal contractors and grant recipients -- grew by more than one million, to 12.1 million, from October 1999 to October 2002.

The growth represents a roughly 75 percent rebound from federal work force declines linked to the post-Cold War "peace dividend," which helped enable former President Bill Clinton to declare in 1996 that "the era of big government is over."

http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle....ryID=339432 4

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Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	'Big Government' Getting Bigger Under Bush The era of big government, if it ever went away, has returned full-throttle under President Bush, who came to office championing "conservative ideas" as an alternative. A report released on Friday by the Brookings Institution think tank and New York University said the "true size" of the federal work force -- which includes employees for federal contractors and grant recipients -- grew by more than one million, to 12.1 million, from October 1999 to October 2002. The growth represents a roughly 75 percent rebound from federal work force declines linked to the post-Cold War "peace dividend," which helped enable former President Bill Clinton to declare in 1996 that "the era of big government is over." http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle....ryID=339432 4 __________________ Don't be lazy, protect free speech: ACLU \| Free Speech Coalition \| EFF \| IMPA