From The Big Picture. Seems the number of Federal Government employees has been remarkably stable over the years. Not so much for state and especially local governments. Maybe people looking to make cuts in government spending are looking in the wrong place when they look at the Federal Government.

Just completely stupidity.
The dream of gutting government, offered with a technocratic veneer
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BTW, note the US population has grown quite a bit over this period. So there are actually quite a bit fewer federal employees per capital today than ever.
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