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IMO that's a poor measurement of "government size". Not that I have a better one though. But it doesn't account for technology or scaling.
by postalrat 2y ago
IMO that's a poor measurement of "government size". Not that I have a better one though. But it doesn't account for technology or scaling.
- ty6853 2y agoI also like expenditures as % GDP. It was generally far below 5% federally during non-war periods between civil war and ww1, and for most that time no income tax for regular workers. We also had pretty solid growth in that period, pretty close to that of the post WW2 boom. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjNDwxtXwAAYvL5?format=png&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjNDwxtXwAAYvL5?format=png&name=...
- llamaimperative 2y agoIt indicates that reducing headcount is almost certainly a poor way to "increase efficiency."