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>With 3 million employees that is, for context, about as high as it was in 1960 when the US population was half as large as it is today. https://datawrapper.d
by Barrin92 1y ago
>With 3 million employees
that is, for context, about as high as it was in 1960 when the US population was half as large as it is today.
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- cperciva 1y agoDoes that include military?
- Barrin92 1y agoIt doesn't, but if it did the decline wouldn't just be relative but absolute because active military personnel is actually down almost 50% since its cold war peak. The US military is significantly leaner nowadays across the board. In terms of spending too, something like 8% of GDP at its peak compared to 3.x now. https://usafacts.org/articles/is-military-enlistment-down/ https://usafacts.org/articles/is-military-enlistment-down/