"Big government" only shrunk under two presidents -- Reagan and Obama.

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Economic policy: Spot the socialists | The Economist

BCA Research produced this fascinating chart in its latest research note which showed the growth in public sector employment in the first four years of recent Presidencies. As you can see, it has contracted under Barack Obama, as it did under Ronald Reagan; the real "big government" types were the two Bushes.

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[CrusaderFrank]

....pay no attention to government takeover of healthcare of the annual $1Trillion deficits...Obama was another Reagan

Uh huh.

Sure he was

 

[Papageorgio]

Take out state and local government that has had to cut jobs because of the economy and federal jobs have risen.

This keeps getting thrown out there by the left but it is disingenuous best.

 

[RDD_1210]

....pay no attention to government takeover of healthcare of the annual $1Trillion deficits...Obama was another Reagan

Uh huh.

Sure he was

LOL, define "government takeover of healthcare". You always have your kool-aid with breakfast Frank?

 

[RDD_1210]

Take out state and local government that has had to cut jobs because of the economy and federal jobs have risen.

This keeps getting thrown out there by the left but it is disingenuous best.

You were saying something about disingenuous?

But if you break down the numbers, you will see that federal employment has increased by just 16,000 under Mr Obama, hardly a socialist transformation (and not much of a Keynesian stimulus either). Over his two terms, George W. Bush added 37,000 federal jobs; Ronald Reagan added 197,000 federal jobs in his two. Bill Clinton lost 139,000! Federal employment is some 350,000 down from when Reagan left office.

 

[daveman]

....pay no attention to government takeover of healthcare of the annual $1Trillion deficits...Obama was another Reagan

Uh huh.

Sure he was

They don't have any heroes of their own, so they have to claim ours.

 

[daveman]

Take out state and local government that has had to cut jobs because of the economy and federal jobs have risen.

This keeps getting thrown out there by the left but it is disingenuous best.

You were saying something about disingenuous?

But if you break down the numbers, you will see that federal employment has increased by just 16,000 under Mr Obama, hardly a socialist transformation (and not much of a Keynesian stimulus either). Over his two terms, George W. Bush added 37,000 federal jobs; Ronald Reagan added 197,000 federal jobs in his two. Bill Clinton lost 139,000! Federal employment is some 350,000 down from when Reagan left office.

And how many new IRS agents is Obamacare supposed to hire?

 

[jillian]

Take out state and local government that has had to cut jobs because of the economy and federal jobs have risen.

This keeps getting thrown out there by the left but it is disingenuous best.

You were saying something about disingenuous?

But if you break down the numbers, you will see that federal employment has increased by just 16,000 under Mr Obama, hardly a socialist transformation (and not much of a Keynesian stimulus either). Over his two terms, George W. Bush added 37,000 federal jobs; Ronald Reagan added 197,000 federal jobs in his two. Bill Clinton lost 139,000! Federal employment is some 350,000 down from when Reagan left office.

And how many new IRS agents is Obamacare supposed to hire?

not as many mercenaries as bush hired.

*shrug*

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You were saying something about disingenuous?

And how many new IRS agents is Obamacare supposed to hire?

not as many mercenaries as bush hired.

*shrug*

Booooooooooooooooooosh!

LOL

BDS, it's permanent, no cure, no hope

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh
Boooooooooooooooooooswh we hates him my precious! He stole the precious Florida chads we hates boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh forever...gollum gollum

 

[Spock]

Obama will be signing a executive order bypassing Congress in order to create a entire Bureau to help bolster education for black students in order to help them.

News from The Associated Press

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You were saying something about disingenuous?

And how many new IRS agents is Obamacare supposed to hire?

not as many mercenaries as bush hired.

*shrug*

So the IRS are Obama's mercenaries?

 

[Sallow]

....pay no attention to government takeover of healthcare of the annual $1Trillion deficits...Obama was another Reagan

Uh huh.

Sure he was

Government didn't take over health care. There are still HMOs.

And this thread is wrong. Reagan grew government. Obama shrunk it.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

....pay no attention to government takeover of healthcare of the annual $1Trillion deficits...Obama was another Reagan

Uh huh.

Sure he was

LOL, define "government takeover of healthcare". You always have your kool-aid with breakfast Frank?

2,700 page law that Dems didn't read before passing and now 5,000 pages of regulations (so far)

 

[Sallow]

Take out state and local government that has had to cut jobs because of the economy and federal jobs have risen.

This keeps getting thrown out there by the left but it is disingenuous best.

You were saying something about disingenuous?

But if you break down the numbers, you will see that federal employment has increased by just 16,000 under Mr Obama, hardly a socialist transformation (and not much of a Keynesian stimulus either). Over his two terms, George W. Bush added 37,000 federal jobs; Ronald Reagan added 197,000 federal jobs in his two. Bill Clinton lost 139,000! Federal employment is some 350,000 down from when Reagan left office.

And how many new IRS agents is Obamacare supposed to hire?

How many?

Because the Obama administration hasn't grown the IRS at all.

In fact..in terms of Federal, State and Municipal employment..the workforce has been cut.

That's unlike Reagan, Bush I, Clinton and Bush II.

 

[Sallow]

....pay no attention to government takeover of healthcare of the annual $1Trillion deficits...Obama was another Reagan

Uh huh.

Sure he was

LOL, define "government takeover of healthcare". You always have your kool-aid with breakfast Frank?

2,700 page law that Dems didn't read before passing and now 5,000 pages of regulations (so far)

Government did NOT take over health care. That's a flat out lie.

 

[edthecynic]

Take out state and local government that has had to cut jobs because of the economy and federal jobs have risen.

This keeps getting thrown out there by the left but it is disingenuous best.

You were saying something about disingenuous?

But if you break down the numbers, you will see that federal employment has increased by just 16,000 under Mr Obama, hardly a socialist transformation (and not much of a Keynesian stimulus either). Over his two terms, George W. Bush added 37,000 federal jobs; Ronald Reagan added 197,000 federal jobs in his two. Bill Clinton lost 139,000! Federal employment is some 350,000 down from when Reagan left office.

And how many new IRS agents is Obamacare supposed to hire?

A little over 300 EMPLOYEES to provide information about the new provisions of the law.

 

[Skull Pilot]

The number of government hacks decreases but the cost of government continues to rise therefore there has been no reduction in government.

 

[Stephanie]

LOL, define "government takeover of healthcare". You always have your kool-aid with breakfast Frank?

2,700 page law that Dems didn't read before passing and now 5,000 pages of regulations (so far)

Government did NOT take over health care. That's a flat out lie.

the HELL if they didn't...
that's why this has to be repealed

 

[RDD_1210]

....pay no attention to government takeover of healthcare of the annual $1Trillion deficits...Obama was another Reagan

Uh huh.

Sure he was

LOL, define "government takeover of healthcare". You always have your kool-aid with breakfast Frank?

2,700 page law that Dems didn't read before passing and now 5,000 pages of regulations (so far)

I didn't think you would have an answer. Thanks for proving me right.

 

[RDD_1210]

2,700 page law that Dems didn't read before passing and now 5,000 pages of regulations (so far)

Government did NOT take over health care. That's a flat out lie.

the HELL if they didn't...
that's why this has to be repealed

It's always funny when people post "evidence" that they clearly don't understand.