Gummint size has *shrunk* under Obama. Wait! What?
The number of gummint employees has actually gone down under Obama. The chart above, based on the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, shows the number of (federal) public sector employees added since Obama's inauguration.
Helpfully, it also shows the same under Bush (hat-tip Krugman).
The Bottom line is that we currently have almost 700K less Gummint employees than when Obama started!!!
And the spike?
That big honking spike that proves that Obama is an evil baddie dude?
Those are the census workers - the temporary (!!!) census workers - that are (Temporarily!!!) hired once every 10 years. So no, can't use that against him.
So, seriously, based on the chart above,
- Which of these is the "Big Gummint" President?
- Which of these is the "Shrinks Gummint" President?
As I've said earlier
So yeah, the bottom line (to the bottom line) is that if you care about reducing the size of government spending (Yes! You! I'm talking to you, who is so clearly frothing at the mouth about this, even though Austerity Now! Austerity Forever! is destroying economies all around), you want to vote for a Democrat as President. Because they clearly do better, and the Republicans, even more clearly do worse.
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