Obama = first president since WWII to oversee a contraction in federal government (dollars, party)

[evan83]

This logically explains why the mentally unhinged tea party keep whining about non-economic issues such as gays, contraception, and Obama's birth certificate.

Government Job Killer

[Oldhag1]

Originally Posted by evan83

This logically explains why the mentally unhinged tea party keep whining about non-economic issues such as gays, contraception, and Obama's birth certificate.

Government Job Killer

And a significant increase in the use of contractors.

ObamaCare spending to top contractors tops $1 billion (Video) - The Hill's Healthwatch

[dv1033]

Lots of govt jobs lost recently. Didn't help the economy short term.

[illtaketwoplease]

you keep drinking the koolaid... look at the DC area real estate market and tell us govt. jobs are contracting. absolute rubbish.

[wutitiz]

Peter Beinart (a liberal/progressive) explained what is going on here:

Why the Shutdown is a Republican Victory - The Daily Beast

It is in spite of Obama, not because of him. It is primarily the GOP house steering the ship. They deserve much more credit than they've received.

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by evan83

Obama = first president since WWII to oversee a contraction in federal government

total lie


total federal employees 1962......5,354,000
total federal employees 1968......6,639,000
1970....6,085,000
1978....5,028,000
1984....5,088,000
1988....5,289,000
1992....4,931,000
1998....4,196,000
2003....4,210,000
2008....4,206,000
2009....4,430,000
2010....4,443,000
2011....4,403,000

[wutitiz]

I add total spending (inflation adjusted, 2005 dollars) to your list. (in trillions of dollars).

1970....6,085,000.... $0.982
1978....5,028,000.... 1.278
1984....5,088,000..... 1.501
1988....5,289,000..... 1.663
1992....4,931,000.... 1.857
1998....4,196,000.... 1.958
2003....4,210,000.... 2.304
2008....4,206,000.... 2.70
2009....4,430,000.... 3.17
2010....4,443,000.... 3.081
2011....4,403,000.... 3.126

So number of direct gov't employees is not a reliable measure of whether gov't is expanding or contracting.

[Think4Yourself]

Originally Posted by evan83

This logically explains why the mentally unhinged tea party keep whining about non-economic issues such as gays, contraception, and Obama's birth certificate.

Government Job Killer

And yet the right still wrongly claims spending is increasing. That just goes to show how completely untethered from reality the American right wing has become.

[Haakon]

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

And yet the right still wrongly claims spending is increasing. That just goes to show how completely untethered from reality the American right wing has become.

No, it just goes to how there is no lie a liberal will fail to believe and retell to support their position.

[lycos679]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

total lie


total federal employees 1962......5,354,000
total federal employees 1968......6,639,000
1970....6,085,000
1978....5,028,000
1984....5,088,000
1988....5,289,000
1992....4,931,000
1998....4,196,000
2003....4,210,000
2008....4,206,000
2009....4,430,000
2010....4,443,000
2011....4,403,000

Your numbers aren't accurate. There were around 2.4 million federal employees in 1962 and now there are around 2.7 million.