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Old 01-11-2013, 05:40 PM   #45
sxotty
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Originally Posted by gpshumway View Post
I hate talking politics, mostly because there are lots of people who are sure, just SURE they know things, in spite of the facts. This is a reasonably benign example, but it illustrates the misinformation out there.

Total Federal employment in 1962: 5,354,000
Total Federal employment in 2010: 4,443,000

2010 even includes temporary workers for the census.
Peak Federal employment occurred in 1968 at 6,639,000

http://www.opm.gov/feddata/historica...tsince1962.asp
I thought Scrappy worked for the feds too via NASA maybe he is a private contractor or something.
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