Friday, January 2, 2015

How Ronald Reagan Actually Expanded the Federal Government



Under Reagan, the national debt almost tripled, from $907 billion in 1980 to $2.6 trillion in 1988.

 Under Reagan, the federal workforce increased by about 324,000 to almost 5.3 million people.

Mother Jones has put some charts together on the Reagan years here.

For the full take on Reagan see: Ronald Reagan: An Autopsy by Murray Rothbard.

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