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The federal government is literally the same size it was in the early 1970s.
Idiots voting red: "the gubments gotten too big!"
What do you mean by “same size”? Is it the same number of employees? Same number of divisions?
What do you consider "the federal government".
There are roughly 3 million people in the federal government and that number varies.