As a quick way to demonstrate the jaw-dropping growth of
the federal government, conservatives and libertarians like me often point to
the growing wealth in the D.C. area. Like a vortex, the federal government
sucks in wealth from the rest of the country.
When liberal bloggers like Paul Krugman want to push back
on this line of argument, they point out that the federal workforce is actually
falling.
But that's a pretty facile and misleading way of arguing
against an explosion of government. Because big government doesn't just create
government employees, it also creates government dependents — including
lobbyists and businesses getting rich off of big government.
The Washington Post has a good feature story on Washington's boom industry in
taxpayer-made millionaires:....To Read More...
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