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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: wonk who wrote (155368)1/30/2011 7:03:17 AM
From: Elroy  Read Replies (1) of 541834
 
Since WWII expenditures have been around 19-21% of GDP.

This brings up a different point. If government is efficient, shouldn't it be able to grow more slowly than GDP? Economic growth (GDP growth) is a good thing, but why does government need to grow at the same rate as the private sector?
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