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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (77)	8/29/2011 10:48:40 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) of 85487

Some numbers of interest: Monthly payroll budget for the federal government: Year # of Employees Dollar Amount 1992 - 3,046,873 Not available 1995 2,895,275 $9.7B 1999 2,799,100 $10.4B 2003 2,717,080 $12.7B 2007 2,730,050 $14.4B 2009 2,823,777 $15.1B The number of federal employees has been relatively flat to down for 19 years while there has been a steady increase in the average pay for federal employees. Source. census.gov It certainly does appear that both parties are have been guilty of increasing spending. But which party is likely to decrease spending in the future?

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