"And of course, doubling the size of the fed over the past 30 years..."
http://www.gpoaccess...fy11/pdf/hist.pdf
1980: Federal Outlays: 21.6% of GDP
2010: Federal Outlays: 25.4% of GDP
http://www.opm.gov/f...mentSince1962.asp
1980: Total Federal Employment: 4.965M
2010: Total Federal Employment: 4.443M
HTH.
Cheers,
Scott.