U.S. Government Gets Bigger, Largely Because of Growth of Homeland Security
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The number of federal government workers rose from 1.9 million to 2.1 million between 2004 and 2012, the USA Today reports, citing the Government Accountability Office. Homeland Security grew nearly 4% annually on average between 2004 and 2012. The GAO report, which was released Wednesday, found: From 2004 to 2012, the federal…