[circlecity]

"As government grows, so do the challenges of supervising a bureaucracy swelling in both size and power."

We saw this with the Roman empire. It caused many problems and contributed to its demise. Also with the large socialist states throughout history. It always leads to widespread corruption.

[AndyJackson]

The bureacracy is only a piece of the problem. The privatized federal bureaucracy is a whole lot larger and that is where the real money goes.