[Joe Hadenuf]

Because the stand-alone statement, "The Federal gov't is the largest employer in our nation," is meaningless without any additional information. By how much is it the largest employer? If you eliminate active military personnel from the number, is it still the largest?

The federal, state and local governments employ about 22,000,000 (that's twenty two million) government employees. Now lets subtract from the military, what's that about one or two million?

Anyone that doesn't find these numbers *disturbing*, is either super rich, or is on the government payroll, supported by the bending backs of the tax payers.

[newgeezer]

Anyone that doesn't find these numbers *disturbing*, is either super rich, or is on the government payroll, supported by the bending backs of the tax payers

Interestingly, the taxpayers don't seem to give a damn. Withholding and over-withholding (resulting in a "gift" from Uncle Sam on their annual tax returns) keep them clueless and happy.

In the not too distant future, the taxpayers will have no voice in government anyway, as the Dems -- aided and abetted by appeasing Republicans -- march toward their goal of marginalizing taxpayers into a minority, thus ensuring the "soak the rich" party's success at the polls. Short of a revolution, the non-taxpaying masses will control government.