[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping; post. BIG GOVERNMENT IS CRONY SOCIALISM.

Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat

http://www.usdebtclock.org

We’re all working (directly) or not working (forced to support through taxation/confiscation) for the government in some form or fashion.

“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.”

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

[expat_panama]

We’re all working (directly) or not working (forced to support through taxation/confiscation)

That's a very good important point.  Gov't can be too big and intrusive w/o having a big payroll.  It doesn't yet it is.