This would be the change we've been calling for, right? Are you happy with the growth in power and spending in the Federal Government? A 14% growth in *numbers* of Executive Branch employees since 2007, alone? (along with the salary increases that
Obama gave out to the White House staff.![Federal Spending Explosion](http://www.rickperry.org/content/uploads/2011/11/Figure-9-Executive-Branch.jpg)
Or Federal spending that grows this fast:
![](http://www.rickperry.org/content/uploads/2011/11/Figure-1-Federal-Spending-Explosion.jpg)
Or, how about a professional Legislature that gets paid nearly 4 times the average American income? ![](http://www.rickperry.org/content/uploads/2011/11/Figure-2-Rise-of-Congressional-Salaries.jpg)
Even if the President is only able to cut the budgets of the Executive Branch, that's more than any other candidate is proposing.
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11/15/2011 10:47:59 AM PST by
hocndoc
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