Your other points are well taken Mr. Browne. However, I would like to point a teeny tiny difference. Government grew more rapidly under Nixon, Reagan, Ford or Bush because of the DEMOCRAT controlled congress. We had deficit spending until the Repubs showed up. If you remember the first two years of Clinton, he pushed tax increases and tried to socialize America.
Government grew more rapidly under Nixon, Reagan, Ford or Bush because of the DEMOCRAT controlled congress.
If that's the case, we should expect different results now?
Check Cato's Fact and Figure page and post #12
http://www.cato.org/fiscal/2002/factsfigs.html