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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: Getting Back to Smaller Government
Description: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the federal workforce is smaller than it’s been in half a century. That’s good news. Taxpayers will shoulder fewer obligations for the generous salaries, health benefits and pensions federal workers receive. But there’s a deeper point. America was never meant to be governed from Washington. The Constitution established a federal government of limited, enumerated powers — leaving most authority to the states and the people. As Washington has inserted itself into nearly every corner of American life, the federal payroll has grown. Go...