I encourage you to watch this video and understand why the explosion of federal government is a real danger . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=xOAgT8L_BqQ&feature=player_embedded
Exactly. And all those government workers are going to vote for big spending bills and tax increases in order to keep the gravy train rolling right along . . .
That's pretty accurate. What is glossed over is the fact that nearly all of the increase is due to Bush/cheney's creation and automatic expansion of DHS and the trickle-down effect of all it's underlings like TSA.