The total number of government workers in America has been falling, not rising, under Mr. Obama. […]Total government payrolls have fallen by more than 350,000 since January 2009.
A small increase in federal employment was swamped by sharp declines at the state and local level — most notably, by layoffs of schoolteachers.

[I]f the expansion never happened, why does everyone think it did?

[T]here has been a disinformation campaign from the right, based on the usual combination of fact-free assertions and cooked numbers. And this campaign has been effective in part because the Obama administration hasn’t offered an effective reply.
Source: "Hey, Small Spender" By PAUL KRUGMAN - NY Times - October 10, 2010

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