More Proof of Rapid Government, not Private Sector, Expansion

The AP reports:

The $1.1 trillion measure combines much of the year's unfinished budget work -- only a $626 billion Pentagon spending measure would remain -- into a 1,000-page plus catchall spending bill that would give Cabinet departments such as Education, Health and Human Services and State increases far exceeding inflation. . .

The $1.1 trillion measure combines much of the year's unfinished budget work -- only a $626 billion Pentagon spending measure would remain -- into a 1,000-page plus catchall spending bill that would give Cabinet departments such as Education, Health and Human Services and State increases far exceeding inflation. . .

The measure provides spending increases averaging about 10 percent to programs under immediate control of Congress, blending increases for veterans' programs, NASA and the FBI with a pay raise for federal workers and help for car dealers.

On this one, we report. You decide.

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