Obama: Public Employee Firings Are Me Cutting 'Bloated Government': "As the Washington Times pointed out, when Obama "took office in January 2009, there were about 2,064,000 federal workers, excluding the postal service. Last month, there were 2,202,400 such federal employees, an increase of 6.7 percent." So Obama is effectively taking credit for state cutbacks which his administration sought to prevent.
Obama's stimulus plan include millions of dollars aimed at keeping teachers employed. However, he has never argued that plan was tantamount to "bloated government." He seems content to have it both ways. If he spends tax money to employ state workers, that's purely pragmatic and proves nothing. But if he fails to spend tax money to employ state workers, that proves he's not a big government guy."
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