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US GOVERNMENT IS WORLD'S 3RD LARGEST ECONOMY

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by MIKE FLYNN 31 Mar 2014 POST A COMMENT

Monday's open enrollment deadline for ObamaCare, which, with its subsidies and tax credits, represents the largest expansion of government, is a good time to assess the total scale of government in the US. 

Appreciating the full scope of the US government is difficult, because its activities are undertaken at the federal, state, and local levels. Adding all of this together, government in the US consumes more than $6 trillion a year. This makes the US government the world's 3rd largest economy. 

The United States economy produces just over $16 trillion in total goods and services every year. China's economic output is, by the most reliable measure, over $8 trillion. The next largest national economy is Japan, producing around $5 trillion in total economic output. Federal, state, and local governments in the US, however, consume more than $6.2 trillion. US government spending, in fact, is about the same as the total economic output of France and Germany combined. 

Getting even a rough grasp of total government spending in the US is tricky. One must navigate multiple data sources and be sure to subtract intergovernmental transfers. The federal government provides more than half a trillion dollars to state governments. State governments transfer nearly an equal amount to local governments. States also have a number of trust funds that aren't included in their general fund expenditures.

Total federal outlays in 2012 were $3.5 trillion, roughly the size of the German economy. (Consider that; It takes the total economic output of every German, who have the 4th largest national economy, to finance our federal government.) After subtracting federal grants and transfers, state governments in the US consumed just over $1.6 trillion, which is roughly the economy of Spain or India. 

Local governments collected revenue of around $1.1 trillion in 2011 (the last year for which information is available). There are more than 90,000 units of local government in the US. 

(Note: Figures for state and local governments are based on revenue collected rather than expenditures. Under current reporting, one can account for intergovernmental transfers in revenue reported, but not in expenditures. For example, one can determine how much local governments receive from state governments for public education, but local governments report the total amount spent on education, not the funding source of the spending.)

Taken together, government in the United States, at all levels, consumes about 40% of the overall economy. Considering only of the federal government or individual states obscures the complete footprint of government in the US.  

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EC:

Another option to just getting yourself safe, is to crush the system as it stands. Pay less tax, retire early (and get the money out of the 401K), get food stamps, get out of the U.S. Dollar, get every freebie offered to the dead weight. Demand reassessment of your land. Take the entire system down from within - that is what the Marxists did, it was a documented strategy,  so return the favor.  Individual action, no matter how small it seems, is critical.

Those with cash are the targets for government. Home owners and retirement funds are next. All government activity is about buying lower class voters, feeding banks, the military/industrial complex, academia and other collectivists and oligarchs - it needs your money.  

Look at all the taxes you pay and stop. For example, if you don't need to drive - don't. The tax revenue from fuel is confiscatory.  Don't buy new crap.  Don't buy a sandwich when you can buy the real food as prepared food has a high tax on it. Avoid hotels, especially expensive ones.  For that matter, avoid NYC and other big socialist cities that exist to take money from citizens. Drive carefully as the car is a major source of intrusion into your life.

Get your money out of the country or out of dollars and use all the services the socialists offer to the lower classes. Get those food stamps, fuel supplements, and so on. You are not encouraging the system, it is time to break it.  You are merely claiming some of your money back.

If most people decided to not drive for a few weeks, the state would begin to collapse. Please, quit smoking - it is your patriotic duty.  

Don't apply moral, Protestant values. Those are the ones that destroyed your nation. The enemy is in control, so resist.  Avoiding taxes is legal if you barter, so practice that art.

Few can do it, but if you can, sue government departments and individuals, as appropriate. Go to Town Meetings and complain all the time. Vote against all teachers running for the school board - an absurd conflict of interest.

 One needs a lawyer, usually, to sue, so if you can afford it, do so as a patriotic act. You can pick one of a thousand violations of the law and Constitution to sue about.  Passive resistance is much safer than what will follow.

The ultimate freedom fighters weapons are to starve the monster and to vote out everyone. Forget parties, just say no.  (OK, you can avoid the Communist, Socialist Progressive, and Working Families Parties. They all support the collective over individual freedom)

Pass this along to those who are low information voters.  It is their future that is at stake and they are committing suicide.