"From this quarter, we are alarmed with the amazing expense, from the number of persons who are to administer the new government. From another quarter, and sometimes from the same quarter, on another occasion, the cry is that the Congress will be but a shadow of a representation, and that the government would be far less objectionable if the number and the expense were doubled."
- James Madison (Federalist Paper No. 38)
Good news on economic productivity The government is reporting that we're producing lots more economic activity per person than last quarter -- almost 10% more, on an annualized rate