This article provides facts and figure’s that indicate the number of employees employed by the Federal government and the Clinton and Obama administration’s were less than those of modern a republican administrations. To claim that Obama is a big government liberal doesn’t coincide with the facts. The statistics and records show that Ronald Reagan employed more than 30,000 Federal personnel than Obama.
TOTAL NONMILITARY EMPLOYEES IN 1980 — 2,875,000 Reagan
TOTAL NONMILITARY EMPLOYEES IN 2010 — 2,840,000 Obama
Clinton left office with 2,703,000 and Reagan started his term in 1981 with 2,875,000 Source-Poilticususa- 8-24-2011