American reliance on government at all-time high

What in the world is this doing on HN? This is not what people come here for.

Government is a necessary overhead that must be constantly minimized to avoid eventual societal suicide.

I think governments only move in one direction though. (Has the American government ever shrunk year over year?)

Short answer: yes, ten of the previous twenty years, and fourteen of the last thirty (as a percentage of GDP). http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.ht...

Bread and circuses :/