>>Typical for government. That's why capitalism is a better system than socialism.
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>Bullseye! As a Fed worker as well, my only addition to this type of gov't mentality is this is a big reason why gov't is spiraling out of control as well as the Federal budget.

This is a common misconception. In fact the debt to GDP is less than in 1940.
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2002/sheets/hist07z1.xls