In both a quantitative and qualitative sense, government has grown.
The last government grew the public sector much more than the country could afford.
The government apparently was also growing concerned about net tax losses from trusts.
I wasn't surprised the government couldn't grow good plants.
It follows a period of two decades during which state government quietly grew stronger.
Worse, though, is that as government has grown, so too have its restrictions on the free exercise of religion.
Clearly, as you have written, our federal government has grown faster than the economy that supports it.
During this period, the federal government has grown from a modest to a mammoth presence in Americans' lives.
The problem can become worse as government and population grows but delivery systems do not change.
But will the government grow up and clean its mess up?