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A Forty-Five Billion Dollar Payroll

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According to data compiled by the Tax Foundation, Inc., it cost approximately $45 billion a year to meet the payroll for the 9.5 million federal, state, and local government civilian employees. More than one out of every seven employed persons in the US today work for their federal, state, or local government. And nationwide, 39 cents out of every $1 of every state and local government spending goes to the salaries of public employees.
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