Changes

Growth in bureaucracy comes at the cost of individual freedom. The U.S. federal bureaucracy and number of regulations – along with other western countries – has exponentially increased since the beginning of the 20th century.  The permanent institutional bureaucracy, the [[civil service system]], becomes an unelected fourth branch of government whose primary interests are often career advancement, job security, and avoiding responsibility for failure.

Growth in bureaucracy comes at the cost of individual freedom. The U.S. federal bureaucracy and number of regulations – along with other western countries – has exponentially increased since the beginning of the 20th century.  The permanent institutional bureaucracy, the [[civil service system]], becomes an unelected fourth branch of government whose primary interests are often career advancement, job security, and avoiding responsibility for failure.

Since the founding of the [[Post Office]], campaign promises of "job creation"  by some candidates often means "government job creation," which comes at the expense of taxpayers and the [[private sector]]'s ability to create private sector jobs, and hence more private sector taxpayers to support government.

Since the founding of the [[Post Office]], campaign promises of "job creation"  by some candidates often means "government job creation," which comes at the expense of taxpayers and the [[private sector]]'s ability to create private sector jobs, and hence more private sector taxpayers to support government. <ref>This is especially true in economic down cycles when advocates of [[Economic stimulus|stimulus]] and [[deficit spending]] create more government bureaucracies to alleviate hard times that then outlive their usefulness, albeit with civil servants holding a full range of government pensions and benefits, when more prosperous times return. See also [[Emergency spending]] and [[New spending]].</ref>

===Socialism and environmentalism===

===Socialism and environmentalism===