The federal workforce did not grow by nearly 50% under Biden

President Joe Biden presided over an increase in federal government employees during his four-year term, but it wasn’t n

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President Joe Biden increased the federal workforce by about 5%, the highest increase in any single term since the 1980s.
But the number grew by about 130,000, not 900,000.
President Donald Trump oversaw a 2.6% increase in federal employment during his first term, but he cut staff at most federal agencies.

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If your population increases your public servants workforce needs to increase as well in order to provide the same levels of services. I hate when media just mention the raw number or the % of increase, the % of the population working for the government is a much better number to use in this situation. 1% of the population and it stays stable over time as the population is growing? That means the number is increasing, but it doesn't matter, it's still the same proportion!