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A 17% increase, especially if you thought something was too big to begin with doesn't strike me as "slight."
And the employment number (I see sources online that give a different larger number for civilian federal employees but the relatively static nature remains the same) is somewhat deceptive if, as is often complained about, the growth in government employment has not been in direct federal employees but rather through conversion of direct employment to contracted employment.
I tried to look it up but it would appear that the government doesn't actually keep count of how many people performing government jobs do so as contractors.
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