The links I gave you show that is has grown, but they also show that it has been reduced in size since 1960 by a significant amount and they also show why it has grown and shrunk and that people care about this issue.

For more people who care about the size of government - see conservatives.

You may disagree with them on many other issues, but there are some that are ready to follow the path I laid out in terms of reducing government down to its barest bones. That link is mostly about taxes, but you can see a few that are ready to go much farther:

10. Rep. John Linder (R.-Ga.)
Member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Lead sponsor of the “Fair Tax,” which would abolish the income tax, eliminate the IRS and create a consumption tax.

6. Sen. John Sununu (R.-N.H.)
A consistent proponent of tax cuts and opponent of spending increases. Ran for office on the issue of Social Security reform and championed legislation for reform through personal retirement accounts.

3. Rep. Jeff Flake (R.-Ariz.)
Sponsor of a bill to require the Congressional Budget Office to use dynamic scoring for proposed tax cuts and co-sponsor with Rep. Ron Paul of a constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th Amendment. Consistent proponent of tax cuts and opponent of spending increases.

2. Sen. Jim DeMint (R.-S.C.)
Sponsor of legislation (the 8.5% Tax Reform Plan) to abolish the income tax and replace it with a national sales tax and business tax.

1. Rep. Ron Paul (R.-Tex.)
Co-sponsor with Rep. Jeff Flake of a constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th Amendment and end income, gift and estate taxes. Regularly pushes for tax cuts. Sponsor of bills to allow tax credits for private school tuition, to permit tax deduction of college tuition and to stop all taxation of Social Security benefits. Opposes all unconstitutional spending programs.

It is possible to do it my way - your way is simply too dangerous and won’t work, anyway.

If you actually care to consider the other side, do read those links. I did read what you gave me.

I promise I will read them. That, however, can not sway my conviction that any coercive government is fundamentally immoral and that governments inevitably overcome any constitutional constraints on their power. I’d like to respond in more detail to your other two comments, but I do have some other things I need to do right now. I do urge you to stick around, though, as I consider the debate exhilirating.

http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=3521&sequence=0
http://www.house.gov/jec/growth/govtsize/govtsize.htm

Yes, those were produced by the government - but this is because in this country we are capable of recognizing the need to reduce government and unlike the Soviet Union don’ have all of our incentives ass-backward. If you actually care to consider the other side, do read those links. I did read what you gave me.

How is the government more powerful now than when, under FDR, millions of Americans were working for Uncle Sam directly and a federal NRA program limited working hours and set wages for other business?

Between the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA), millions of Americans were reforesting for their country.

Give me some examples of how the US today is more statist than it was then.