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The size of the federal workforce has been remarkably stable for decades[1]. It hasn't dipped below 2.7 million since 1967 ad only recently cracked 3 million again.

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CES9091000001

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And in 1970 the US population was 203 million compared to 340 million now.

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The comment above wasn't about per capita reductions.