Whenever Democrats condone various Big Brother programs, they routinely defend their actions and intent as an “investment in the future.” In other words, leftists believe that government initiatives can replace free enterprise as an economic and social engine – despite the fact that most “investments” end up in a train wreck. Suffice it to say, this fiscal disorder has resulted in an overly bloated government. “Appreciating the full scope of the US government is difficult, because its activities are undertaken at the federal, state, and local levels,” explains Breitbart’s Mike Flynn. However, “Adding all of this together, government in the U.S. consumes more than $6 trillion a year. This makes the U.S. government the world’s 3rd largest economy.” This equals about what France and Germany produce economically – combined. Only the U.S. economy, with $16 trillion outputted annually, and China, with $8 trillion at best guesstimate, rank higher on the scale. Unfortunately, exuberant government expenditures are drowning the real economic condition of America.