They find that once the focus is narrowed to rich countries only, and consistent measures of the size of government are employed, a reasonably consistent picture emerges.

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Our addiction means that official data understate the size of government, and citizens do not have a clear picture of what spending programs we actually are financing.

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Discuss the size of the European Union budget with him, and his face crumples into a picture of exaggerated despair.

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Walsh testified about the document, revealed in court, which contained a picture of Kimberly Sauer and personal information, including her bra size and shoe size.

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