by Fed Up Texas Chick, The Tenpenny Report:

The US federal workforce comprises just under 3 million employees. Do you feel like you are reaping the benefits of a workforce that large? While 3 million sounds like a massive number, there were more federal workers (3.1 million) in 1944. Actually, in 1939, there were under one million, but the number tripled in size in just five years, mainly to deal with the Great Depression and World War II. In 1990, the federal workforce peaked at 3.4 million employees under the presidency of George H. W. Bush (we call him “Daddy Bush” in Texas).