We went from 10,000 employees to now 15,000 employees over the last 12 years. Next slide. In addition, we saw almost 70% growth in contracts and services over that same period of time. And next slide. That has resulted in total increase in expenditures of 83%. We have nearly doubled the size of the government over the last 12 years. But the challenge, if you remember both slides, is our costs have grown by 83% over the last 12 years. (08:19–08:25)
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