Cost of government - 58% of national income?

Is this economist pulling our legs,or what?

Government Growth
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government spending plus regulation compliance costs mandated by federal, state and local government. You will note the latest year shows the government spending-regulation combination at about 58% of national income (43% spending plus 14.9% regulatory compliance costs).

The current ratio of 58% equates to 6.7 months per year of a worker's income needed to cover government (federal, state, local) spending & regulations - - (5.2 months to cover government spending and another 1.5 months to cover mandated regulatory compliance costs).
http://mwhodges.home.att.net/piechart.htm#chart1

How much does it cost to govern us?

Got contrasting esimates? Please post them here.

income. I do not want to go back to the bad old days of when grandma ate catfood to survive..no mater what YOU think!

how these were computed.

Also, what is the effect on the economy of government benefits to business - e.g road building? And have these benefits been subtracted out of the asserted costs?

I think the government agencies do a cost benefit report on their regulations periodically and thelast one I saw (a few years back) the bottom line on each agency showed a net savings to the taxpayer, so the regulion compliance costs should net out to less than zero.

If the bottom line on each agency showed a net savings to the taxpayer, so the regulion compliance costs should net out to less than zero, why did you add regulation compliance costs when you computed the cost of government: government spending-regulation combination at about 58% of national income (43% spending plus 14.9% regulatory compliance costs) - seems like you should have subtracted it.

I am not the author of the grandfather government website.