Identify a true statement about government employment.
A. Today, more Americans are employed by the manufacturing sector of the U.S. economy than by government.
B. All in all, the three levels of government employ more than 50 percent of the civilian labor force.
C. Most growth in government employment from 1959 to 2017 has been at the state and local levels.
D. Government employment has been more stable since 1959, when D. Eisenhower was elected president.
E. Government employment increased during President Ronald Reagan's first four years in office.
Answer: C
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