Strange Fact !!

Just reading a brand schooling paper at HBS. What really got me is that.. "The U.S. Government represents 35 percent of the U.S. economy".

Now thats an eyeopener 35Cents/1$ back to the gov ??? Strange, If I look at it, we Canadian's give back approx 22% back to the government, get back health care and other benifits. What are the american society doing ?? Don't they think these thoughts ??