Claim: In the early 1960s, all levels of government were "consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy," a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, "we cease at some point to be a free economy."
Fact-check: Mitt Romney says rising government share threatens free economy
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2011-10-12T00:00:00