Claim: "The federal government is spending 25 percent of our entire economy versus 100 years ago we spent only 2 percent."
Fact-check: U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says federal government spending is 25 percent of the economy, compared to 2 percent a century ago
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Dave Umhoefer
Date published: 2011-07-31T00:00:00