The U.S. Federal Government is larger, costlier, and more powerful than the founding fathers and our constitution ever allowed for. The change from the original purpose of the government to our current status was gradual and many times unnoticeable. We now look back at our situation and see how far we have strayed. The result is a government that spends more, builds more, legislates more, taxes more, and controls more than we can grasp. Visualizing some of these details helps one to understand the scope and scale of the Federal Governments efforts and impacts.