Coolidge spoke of the costs of government in his day as an astounding sum of 7 billion dollars.
The $7 billion must have included state and local—the 1928 federal budget came in at slightly under $3 billion. If you pro-rated the present budget along the lines of a 40 hour week, 52 weeks/year, $3 billion wouldn’t cover the first two hours of the first day. $7 billion would at least get you beyond lunch.