November 27, 2011 8:13AM 

# The Future of Growth 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Just in case you were wondering where future growth might come from, the *Washington Post* [reports](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/dc-area-is-behind-the-curve-on-housing-and-jobs-forecasts/2011/11/08/gIQA8p9SUN_story.html):

> a new analysis warns that the Washington area doesn’t have nearly enough housing for the wave of new workers that will arrive in coming decades.
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> Researchers at George Mason University say the area is projected to add more than a million new jobs by 2030.

That’s the future we can expect if we don’t start constraining the size, scope, and power of the federal government: further transfers of wealth from the rest of the country to Washington, from the productive sector to the redistributive and regulatory sector.

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