The Federal Octopus - A Prophetic Warning from 1933 A prequel to the rise of an ever expanding federal bureaucracy and our current constitutional crisis The Federal Octopus is a compelling narrative, painting a portrait of an ever expanding federal bureaucracy, worming its way into every aspect of public and private life. With panoramic sweep, a chronicle unfolds of the United States of America's slide from Constitutional self-reliance towards an indebted welfare state, massive public spending and consolidation of centralized federal powers. Through examples of graft, corruption, abuse of...