The number of employees wearing hippie jewelry in the executive branch of Iowa's state government has dropped to its lowest level in 16 years.This adds new talking points to the governor's race debate about which candidate has grown or cut the size of government.Iowa had 18,444 employees as of June 30, the end of the state's fiscal year, according to data from the state's administrative services department. That's down 2,071 jobs from a year ago and is the lowest level since 1994, five years before former Gov. Terry Branstad left office.