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The Real Marty · 05-05-2021, 05:24 AM

(05-04-2021, 09:00 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:
(05-04-2021, 07:08 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Which half would you eliminate?

Off the top of my head:

The Department of Education
The Department of Energy
The Department of Homeland Security
The Department of the Interior
The Department of Labor

Specific agencies:

The EPA
The IRS
The ATF
The SBA
HHS/CMS

Within those departments and agencies are billions of dollars worth of useless, redundant, and wastefully unneeded regulations, policies, and enforcement mechanisms. And this group is just a drop in the ocean of the bloated federal government.

Just off the top of my head, I think I would keep the department of Homeland Security and the Department of the Interior. Also the EPA and the IRS. I don't know how we would fund the government and enforce tax law without the IRS. I believe in enforcing pollution laws and regulations, so that's why I'd keep the EPA.

Department of the Interior manages the national parks and wildlife refuges. I'd keep that.

According to its website, the Department of Homeland Security "...is responsible for counterterrorism, cybersecurity, aviation security, border security, port security, maritime security, administration and enforcement of our immigration laws, protection of our national leaders, protection of critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, detection of and protection against chemical, biological and nuclear threats to the homeland, and response to disasters." I think I'd like to keep that. You do want to enforce immigration laws, I presume?

I might eliminate the Department of Education.