[OneWingedShark]

Cut more, in fact, sequester all day long, every day until 25% of the federal government no longer exist.

You're far too generous; what we ought to do is cut every federal government agency not (a) specifically mandated, or be entirely due directly to enforcement/implementation of something directly in the constitution… and then look to trim those down as well.

The above would leave only a few agencies/departments:

1. Army,
2. Navy,
3. IRS (they do collect taxes; and the 16th Amendment is part of the constitution),
4. Post Office,
5. Secret Service (they investigate counterfeiting; mentioned in the Constitution)
6. DOT (providing for roads is mentioned in the constitution)

That said:
-- Strip the SS of all duties protecting politicians; they are to only be about pursuing counterfeiting operations,
-- Alter the DOT to be more emphasized on keeping the roads clear and under repair,
-- Take a serious, hard look at the 2-year limitation on Army funding.

That's how you cut down government.

[John O]

I agree almost entirely except you have to include all of DOD. If airflight was posisble in the days of the Founding Fathers they would have authorized it. Defense is a legitimate function of government.

There are also other pieces of defense buried in other agencies (Centers for disease control, national institutes of health are two that come to mind.)

But the bottom line is the same. Get the fedgov out of anything not authorized by the Constitution.

[servantboy777]

>>That’s how you cut down government.<<

Yea, we can dream can’t we.

As far as the IRS, go to a national sales tax, flat or whatever and cut this agency to the bone.