Why hasn't it been abolished, then?
Same reason the Dept of Mis-education hasn't been abolished.
If you want to go back to politicians who actually meant what they said in rolling back government, you'll have to return to the days of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.
I am disappointed by the pork laden bills that have been signed into law by President Bush lately. I support the President, but he really does need to listen to the words of the Great Man, when he was inaugurated in 1981:
"In our present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems...government is the problem."
Regards, Ivan