The creation of the United States Department of United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1953 {not a function of the federal government} and later the Department of Education has taken over control of what was one private sector and church ran functions such as hospitals and schools. The federal government put regulations and conditions upon these agencies and they failed under the pressure.
Our schools were primarily founded by churches and private business. The public schools were ran strictly by local rule. What Bush has tried to do using Faith Based Programs is a step in the wrong direction. They don't need Feds money but rather Feds off their backs and let them return to doing what they did far better than before government became the overseer of health care and education. That should solely be a task for state and local governments.
So why hasn't the GOP abolished many of the unconstitutional departments it now operates? Because neither the DEM's nor the GOP are interested in smaller and more accountable government except for persons like Ron Paul. The others are in it for power grabs. Government in the DEM's and GOP's eyes as a whole must be your overlord and you it's indebted servant.
Unfortunately the Rockefeller Republicans never met government expansion they didn't like. It was as true under the wide awakes pre-civil war party as it is now.
I agree. The federal income tax on individuals should end as a relegated leftover from the 20th Century. The liberals need to get over it.