Boy - how spending is upside down!
So many parts of that list the Government has ZERO legitimate reason to have any hand at all in..
The only two categories in that list that I see a LEGITIMATE reason for increased funding (and would actually like to see more):
National Defense (we are truly facing a world on the edge - and we need the resources to be prepare.
Veterans Benefits - we have to take care of those who defend us and have given a part of their life for our country.
I agree. Call me backwards or old fashioned, but somehow I get the idea that the federal government is only allowed to do what the Constitution specifically allows it to do, with remaining powers reserved to the states or to the people, so long as the Constitution has not already specifically denied those powers to the same.
Defense (including veterans’ benefits) would/should make up the bulk of spending. Then there would be things like government salaries, jails, post offices, and the various costs of laws enacted in compliance with and to carry out these powers.