One tenth would be vastly better but still too large. Remember, government exists to CREATE problems NOT to solve problems so it will always grow far larger than it needs to be. Have you ever tried to list all the government functions which offer a net positive benefit to the governed? I don’t mean just in theory, I mean an ACTUAL net positive result.
My view of most government action is that a law is passed to solve a mostly or completely imaginary problem and the resulting government action THEN CREATES the problem which it supposedly solves, the problem is then set in stone, never to be resolved, while the agency devoted to it grows ever larger and larger.
I agree with your sentiments.
Well said.