"We really need to work on the question of what we are for,"
How about yard work?
Be very careful what you ask for. It is already illegal to burn leaves. Ever think about what bending over to pull a weed or plant a begonia does to your back. Have you received training on ergonometric yard pracitices. Is your hand-cart OSHA complient. We could have a government program on yard work. It is how the new church attending neo-elites will connect with the red-states. They will be photographed at the annual church garden sale. We will have Harvard professors sitting on government commissions to approve hydroponic home-gardening programs. The Ag (deparmtent of Agriculture) equivalent of Energy's (DOE's) weather-stripping program (bet you didn't know we had one of those - a government program to help you weatherstrip your front door).