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(i) whether some or all of the functions of an agency, a component, or a program are appropriate for the Federal Government or would be better left to State or local governments or to the private sector through free enterprise;

A) Eliminate ATF. Merge select employees into the FBI and other agencies. Eliminate the Federal role in alcohol, tobacco, firearms, bank robbery and similar things best done at the state and local level. Eliminate all Federal taxes and fees targeted at alcohol, tobacco, etc. Let the states levy and collect those taxes.

FBI should focus on terrorism, cyber crime, political corruption.

B) Eliminate the DOT. Building the interstate system is mission accomplished. What is needed now is short connectors and especially maintenance. This is best done by state and local government. Eliminate Federal taxes on gasoline, oil, tires, batteries, airports, etc. Let the states levy and collect those taxes.

(Maybe retain safety for the Feds?)

C) Eliminate all Federal taxes targeted at communications. Let the states levy and collect those taxes.

D) Eliminate the EPA. Let the states regulate their own environments.

Winners:
Blue states who send more money to DC than they get back.
Blue states who don’t want Trump running their state agenda.
Red states who don’t want DC telling them what to do.
Taxpayers
Environmentalists who can have max impact in the states they control
Mass transit supporters, who are concentrated in the states they control.
State governors and legislators and state lobbyists who now have more power.
Small and medium sized businesses who can compete better at the state and local level than in DC.

Losers:
DC lobbyists, Congressmen and Senators.
Big business which has the competitive edge in big government.
People who can’t handle change. Who are ossified in the status quo.