Which government agencies would you abolish?

[bluestateguy]

Liberals are often accused of being for big government, but I don't think that's true. I think if we took a head count we would find that many on the Left favor getting rid of certain government agencies, though probably not the same ones that have been targeted for years by the Heritage Foundation.

I would abolish the Selective Service System.

[Maine-i-acs]

1. Dept. of Homeland Security

It's bloated and wasteful. They can't even account for their own funds.

Beef up the FBI and let the National Guard actually guard our own country instead.

the NG units would rather guard our airports and borders than a convoy of Halliburton cement trucks I betcha.

[Maine-i-acs]

2. ACK! 666 posts...might as well get it over with

[Maine-i-acs]

4. 667 now.

Whew, I feel better.

[annabanana]

8. there's no "there" there at Homeland Security

It is cobbled together from existing departments all over Washington. The central structure is undeveloped and underfunded. Customs, Border Patrol, Coast Guard etc still operate as they did before. They have new badges and shoulder patches and a new "boss". that's it

[laura888]

23. but with a new layer of management

as a government contractor working for DHS, I know.

This is costing the tax payers more, believe me.

[terrya]

3. The Department of Commerce.

How different is the Secretary of Commerce with the Trade Representative, anyway? Isn't both sort of redundant?

[sbj405]

14. DOC needs to be re-aligned

Census, NOAA, NIST (Natl Inst. of Standards and Technology) - not necessarily what you think of when you think Commerce.

[Squeech]

5. Office of Special Plans

And whatever office it is that told the actuary he could be fired if he told Congress the real cost of the Repuke Medicaid bill.

[annabanana]

9. BINGO!

This should be the first to go.....IN HANDCUFFS.

[demnan]

6. CIA

We must strike out this evil first - forget government waste!

[Rabelais]

7. none

more government means more jobs.
Better oversight and waste management is needed to hold DOD accountable for losing billions of dollars.

[lapislzi]

10. Halliburton, Lockheed Martin...oh, wait, sorry...

I thought this was a thread about what government agencies I would choose to abolish. My bad.

<sarcasm on>

[AspenRose]

11. I wouldn't abolish, per se, but I would definitely clean house

at the FCC...and put in people who would bring the Fairness Doctrine back.

[bemildred]

12. CIA, FBI, DEA, most of the armed forces, ...

[leftyandproud]

13. Dept of Defense (war)

the cause of most of the problems in the world today...the usa dept of war. Use the money for global heathcare coverage instead.

[K-W]

16. I think a proper department of defense is fine.

As long as it remains a department of defense.

Demolishing the military would not be a good idea.

[K-W]

15. CIA, NSA, Homeland Security, NSC

Im sure I'm missing something.

Unconstitutional messes.

[Solar]

17. CIA, FBI, NSA, etc

Wipe them out and start over. One department for concerns inside of the US (drug smuglling, kidnapping, bank robberies) and one for things happening outside of our borders (mainly what the CIA and NSA do).

[ArmchairActivist]

18. ONDCP...

... ONDCP out. DEA reduced by at least 50%, probably more. Then a slow grinding away of the overall military budget. I suspect we could adequately defend ourselves for about half of what we're spending now.

-AA

[maxsolomon]

19. ATF

DHS
DEA
OSP
cut the military in half

[bemildred]

20. Oh yeah, BIA. nt

[cosmicvortex20]

21. I think Im seeing a pattern...

Anything goes but self defence?

[Bandit]

28. Yes the Commies are coming, the Commies are coming

They want to make us defenseless. Oh I'm soooo scared now.

[cosmicvortex20]

29. Seeing freepers at every turn? Try a good tin foil hat!

They might even have the HARP project affecting your mind at the moment too.

[Sugarbleus]

22. I'd like a moratorium on NASA and cut defense budget

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGEEEEEEE BUDGET, NASA, some money well spent, loads of money wasted.

We don't need as many nuclear subs as we have; we don't need more and more supersonic war planes...all of that is crap. Times have changed.

Instead of searching for Mars worms and building high tech killing apparatus, let's spend money on "bombing" the ghettos then rebuilding the areas into decent housing for low income people. Let's spend that money on Healthcare and education........ Just a thought.

[Tangledog]

26. Not NASA

Some jobs just take 100 years for the benefits to show through. NASA has had some huge mistakes but also has a lot of extremely intelligent people. I think what they are doing brings in a lot of "raw knowledge" that will take years to even sort out, never mind do something with. But if we don't need it now, we'll need it later.

[stavka]

24. Really, none of them, just make them do their job - as sworn

[KansDem]

25. Isn't there something that oversees giving public funds...

...to "faith-based" charities?

I'd strongly consider eliminating that one...

[catmandu57]

27. DEA

I think they've proven their use.