Name the Top 10 most wasteful departments of government

[reardenstone]

Name the Top 10 most wasteful departments of government we should end.

I am looking for a line item list of specific institutions like the Dept of Ed and NEA.

 

[Vessol]

Oh where to begin..

I'll probably bash what I don't want to bash as I love them and what they do.

NASA. They waste so much money. They need to be trimmed.

 

[Pacis]

The Department of Defense?

 

[orafi]

I think the biggest waste is the government branch of the government.

 

[Danke]

The Department to Reduce Redundancy Department.

 

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[dannno]

Find out the costs for each department and rank from largest to smallest. This includes operating costs as well as costs to businesses in productivity.

 

[The Patriot]

The Department of Defense?

That and the Department of Education.

 

[Daamien]

In no particular order:

Dept. of Education
Dept. of Agriculture
DEA
ATF
FCC
CIA
DOD
State Dept.
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Dept. of Transportation

 

[Stary Hickory]

The Department of Defense?

This is more true than you know

 

[coyote_sprit]

The Department of Defense?

It accounts for a large part of our deficit and yet DHS still thinks we're unsafe..

 

[erowe1]

I don't know which 10 are the 10 most wasteful. But whichever they are, those are my 10 favorite departments.

 

[dannno]

CIA (responsible for most DOD expenditures)
DOD
IRS
DEA
DHS
FBI
FDA
DOA
DOE
DOT

 

[DapperDan]

Can I say the whole entity?

 

[reardenstone]

Can I say the whole entity?

I would say everything except for a homeland military, one national security force formed from a downsize and merger of FBI-CIA-DOD-and-Homeland with Marshalls too.

The only other thing to keep would be our three branches and the courts.

 

[Ricky201]

Oh wow...

CIA
FBI
NRA
DEA
FDA
Department of Transportation
IRS
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Education
Department of Health

...you seriously can't expect me to narrow down just to 10 right?

 

[DamianTV]

I can name the top 3...

Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
and of course, the Judicial

Keep in mind that the alphabet soup of departments had to come from someone, we should be looking there, not at the alphabet soup itself.

Edit: Or, we can take a look at the ENTIRE BUDGET VISUALLY...




http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html





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