What are your top 3 federal agencies you would abolish besides the Fed?

[freshjiva]

No votes for the DoD?

Now that I think about it, I guess I haven't heard RP attack the DoD much. Does he support it?

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

But in reality

the USDA which includes EPA and FDA. Two for one special!
the DoE
the DoD

Didn't know those 2 agencies were under USDA - are you sure?

The two for one special is a mixxed blessing, in DHS's case, while you loose a bunch of objectionable police state stuff, you also loose the Coast Guard....

If you loose DoE you loose nukes and national labs - assuming you ment Energy and not Education.

DoD woudn't be so bad if it was seriously downsized and lived up to it's name, instead of it's former name - the War Department.

-t

 

[tangent4ronpaul]

No votes for the DoD?

Now that I think about it, I guess I haven't heard RP attack the DoD much. Does he support it?

He supports the troops and wants to bring then home and make it a lot smaller. He has stated that he would like to see us like Switzerland - nutral and not messing with other countries, but just to be safe he wants the Navy to keep a few boomers at sea at all times.

-t

 

[Southron]

BATFE
FBI
DoE

 

[brandon]

IRS
DEA
and DoE


I'd rather just abolish the entire federal government though.

 

[Andrew-Austin]

Department of Education.
Department of Education.

And the Department of Orwellian Bureaucracy Names.

 

[Don't Tread on Mike]

Irs
dea
cia

 

[Anti Federalist]

1) DARPA

2) FEMA

3) ClA

 

[Anti Federalist]

nvm

 

[Golding]

Err...

1) IRS

2) CIA

3) Department of Education

IRS and CIA were the first that immediately came to mind for me. Department of Education is a good one. Dept of Homeland Security works too, as does a myriad of "departments" easily lost in the mix.

 

[idirtify]

HHS (Health and Human Services)
Includes:
ACF - Administration for Children & Families
AoA - Administration on Aging
AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
ATSDR - Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease
CDC - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
CMS - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
FDA - Food & Drug Administration
HRSA - Health Resources & Services Administration
IHS - Indian Health Service
NIH - National Institutes of Health
OIG - Office of Inspector General
SAMHSA - Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration)

IRS (Internal Revenue Service)

 

[Akus]

Err...

1) IRS

2) CIA

3) Department of Education

I was going to post something similar, but this list is good.

 

[Philhelm]

Hmmm...this is a tough decision. I think I'd get rid of:

1) Executive branch

2) Legislative branch

3) Judicial branch

Then I'd start all over with a Constitutional Republic.

 

[TheEvilDetector]

1) IRS
2) NSA *
3) Dept Of Edukashn

* http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/nsa-spying-americans-illegal

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

board of education
board of education
board of education

 

[ChaosControl]

Can I just wrap them all up with "federal government" and call it a day?

 

[charrob]

Dept. of Education
Homeland Security
ATF

 

[furface]

You can always tell who's on welfare or not by the way they answer questions like this. Anybody who has a real job or runs a business would answer IRS first. It's an empirical fact. People who are on social security, disability, government unions, supported by parents, etc tend to answer differently.

 

[RCA]

The purpose of this exercise is to make you think about the differences among the agencies and which ones affect you the most. Saying they all should go is the easy way out for sake of this question, not that they all shouldn't go, but what first, what second and so on. We can't sit around and bitch about our bloated government, but not have a plan for dismantling it.

 

[Krugerrand]

While I'd be fine w/ private enterprise taking over the duties ... the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could be at the bottom of the list for me. I like their weather reports.

For sure ... FDA and Dept of Education are at the top.