Jas - as someone of like mind - what would be the first thing you would cut or change? Perhaps we can all find some common ground on items we think are a waste of money.
~Amanda
Hmmm I have to take some time and think.
There is IRS reform. First, I think these "rebates" from the government are a bunch of bunk, especially since people who haven't paid into the system can get some back as well. Second, the Earned Income Credit needs to go. Again people are getting back more than they paid in. No those aren't really measures to shrink the government, those are just issues I get my panties in a wad over.
This mortgage bailout.
What kind of crap is that?
I think the Department of Education is redundent with what is happening on the State level. I think that department can be greatly streamlined.
With food products there are a number of agencies with oversight. Streamline those as well. I would think the USDA could be absorbed by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Interior.
Basically, I'm all for shrinking buracracy whenever possible.
Oh another one near and dear to my heart...I wish the FAA would quit giving grants to airports all ready overcrowded, forcing airlines to use underserved airports. This alone would free up transportation money with regard to the FAA and the DOT, because people could use the airports closest to them rather than driving out of their way to another with better service.
Now of course there is the war. But that's not really waters I want to tread in now. We put ourselves there and I think it a diservice to get out leaving that place worse off than it was before.
