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If you could only keep 7 of 10 of these federal departments/agencies, which ones would you keep?

Department of Homeland Security Drug Enforcement Agency Agency for Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Department of Education Environmental Protection Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Energy Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Agriculture Department of Labor

Public Comments

1. i would keep the EPA but drastically reduce their power. environmental protection is VERY important, but stifling economic growth is not what we need right now.
2. you should try asking this with numbers 1 2 3 i lost track
3. Dept. of Labor , EPA , and the FBI . The rest can go . No need for a dept. of energy when we have no energy policy .
4. the first 7.
5. Eliminated EPA, Education and Agriculture
6. If it were a choice I'd Nix them all but the FBI and keep the EPA as an informational agency to inform the people but not control business. Let the choices of the people control what is consumed, it's their consumption, they should control it with their own choices. Having an honest organization out there informing would be great. Having a political organization out there controlling and stifling is a disaster.
7. i would get rid of ATF (other agencies can do that job) housing and urban development DEA (they clearly arent winning)
8. None. But if 7 must stay, I'll keep: Department of Education Environmental Protection Agency Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Energy Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Agriculture Department of Labor But I would completely gut them and fill them with competent, impartial public servants, not lobbyists and attorneys.
9. 1 not doing their job get rid of them # 2 doing its job when Justice dept doesn't interfere # 3same as above #4 a definite failure # 5 too much power that evades congress #6 KEEP them #7 they don't produce energy, just bad regulations # 8 they are the main reason for the housing crisis #9 keep them, but rewrite their charter #10 total waste
10. Dept of Education DHS EPA DEA HUD Labor Agriculture CIA could take over FBI responsibilities EPA could handle Energy DHS could handle the ATF
11. Department of Homeland Security--combine with Department of Defense where it should be.and eliminate it Drug Enforcement Agency--Combine with FBI and eliminate it. Agency for Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Combine with FBI and eliminate it Department of Education --eliminate it Environmental Protection Agency-eliminate it Federal Bureau of Investigation-combine with other agencies, too much duplication of services Department of Energy-eliminate it Department of Housing and Urban Development- keep but combine with other social service agencies Department of Agriculture eliminate it, send part to HUD that is already duplicating services Department of Labor-eliminate it can be done better at state level (most states already have a department of labor, massive duplication of services) See? Just got rid of at least 6 wasteful cabinet posts
12. I would only keep the following. 1. Federal Bureau of Investigation. 2. Department of Defense. The rest is do nothing worthless government that does nothing except spend tax payers money. That is one of the reason the US is 14 trillion dollars in debt now.