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**Shek** · 11-27-2005, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Praxus

None of them valid, however.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2005/tables.html
http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/2005summary/html/p2-17.htm#5
http://www.va.gov/vetdata/Geographic...tion/index.htm

DOD- 429 Billion
DOJ- 22.2 Billion
DOVA-16 Billion

Total- Less then 500 billion, probably a little over when you factor in the cost of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the President.

A 5% contract free, combined with lotteries would accomplish this type of fund raising.

State?
Homeland Security?
Transportation?
CDC?

I'm not a fan of excess bureaucracy, but there is certainly a need for more functions that what you've listed, and I've added just a few that are vital to the citizens of the United States. What is needed is someone that can clean house and eliminate the unnecessary functions within the varying bureaucracies. In the end, for me, the free market is still king in my book, but the free market needs a helping hand in some cases.