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What do I want the government to do?

Not much, actually.  I think maintaining a military is a good idea since state sponsored actors need a state sponsored response, so the Fed can have a military.  I like the interstate system.  I makes a way for goods to be trucked across the nation, easily.  I like that, so they can keep that.There needs to be some sort of state sponsored research on diseases and things like that.  This needs to be a non-political, by design, system where people who love science and biology can try things and look at things and even develops preventative systems.  These preventative systems can be offered, but cannot be mandatory.  The government also needs to be funded, and that is by taxes, so the government needs a way to collect those taxes.  Currently it is the IRS, which is a political organization and needs to be abandoned and Lois Lerner needs to be put in a Super-Max prison for the rest of her life.  The Fed also needs to manage international trade and relations.  Individuals and individual states should not be allowed to make treaties and such, but private companies need to be able to trade with companies overseas.  The Fed needs the FBI and the NSA and CIA and things which touch on the military and keep peace at a national level.  State and local government needs police forces, fire suppression and other things to keep the population safe and they are allowed to collect taxes to pay for these things.  Although, I would really like to see a city form a privately funded police and fire force.  Paid for by people in the city, directly to these people.  It would be interesting to see local government, in smaller towns, get out of the police and fire business.

The government must also manage and pay for its three branches.  This takes a degree of staff, but far fewer than the 2,000,000 people on the federal payroll.  Other things that are mentioned in the constitution, like national parks and national forests must exist, and that is fine.

Other than these things, I have no need for the federal or state government.  I believe 85-99% of all regulations can be dissolved and removed.  90% of all executive branch offices can be shrunk or removed.  15,000 people for the FDA is an abuse of power and a waste of money.  Do away with the FDA.  Make drug companies do their own testing and prove to the free market that the drugs are safe.  Keep the courts, if a drug company is negligent, they can be sued in civil court.  Destroy and repeal all nanny laws, take down all signs saying there is no runing in parks and stop all levels and enforcement of the ADA immediately.  Finally make all people who bring a civil suit to court pay their own court expenses.  If I am forced to defend myself against some vulture suing me, and they lose, they pay my court costs.  If they win, the court costs are paid out of the winnings.

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