list of government things to stop?

[Jeremy]

OK, I need some refreshing here, help me list...

Policing of world
giving money to other countries
department of ed
trying to stop global warming
war on drugs

What else...

[PauliticsPolitics]

illegal taxes
stealing power from the states
department of homeland security, actually most dept. XXX

[The One]

existing

[WilliamC]

The number one thing governments should work to stop.

Violations of individual rights

[integrity]

lying

[pdavis]

The number one thing governments should work to stop.

Violations of individual rights

Then the government would not exist.

[The One]

Then the government would not exist.

See above.

[jstmike]

Here's a list of the federal government agencies to work from provided from the Treasury report:

http://www.fms.treas.gov/fr/07frusg/07frusg.pdf

Twenty-Four CFO Act Agencies:


Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov
Department of Commerce
www.doc.gov
Department of Defense
www.defenselink.mil
Department of Education
www.ed.gov
Department of Energy
www.doe.gov
Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov
Department of Homeland Security
www.dhs.gov
Department of Housing and Urban Development
www.hud.gov
Department of the Interior
www.doi.gov
Department of Justice
www.usdoj.gov
Department of Labor
www.dol.gov
Department of State
www.state.gov
Department of Transportation
www.dot.gov
Department of the Treasury
www.ustreas.gov
Department of Veterans Affairs
www.va.gov
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov
General Services Administration
www.gsa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.nasa.gov
National Science Foundation
www.nsf.gov
Office of Personnel Management
www.opm.gov
Small Business Administration
www.sba.gov
Social Security Administration
www.ssa.gov
U.S. Agency for International Development
www.usaid.gov
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
www.nrc.gov

Eleven Additional Significant Entities:


Export-Import Bank of the United States
www.exim.gov
Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation
www.fcsic.gov
Federal Communications Commission
www.fcc.gov
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
www.fdic.gov
National Credit Union Administration
www.ncua.gov
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
www.pbgc.gov
Railroad Retirement Board
www.rrb.gov
Securities and Exchange Commission
www.sec.gov
Smithsonian Institution
www.si.edu
Tennessee Valley Authority
www.tva.gov
U.S. Postal Service
www.usps.gov

One Hundred Thirteen Additional Entities:


Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
African Development Foundation
American Battle Monuments Commission
America’s Education Goals Panel
Antitrust Modernization Commission
Appalachian Regional Commission
Appalachian Regional Development Fund
Architect of the Capitol
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Armed Forces Retirement Home
Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
Botanic Garden
Broadcasting Board of Governors
Central Intelligence Agency
Chemical Safety Hazard Investigation Board
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation
Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad
Commission of Fine Arts
Commission on Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century
Commission on Civil Rights
Commission on International Religious Freedom
Commission on Ocean Policy
Commission on Online Child Protection
Commission on Review of Overseas Military Facility Structure-United States
Commission on Security & Cooperation–Europe
Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or Severely Disabled
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Community Management Staff
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Corporation for National & Community Service
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for DC
DC Courts
DC Courts–Defender Services
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
Delta Regional Authority
Denali Commission
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission
Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program
Election Assistance Commission
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Executive Office of the President
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Election Commission
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Appraisal Subcommittee
Federal Housing Finance Board
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Trade Commission
Government Accountability Office
Government Printing Office
Harry S. Truman Scholarship Trust Fund
Institute of Museum Services
Interagency Council on the Homeless
Inter-American Foundation
International Trade Commission
James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
Japan-United States Friendship Commission
John C. Stennis Center
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Judiciary Office Building Development
Library of Congress
Marine Mammal Commission
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Merit Systems Protection Board
Military Sales Program
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Morris K. Udall Scholarship Foundation
National Archives and Records Administration
National Capital Planning Commission
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
National Council on Disability
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Gallery of Art
National Labor Relations Board
National Mediation Board
National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust
National Transportation Safety Board
National Veterans Business Development Corporation
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
Office of Compliance
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Navajo & Hopi Indian Relocation
Office of Special Counsel
Office of the Federal Coordination for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects
Open World Leadership Center Funds
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Panama Canal Commission
Peace Corps
Presidio Trust
Public Defender Service
Selective Service System
Senate Preservation Fund
St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
State Justice Institute
U.S. Capital Preservation Commission
U.S. China Security Review Commission
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.S. Institute of Peace
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Vietnam Education Foundation
White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


Entities Excluded from the buget reports:


Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Including the Federal Reserve Banks)
Federal Home Loan Banks
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (Including the Thrift Savings Fund)
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
Financing Corporation
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
Marine Corps Exchange
Navy Exchange Service Command
Resolution Funding Corporation
Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA or Sallie Mae)

[forsmant]

Get involved in your local government. Local government is growing at a faster rate then the federal government, plus it is easier to get involved with.

http://mwhodges.home.att.net/state_local.htm