>>5. EPA -- States do the vast majority of what EPA was established to do now anyway. The Federal layer does not do much more that oversight of State programs now and dole out grants. Congress could send the money directly to the States and bypass the middle-man.
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>I am not sure about this one. I generally like the work the EPA does, and I doubt my own states ability to regulate industry.

I do not worry too much about that with all the environmental special interest groups around that come equipped with lawyers willing to litigate.

>>7. Most of the Dept of Transportation -- one exception would be FAA but eventually get rid of that as well. Airports and airlines should be responsible for this. Our tickets would go up, but our net income would also go up to offset this as long as we get commensurate tax relief from all these budget reductions [i.e., see #6].
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>No way. The Value Jet disaster was enough to scare me. Even with FAA oversight, ValueJet ran a terrible maintenence program to increase their bottom line. If the FAA is not there, more airlines will do the same. Greed is just way to strong.

I firmly believe the market place should take care of this and other consumer oriented businesses. You sue the hell out of those responsible for gross negligence. Consumers should also vote with their dollars. In the long run, competition still drives quality up and prices down. Generally, government drives quality down and prices up. Bottom line, the gov't still did not prevent this tragedy.

>>8. All farm subsidies that pay farmers not to grow particular crops.
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>Agreed.
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>>How's that for a start.
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>That's good, but let's get rid of corporate welfare too.

My #8 was my start at eliminating corporate welfare as well.