Ladies and Gentlemen, the Axe, Please

This article, originally posted in August, 2011, has taken on new significance in the shadow of the fiscal cliff.  It has been accessed over 1,500 times in the past 3 months and has had 307 Hits since last midnight.  To save our beloved readers the hassle of searching for it, I’m reposting it !  ~LTG

Doug Parris at The Reagan Wing has posted a  list of Government programs and entities for the Taxpayers’ chopping block.   What do you think? ~LTG

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Axe, Please.

• National Endowment for the Arts (Can’t sell your art privately?)
• National Wild Horse and Burro Program (Huh?)
• Dept. of Education
• Dept of Energy
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Dept. of Transportation
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• FEMA (a corrupt organization if there ever was one–leave it to charities)
• FDIC (a sham program with only a fraction of funds needed to save banks)
• Freddy Mac &
• Fannie Mae (helped cause present economic conditions)
• Administration on Aging (AoA)
• Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
• Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD)
• Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
• Children’s Bureau (CB)
• Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
• Head Start Bureau (HSB)
• Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI)
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
• Office of Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
• Office of Community Services Block Grant (OCS)
• Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
• President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities (PCPID)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
• Indian Health Service (IHS)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
• Office of Minority Health (OMH)
• Program Support Center (PSC)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin.(SAMHSA)
• Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT)
• Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI)
• Employees’ Compensation Appeals Board (ECAB)
• Employment Standards Administration (ESA)
• The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
• Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP)
• Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
• Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
• Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
• Women’s Bureau (WB)
• Job Corps
• Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
• Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
• Internet Access and Training Program
• Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
• Bureau of Human Resources
• Bureau of Information Resource Management
• Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
• Bureau of International Organization Affairs
• Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation
• Bureau of Legislative Affairs
• Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
• Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
• Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations
• Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
• Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
• Bureau of Public Affairs
• Bureau of Resource Management
• Bureau of South Asian Affairs
• Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
• Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

• National Foreign Affairs Training Center (former Foreign Service Institute)
• Office of International Information Programs
• Office of the Legal Adviser
• Office of Management Policy
• Office of Protocol
• Office of the Science and Technology Adviser
• Office of War Crimes Issues
• Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers)
• Cash for Appliances Program
• Bureau of the Public Debt
• Community Development Financial Institution Fund (CDFI)
• FHA
• HUD
• INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Of the U.S. GOVERNMENT;
• National health and insurance system
• African Development Foundation
• Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP)
• Agency for International Development (USAID)
• American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
• Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)
• U.S. Arctic Research Commission (USARC)
• US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR)
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
• Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
• Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA)
• Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Export-Import Bank of the United States (ExIm)
• Farm Credit Administration (FCA)
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• Federal Maritime Commission
• Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission (FMSHRC)
• Federal Reserve System
• Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (FCSC)
• General Services Administration (GSA)
• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
• Inter-American Foundation (IAF)
• International Trade Commission (ITC)
• Learn and Serve America (LSA)
• National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
• National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
• National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
• National Ice Center (NIC)
• National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) (NRPC)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Transportation Research Center (NTRC)
• Office of Government Ethics (OGE)(LOT OF GOOD THEY DO)
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)
• Selective Service System (SSS)
• Senior Corps
• Small Business Administration (SBA)
• Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)
• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• United States Trade and Development Agency (TDA)

BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS;

• Financial crisis inquiry commission
• Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
• American Battle Monuments Commission
• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board)
• Arctic Research Commission
• Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Interagency Coordinating Committee
• Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
• Broadcasting Board of Governors
• Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
• Chief Acquisition Officers Council
• Chief Financial Officers Council
• Chief Human Capital Officers Council
• Chief Information Officers Council
• Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee

We’re taking food out of the mouths of children to subsidize worthless, indolent and illegal bureaucracies

• Commission of Fine Arts
• Commission on International Religious Freedom
• Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission)
• Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States
• Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
• Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
• Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States
• Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Delaware River Basin Commission
• Denali Commission
• Endangered Species Committee
• Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
• Federal Advisory Committees
• Federal Executive Boards
• Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
• Federal Financing Bank
• Federal Geographic Data Committee
• Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (GOTTA LOVE THAT ONE!)
• Federal Interagency Committee on Education
• Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy
• Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
• Federal Library and Information Center Committee
• Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
• Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor Commission
• Indian Arts and Crafts Board
• Interagency Alternative Dispute Resolution Working Group
• Interagency Council on Homelessness
• Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
• J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
• James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
• Japan-United States Friendship Commission
• Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
• Joint Fire Science Program
• Marine Mammal Commission
• Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
• Millennium Challenge Corporation
• Mississippi River Commission
• Morris K. Udall Foundation: Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
• National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare
• National Indian Gaming Commission
• National Park Foundation
• Northwest Power Planning Council
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
• Presidio Trust
• Regulatory Information Service Center
• Social Security Advisory Board
• Susquehanna River Basin Commission
• Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• Veterans Day National Committee
• Vietnam Educational Foundation
• White House Commission on Presidential Scholars – “Presidential Scholars Program”
• White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance

Swarms of officers sent hither to harass our people, and eat out their substance. (No wonder we’re broke.)

Now what Presidential Candidate would do that??

a non-politician.

What’s at stake?

Prosperity or Poverty.

only that.