1.) Research federal agencies and explain which one you feel who is the most important and why?
Choosing which department is most important is a challenging question to me because after reading a little about all of the departments, it seems that all of them have importance and are needed.
Since the question requires a specific answer, my "reasoning" makes me have to say the Department of Education. Here is the reasoning behind that answer... We are all born, and we all grow up and attend school and get an education. This education teaches us everything we need to know in order to live, work, and do all of the other things we do. Education is the foundation for everything. None of these agencies would be in existence or survive if we were not an educated people. In order to run all of these departments, this nation, our communities, and even our households, we have to have an education. Education is the key to unlocking everything in our world.
Just want to add that beyond education, I feel that the Department of Homeland Security would be most important at this time, with all of the unrest going on around the world and all the terrorist acts aimed towards the United States. But of course, people need an education in order to make this, as well as all the other departments run efficiently.
2.) Which federal agency could be terminated with the least impact (if any) and why?
In looking at all of the agencies and what they are responsible for... I really don't feel that we could terminate any of them. They all deal with key elements that are needed in our country in this day and time. They all deal with very important issues. One department could possibly be terminated if we looked at each individual category that a department dealt with and kept some the categories that were absolutely necessary and divide them up among other departments. Of course this would cause another whole set of issues, but I do feel that in dissecting some of the issues and breaking them down into what is completely necessary for the people to function and survive that some of the inter-departments (for lack of a better word) could be terminated if it became necessary for any reason. ** Hoping how I said that makes sense. I know what I'm trying to say but can't get it out correctly. **
3.) Are any new agencies needed? In other words, if you were president, would you create new agencies? If so, in what areas?
After looking through all of the agencies and reading a little about each one, I don't think at this time that any additional agencies are needed, or at least none that I can think of at this time. In looking at the breakdowns throughout the departments, they seem to cover just about any issue that would come up.
**Blog Comments**
Ian Price
Jessica Armes
Tim Tunkel
I agree with you a lot that many agencies need to be broken down to become more efficient. I certainly don't think it would be an easy task, but it needs to be done. So much tax money is being wasted on things that are unnecessary. Perhaps one day, we'll get someone in the White House who truly wants to fix things and is willing to really make things happen.
ReplyDeleteI also think that we shouldn’t terminate any of the federal agencies we have right now. Some of them may seem pointless and stupid to have but I think they all have a purpose. I think that most of them are put there for our safety and our benefit. Some keep us as a country safe and others help some of us provide for our families and help us get our lives together.
ReplyDeleteI agree I think that a lot of the justices are very intelligent and highly qualified as well as well as very highly educated as well. I picked a woman justice as well but she has been a justice since 1993 and has done a lot for equality of people.
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