On Dec 4, 1994 the late Tony Snow wrote a suggestion in his op-ed on how to cut spending and eliminate debt in the United States. The article was entitled "How to Eliminate Welfare to Wealthy? Cut, Cut, Cut."
In the article, Snow suggested (now remember, this was 1 month after the Republicans historic sweep of Congress) that we first cut the number of Cabinet positions from 14 to 8. Here are the suggestions:
1. Eliminate the Depts of Agriculture, Energy, Interior, Labor and Transportation and move their remnants to the Dept of Commerce.
2. Eliminate the Dept of Education and HUD, then merge their "defensible" functions to a new "Dept of Health, Education and Welfare." I'll add here that since 1978 (the year Carter gave us the DoE), our kids have gotten dumber and our costs have only gotten higher. Way to go, DC!
3. Fold Dept of Veterans Affairs back into Dept of Defense.
I would add a fourth suggestion that wasn't available in 1994. Fold "Homeland Security" into Defense as well!!
