Making The Government Smaller To Reduce The Probability Of Corruption & Misuse Of Power

After much research and consideration I have decided to pursue the abolishing of up-to 5 departments of the Federal Government. Some studies may need to be done. A timeline may need to be set. But reducing the size of the Federal Government, known for using it's power to betray the people in some way or the other, is what Liberal Libertarianism is about, i.e. making it good for the people while making sure the system is set up so bad people won't be able to have too much power should they take over. Since I have thought and posted about the following policies allot, these are the ones I have decided to endorse. But implemented at a pace that is best for the people.

Basically, upto a point Government is reasonable and functions within the spirit of the Constitution. After a certain point (such as when legalized bribery is allowed to flourish unchecked... and not to mention war crimes) Government becomes a burden and thus unconstitutional. The National Security Act of 1947, which may have allowed us to kill the British King and definitely allowed us to destabilize Iran and hide the memo about Pearl Harbor proving we knew about the attack before it happened (god knows what else that man did... intentionally not bomb a beach to kill the maximum amount of soldiers possible? Was the atom bombing of Japan - twice  without a demonstration - even necessary or just a bad President making vengeful decisions? Should anyone have this much power?)..., is an example of an unconstitutional policy that allows corruption to take root and flower by proving no transparency for a the "elite decision makers" and no means to fix a problem since the media is bought and will never tell the whole truth, just little snippets of it that harm the country more than it helps it. They've become very good at deceiving the people and themselves and media should be considered the primary threat to our democracy after the National Security Act of 1947.

The source of the inspiration for Liberal Libertarianism.org

Ron Paul's Plan To Cut Departments 
According to Ron Paul's plan...

SPENDING: Cuts $1 trillion in spending during the first year of Ron Paul’s presidency, eliminating five cabinet departments (Energy, HUD, Commerce, Interior, and Education), abolishing the Transportation Security Administration and returning responsibility for security to private property owners, abolishing corporate subsidies, stopping foreign aid, ending foreign wars, and returning most other spending to 2006 levels.

I have covered 4 of the 5 departments Ron Paul wants to abolish in past posts (links below), showing that these departments that he wants to close are filled with scandal and inefficiency and, after going through these articles, I'm sure you'll agree with Ron Paul that the United States is better off without these departments.  (Note: I haven't covered the Department of Commerce because Obama himself wants to shut that department down in his consolidation of the Government)

Dept of Interior: Corruption In The Department of the Interior

Dept. of Energy: Corruption In The Department Of Energy / The Keystone Pipeline Scandal /Unequal Democracy

Dept. of Education: The State of US Education / Problems With No Child Left Behind Act (Bad policies stay forever!)
Dept. of Commerce (Obama Already Consolidated It)

R.I.P., Department of Commerce? President Obama Seeks to Consolidate Government AgenciesThe Department of Commerce will celebrate its 109th anniversary this year, having been created in 1903. And if President Obama gets his way, the agency won’t make it much past 110. Announcing this morning that he is seeking authority to streamline the executive branch, President Obama said he needs the same kind of “authority that every business owner has to make sure that his or her company keeps pace with the times. And let me be clear: I will only use this authority for reforms that result in more efficiency, better service, and a leaner government.”
As an example, the president wants to shut down the Department of Commerce, taking its core functions and giving them to a new agency that will also fold in the tasks of the Small Business Administration, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the Trade and Development Agency and the Export-Import Bank.

Note: In each of these cases these departments exist on both the Federal AND State levels of Government. Just getting rid of the Federal ones NOT THE STATE ONES is what Ron Paul is talking about. That is what I support her, i.e. taking away direct Federal control from the State level to various degrees, gradually. That's what public discussions are for.

Having duplicate departments in the Federal Government is not only pointless but technically it's unconstitutional as the President is ONLY supposed to be involved in keeping the economy stable AND Foreign Policy NOT State administration... using a Lord Of the Rings metaphor... having Federal Departments for Departments that ALREADY EXIST at the State level is like 'having one ring to control them all'.
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Jon Stewart Videos (Daily Show) Exposing Corruption

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The best path forward seems to be a balanced country with a transparent Government from top to bottom... as outlined by the Encyclopedia Britannica below (outlined at a time, in our silent past, when people began to realize that WW2 had caused damage to our country's Government, as the cartoon below illustrates).

​First, The Problem;

The above cartoon outlines the basic structure of religious and economic freedom that the United States had in the 1950's (when people began to realize stuff was broken and had to be fixed but could only say it in cartoons... maybe). The structure is somewhat different now but in the years after WW2 as the kids were scared under tables to protect themselves from a nuclear strike (shheesh!) and adults in a few areas began a scramble to explain to everyone - in the USA and abroad - what the US's "freedoms" are. Now, with the emergence of a global civilization (for the first time in millinia), I think it is necessary to reassess how we are structuring Freedom of choice as... War cracks freedoms .... Freedoms must be replenished ... one of the effects of war is that it makes taxes too high for a healthy economy and important resources get mis-distributed and have to be fixed after the war time is over (if not fixed then you get a oligarchical economy of some sort).


Second, The Solutions;
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Despotism (1946 Encyclopedia Britannica educational film) ​


This is an old documentary by Encyclopedia Britannica that provides a way for a person to measure the levels of democracy and despotism in a society. This documentary is made in 1946 in collaboration with Harold D. Lasswell PhD of Yale University a political scientist. Harold D. Laswell PhD begins with the statement, "Avoid the comfortable idea that the mere form of government can of itself safeguard a nation against despotism. He then encourages a person to look beyond fine words and noble phrases and to use a couple of scales as yardsticks to measure the levels of democracy or a tyrannical government (called "despotism") that may exist in a community."
Notes to keep track of the lessons in the above video (quotes *& images are taken directly from the film):

You can measure any community on this simple scale;
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Be careful NOT to assume that the 'mere form of a ​government can guard you against despotism'.

Germany was a Republic and yet a despotic ruler was able to take root (i.e. Hitler).

A competent observer looks beyond fine words and noble phrases. [even Hitler used fine words and noble phrases - You look instead at history, actions, behaviour  results of policies (and who was the controller behind the scene NOT just the face of an action)... Then follow the dots into the present using a holistic perspective]

Two yardsticks have been proven to help any community to discover how close it is to despotism;
The Respect Scale
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As a community moves towards despotism, respect is restricted to fewer people (such as restricting respect to ONLY members of a small group or one political party). A community is becoming despotic is respect is withheld from a large group of people on account

of thier political attitudes. (such as persecution because someone is wealthy, of a different race or religion etc.).

The ability of every citizen to better themselves (and educate themselves) is another important measurement of determining the level of respect in society.

The opportunity to develop useful skills is important but not enough as the opportunity to put such skills to use (make a living) is another important measurement on the respect scale.

The Power Scale
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This scale is useful to determine the citizens share in making decisions for thier community.

When decision making is left in a few hands (or compiled into a huge bill so that there is at least one issue you feel so strongly for that you have to vote for it even if other aspects of the bill is bad for the community/country - then you have limited choice {and have been tricked!}) THEN the community is moving towards despotism. Today, a community can move towards despotism by allowing power to become concentrated in the hands of a few.

The test of despotic power is that it can disregard the Will of The People.

Despotism can be official AND unofficial.
The spread of respect and power in a community can be measured using the following 2 scales;
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Economic Distribution
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If a communities economic distribution becomes slanted then it is moving towards despotism.

If middle income groups grow smaller, then despotism has a better chance to gain a foothold.

One sign of a move towards a despotic society is the concentration of land in the hands of a few people.
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When farmers lose thier farms they lose thier independence.

In communities that depend on almost on a single industry (such as a factory or mine) will have find that maintaining economic balance is a challenging problem
​Tax Burden
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Another sign of a poorly balanced economy is a taxation system that presses heaviest on those least able to pay. Larger amount of a poorer person's income is spent on food, so sales taxes press heaviest on the poor and middle class.
The Information Scale
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A community rests low on the information scale when the press/media is controlled by a few people and when citizens HAVE TO accept what they are told.

If students are not taught critical thinking skills (with a well rounded education so they have basic knowledge of history, politics, sophism, economics etc.) THEN despotism has a good chance of establishing itself.

By keeping students unable to think critically, you get adults who can't think critically (or have any ability to evaluate facts from lies). These adults will accept whatever thier chosen authority source tells them.

We Have Regulation (Article 1 Section 8) Because Of Greed (A Normal Situation In Communities Composed Of Human Beings);

Having Regulations Or Transparent Oversight Committees Is Like Having Mechanics To Make Sure The Machinery Of A City Is Running Properly, Like So;