An Immodest Proposal: Defund And Eliminate Department Of Homeland Security Immediately.

We could streamline the Federal government by 80 to 90 percent without inflicting discomfort on the citizenry. We have a Department of Energy that does not produce energy, a Department of Education that has passively witnessed the decline of American education at every level, and a Department of Agriculture that sometimes impedes the production of food. A parlor game arises: if I could only eliminate one federal bureaucracy, what would it be?

My blue ribbon choice is the Department of Homeland Security, DHS. Reason for the thumbs down?

1. Justification for its origin,

2. Redundant missions.

3. Repeated mission failure.

4. 240,000 employees.

5. Capacity for weaponization.

Department of Homeland Security was created in the wake of  the 9/11 terrorist attacks when it was made obvious that the people who are supposed to protect our homeland, failed to do so. The FBI, NSA, CIA, Customs, et al, let the easy pop fly hit the ground. Rather than addressing the ineptitude and the priorities of the Muellers and Tenets, the Bush Administration proposed a raw recruit for The Keystone Cops.

From the birth of this demonic spawn it was unclear where DHS would fit in the crowded corridor of bureaucracy. Its purported missions were already the turfed out by bigger and older agencies. Blessed with a gargantuan budget, DHS justified its existence by offering grants to local police. Under DHS profligacy almost every Mayberry has been militarized.

Despite its dubious purpose, DHS would swell to 240,00 employees, roughly 7 times as many employees as the FBI, 4 times as many as Customs and Border Protection, and 3 times as many as the IRS. Whatever else one might think of the IRS, we at least know its function. Ditto, Customs and to a lesser extent, the FBI. Can anyone describe DHS's province in one sentence? 

DHS has duplicated purported services while failing to deliver results. Has DHS protected the integrity of our elections? No. Has DHS rooted out nefarious foreign interventions in our electoral system? Has DHS protected our country from invasion on our southern border? Fail. Did DHS protect our American cities from BLM arsonists in the Summer of Love? Have they stepped up to protect the citizenry in areas where police have been defunded and prosecutors permit crimes against property and people?  LOL.

DHS is The Department of Redundancy Department on steroids. It is also a serious drain on our resources, a budgetary toothache that keeps on throbbing. But the best argument against DHS is not its hefty price tag for zero productivity. The better argument is that the Obama/Biden Regime has weaponized just about every facet of government/ and DHS provides them with too many opportunities to terrorize American citizens. Do we need to fund 240,000 mini-Merricks?

Defund! Banish! Eliminate!