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Would You Push the Button?

Leonard Read made a speech in he said if there was a button on the podium in front of him that would end government controls and regulations on the US economy, he would push it. The idea of this poll is to conduct a thought experiment, in which there is a table in front of you, with a multitude of buttons that, when pushed, eliminated a government program or agency. I am asking which, if any, you would push. As for me, I would push them all, without hesitation.
Each of these buttons eliminates whatever government agency, program, institution, or office that it describes. For example, if you would push the button marked "The Office of the President," then that means you would eliminate the office of the president. That is to say, if you could, you would eliminate the office of the president immediately. If you choose "taxation," this means you would eliminate all forms of taxation immediately. So, here are the buttons. Start pushing! PS: You can skip to the bottom of the page and click either none of the above or all of the above
Income Taxes
Property Taxes
Gasoline Taxes and other taxes that pay for highway maintenance
Payroll Taxes and FICA (that pay for Social Security)
Sales Taxes
Tariffs and Excise Taxes
Other Taxes not mentioned above
Minimum Wage Laws
Discrimination Laws
Licensure laws (for trades, like doctor, teacher, electrician, etc.)
Workplace Safety Laws
Laws that say you must join a union to work at union companies
All other workplace Laws, Regulations, and Agencies that control or oversee businesses not mentioned above
The FDA and all food and drug safety laws
Food Stamps
Welfare
Unemployment Insurance and Benefits
Laws against immigration
Medicaid
Medicare
Social Security
Legal Tender Laws
The Federal Reserve
All Government Laws, Regulations and Agencies that control or oversee banking
The Federal Department of Education
State Departments of Education
All Public Education (k-12)
All Government funded education including college education
The Drug Enforcement Agency
The Transportation Safety Administration
All Government bailouts of businesses that are too big to fail, or any other business
Foreign Aid to every country except Israel
Foreign Aid to every country including Israel
Any support for, or official recognition of, Israel
US Membership in NATO
US Membership in the UN
US Membership in any extra-national organization not mentioned above (e.g. the World Bank, or the International Monetary Fund
Providing foreign nations with military hardware and training
The wars, bombings or occupations of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan
The bombing of, and intervention in, Libyan internal affairs, including having the CIA there
All overseas military interventions, including the 700+ US military bases in 120+ countries
All Free Trade agreements
Any law that prohibits free trade (read carefully - this means you want no restrictions on trade)
Any law that allows free trade (read carefully - this means you don't want free trade)
The US Military (active duty)
The US Military (reserves)
The US Coast Guard
The National Guard and Air National Guard
The Department of State
The Department of Energy
The Department of Agriculture
The Department of Transportation
The Department of Homeland Security
The Department of Defense
Any Federal Department not mentioned above
The CIA
The FBI
The BATF
All gun laws
The USA PATRIOT Act
Laws against bigamy or polygamy
Laws against gay marriage
Laws against incest between consenting adults
Laws against homosexuality, sodomy, etc.
All laws against prostitution
Laws against gambling
All laws against marijuana sales, use and possession
All laws against drug sales, use and possession
All open container laws
All public nudity laws
All Breed Specific Legislation (laws that outlaw certain breeds of dogs)
All zoning laws
All government agencies that build and maintain roads and highways
All funding for National Public Radio and Public Televison
The National Endowment for the Arts
Roe vs. Wade
Laws against prayer in public schools
Laws against tax payer money being used to fund religious ceremonies or inconography
Laws prohibiting the teaching of creationism/creation science in the public schools
The FCC
The FAA
All subsidies to farmers
All subsidies to any business person
The US Postal Service
NASA
NOAA
Government funding of political parties
All political parties (every elected official would be non-partisan)
The Forestry Service
All National Parks
All other government owned and operated parks (state and local)
Government ownership of all land that doesn't have a government installation on it
All police departments
All fire departments
The Office of the Presidency and Vice Presidency
The Executive Branch
The Legislative Branch
The Judicial Branch
US government under the United States Constitution (revert back to the Articles of Confederation)
All federal government
All state governments
All local governments (city and county)
I would not push any of these buttons
This poll was created on 2011-04-20 10:12:24 by Rev. Fred Wormwood