Privatization of Government

CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.

Funny joke, all the more so since there is some truth to it. The main theme of the Constitution is limited government. We don't have limited government. We have so much government that there is not an easy way to reduce it. Bureaucracies have a life preservation instinct. Perhaps transplantation would work. Instead of trying save the country by killing all the unconstitutional programs I propose spinning them off into the real world. Create a corporation of each program or department or agency. Everyone can keep their jobs and functions. The heads of the agencies would become the CEO of a new company. The new companies would be supported by revenue from their services instead of living off tax payers.
Some examples to help you visualize: The FDA would become the Fantastic Drug Authenticators instead of the Food and Drug Administration. They would function like Underwriter's Laboratories; instead of getting a UL stamp your cough medicine would get an FDA stamp. People will pay for the confidence. The drug companies would support the testing like they do UL. A perfect business model. All the scientists and researchers and doctors and lawyers and writers and admins get to keep their jobs and the taxpayers get to keep their money.

This same pattern can be followed with every government agency. Post Office would compete with UPS and the other company. NASA, HUD, Highways, Forest Service, everything but the military. We could do one agency every six months to allow them to transition and to let Congress lower your taxes and send a refund. EPA would become environmental consultants. Medicare would become an insurance company. I imagine Social Security becoming a big non-profit like the American Red Cross or United Way. (A fantasy I know. To be honest this is the biggest flaw in my master plan because, if privatized, Social Security would be shut down in a week due to fraud)

All these agencies will continue to offer their services in the marketplace.