PBS needs to be zeroed out, let them raise funds the way the other networks do it... with commercials. Ditto the NEA. You pose an interesting question, though... How DO you abolish a department ? It’s never been done in the history of the US (with the exception of Post Office, which was privatized but not abolished, and that was done under Nixon).
Departments have been divided (Labor & Commerce were once a single department). Many of them need to be merged (Agriculture/Commerce/Labor & Interior should all be combined and renamed Domestic or Interior Affairs; Veterans Affairs needs to be under Defense, even Homeland Security should be a function of that) or simply reorganized. No department save for those under the original Constitution should be set in stone.
Great solution. It's exactly what Romney did in Mass. Here's one example of a merger below.
As far as reorganization... I think you have been reading the Mitt threads too long.... I know you are virulently anti-Mitt but reorganization is why Romney has been called the best businessman in North America. You are starting to parrot some of his undisputed strengths. He reorganized companies for 20 years as a Venture Capitalist, reorganized the Olympics and did it as well to Departments in Mass. Its how he cut the 3 billion deficit. Romney's way of reorgnaizing and fiscal conservatism is exactly what the Govt. needs. I assume your agreeing with Romney on this point was just an abberation. Please continue on with Mitt Bashing...
From wiki-
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is a state agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is best known for its parks and parkways, formerly belonging to the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Under Governor Mitt Romney, the MDC and DEM were merged to form the DCR.