[robertpaulsen]

"I think people who work for the federal government have a conflict of interest when it comes to determining the appropriate limits of the power of the federal government."

Perhaps. Then again, money is tight.

If federal department A has to share dollars with federal department B, I'd be willing to bet good money they're in favor of eliminating department B.

[tacticalogic]

If federal department A has to share dollars with federal department B, I'd be willing to bet good money they're in favor of eliminating department B.

They might be in favor of it based on arguments that department B is unnecessary.

I seriously doubt they'd support arguments of eliminating department B on grounds that it's claimed Constitutional authority is flawed if department A claims authority on the same basis.