Do it. Really do it. Take away my SS and any government medical stuff. But also take away EVERY OTHER federal government program. Eliminate all the "Departments" (of Education, Energy, Interior, Fatherland Security, whatever--but all of them). Get rid of all of the federal government but minimal items necessary to be a defensible nation. Stop spending money on any entitlements and stop foreign aid. Then eliminate the income tax, and go back to our footing before the Fed and the income tax. Then the country can grow, states will be different places again, and we can be happy in our regional differences. When threatened from abroad, we can band together in common cause. But until such time, reduce federalism and restore states' rights and individuals' rights.

Amen.