These departments need to be cut. They aren't adding any value to the United State of America. Education is local, and having a department at the federal level only allows some bureaucrats in some hidden office to have control over how your child is taught. The department of energy has not contributed to making the United State energy independent. They put road blocks in the way of business trying to drill for our own natural resources. Homeland Security is a complete duplication of the FBI, what a waste of money! Obamacare is giving complete control over how we live and die to the federal government. Are you kidding me?!?!? Why do we automatically give United States' taxpayer money to other countries? Who thought that was a good idea??? When have you ever been satisfied with the service you get from the Post Office??? Does anyone even know what the commerce department does? Really???