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The three constitutional responsibilities of national government are: the defense of the nation against foreign powers (protection of borders), to secure the blessings of liberty (judicial system), and infrastructure (highways and bridges).
Three responsibilities...
What if there was a financial collapse and everything did shut down. What if in attempting to restart the Federal Government the President said, "We are starting back up again but the Federal Government only has money for three things."

Return the Federal government to its three essentials. Additionally, to avoid bureaucracy the government should not have excess in employees. It should have project managers who bid out.