March 5, 2010 2:25PM 

# This Week in Government Failure 

By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) 

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Over at [Downsizing Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this week:

- The [Department of Homeland Security](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/more-black-eyes-dhs) is a mismanaged mess.
- [Federal aid to the states](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/federal-aid-states-too-popular) is too popular.
- It’s time to [privatize](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/privatize-us-postal-service) the U.S. Postal Service Monopoly.
- [Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/ray-lahood-santa-claus) likes to give the gift of other people’s money. Ho, ho, oh no!
- [Charles Krauthammer](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/smelling-your-email) gets nostalgic about the socialist mail monopolist.

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