June 19, 2011 8:41PM # This Week in Government Failure By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) --- SHARE Over at [Downsizing the Federal Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this past week: - The threat of terrorism is so low in the United States and the efficacy of the funds in mitigating it so uncertain that the right amount of [homeland security spending](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/weak-defense-homeland-security-grants) in most parts of the United States is none. - With trillion dollar deficits and mounting federal debt, will Congress finally get serious about cutting [farm subsidies](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/will-gop-finally-cut-farm-subsidies)? - Sen. Jim DeMint cites Cato’s Downsizing Government work in a *Wall Street Journal* op-ed on the [Economic Development Administration](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/demint-economic-development-administration). - Chris Edwards on a [debt limit deal](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/debt-limit-deal-will-cuts-be-phony): Will the cuts be phony? - I told the Senate Small Business Committee that the [Small Business Administration](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/testimony-small-business-administration) should be abolished. Follow Downsizing the Federal Government on Twitter ([@DownsizeTheFeds](http://twitter.com/DownsizeTheFeds)) and connect with us [on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Downsizing-the-Federal-Government/26635669039). ##### Related Tags [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).