August 12, 2011 2:33PM # 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: - If pumping up Keynesian “aggregate demand” hasn’t worked, what can policymakers do? They should focus on [microeconomic reforms to spur growth over the long run](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/can-washington-find-jobs). - If the [U.S. Postal Service](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/closing-post-offices) is to continue operating like a business instead of becoming just another taxpayer-funded bureaucracy, Congress is going to have to hand the reins over to the private sector. - Those of us who desire the limited federal government that Madison envisioned are often accused of being uncaring about those who are in need. [In fact, the opposite is the truth](http://http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/charity-and-federal-government): we recognize that government programs are wasteful, ineffective, and counterproductive to the aims that they are trying to achieve. - More [Medicare fraud](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/medicare-fraud-et-tu-reverend). In other news, the sun came up this morning. - An essay on terminating the [Small Business Administration](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/sba) has been added to the Downsizing website. 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 [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/).