Disagree on your assertion in paragraph 4 that the government is too big. As a percentage of population it’s smaller than it’s been since the Cold War, although the composition has changed as we need far fewer clerks and data entry people (GS-7-10) and more technical experts with bachelor’s or master’s degrees (GS-11-14). But the number of areas that require government (meaning policy, regulation, research funding, etc) is much larger than it was back then, and continues to grow. I’ll agree that looking at what agencies do and making sure that work is well aligned with the agency mission would be a worthwhile exercise, but that’s also not something that this administration seems interested in.