I was talking with a friend of mine last night about how to fix this great country of ours, and help eliminate some of the more stupid things in our government. So I wanted your guys' (and gals) take on this plan if it would even be viable...

-First, fix the EPA. Some of their regulatory measures are just ridiculous and excessive beyond need. I'd create an oversight committee to oversee their actual doings and give them stricter management capabilities.
-Second, eliminate the TSA. I would transfer all responsibility of airport security to the private sector with a set of guidelines outlined by the FAA and an independent panel of experts (not bureaucrats) for keeping security logical yet safe.
-Third, this one is a biggie- Somehow, and I'm not sure how, create a way so that Congress is not in charge of deciding their salary, fate, and retirement/pension (I might need help on this one). Create a separate entity to decide congressional salary and benefits, make them have to follow the same rules as ordinary citizens, and change their pension rules to that of the military and other government employees- 20 years of service nets 50%, 30 nets 75%, and 40 years nets 100% retirement. This would include other government/public service included with serving in congress.
-Finally, I would create, using many of the employees that were former TSA employees (but not screeners) a "Welfare Oversight and Investigations Service" (WOIS) to oversee and discover cases or fraud, abuse, misuse of funds, and drug testing for individuals on Welfare and Foodstamps. This service would help to eliminate, punish, and regulate the uses of welfare, while also encouraging those on welfare to work. I would not institute time limits to welfare, even if they are needed, especially in a slow economy. I would however create punishment for abuse, fraud and misuse of welfare to include punishment "fees" that would reduce for 60 days the amount of welfare received by the perpetrating individual, and upon 3 or more blatant infractions where more than 50% of welfare funds are either abused or misused (meaning not going directly to life support- food, shelter, clothing, hygiene, etc- or bills) the person would be cut off from welfare. Harsh I know, but the punishment would dissuade people from abusing the program.

Thoughts?