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Well, you can start by picking out a government function, and then looking through the Constitution to see if it's named there.
If it isn't, then transfer it to the states. Or, you can look into amending the Constitution to include it as a Federal power, if you want. For example, airplanes hadn't been invented in 1789, so no Air Force is mentioned. But clearly the Framers would want this under the same government as the Army and Navy, so amending the Const to include it should be quick and easy.
Keep in mind that the so-called "welfare clause" from Article 1, Section 8, isn't a permission for the Fed to do anythig it wants that helps people. It's actually a restriction, saying that the Fed can spend money only on projects that benefit ALL Americans EQUALLY (that's what "General Welfare" meant, which was different from "Local Welfare" at the time). It's basically an Anti-Special-Interests clause.
Keep in mind that the so-called "welfare clause" from Article 1, Section 8, isn't a permission for the Fed to do anythig it wants that helps people. It's actually a restriction, saying that the Fed can spend money only on projects that benefit ALL Americans EQUALLY (that's what "General Welfare" meant, which was different from "Local Welfare" at the time). It's basically an Anti-Special-Interests clause.
^ one interpretation.
No federal, state, county or municipal law benefits all, equally.
Many of the Fed Functions can and should be scaled back. Every state has their own version of the EPA. Dept of Education. Drug enforcement etc.
The question begs why do we need a multitude of law enforcement agencies?
ATF, DEA, FBI, Secret Service, US Marshalls etc.
The military can and should be downsized as should the missions we assign our armed forces that absolutely nothing to do with the defense of this Nation.
There is enough fat to trim that we could spend months trimming and barely scratch the surface.
Here's a question to answer your question: If the founding fathers saw how vast and complex our country and society in general has gotten, how different would the Constitution be if they wrote it today? (This is purely hypothetical of course)
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