Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce is home to important institutions such as the Census Bureau and Patent and Trademark Office. It is also home to unneeded programs that subsidize businesses and fund local development projects. Further, the department administers misguided foreign trade policies that try to boost exports and restrict imports.
The department will spend about $12 billion in 2011, or about $100 for every U.S. household. It employs 43,000 workers and has more than 250 offices in the United States and abroad. It operates 96 different subsidy programs.
Timeline of Government Growth
- See this timeline for key events in the department's growth.
Reading Room
- Here are background studies that examine the department's activities.
Cato Experts
- Chris Edwards, Director, Tax Policy Studies
- Tad DeHaven, Budget Policy Analyst
- Daniel Griswold, Director, Trade Policy Studies
- Daniel Ikenson, Associate Director, Trade Policy Studies
- Sallie James, Trade Policy Analyst
Spending Cuts Summary
- Here are proposed spending cuts to the department to save federal taxpayers about $2 billion annually.
Downsize This!
- Economic Development Administration. This agency provides subsidies to state and local governments for activities that are not proper federal responsibilities.
- International Trade Administration. While trade is important to the U.S. economy, the ITA's activities can distort trade and lead to political favoritism and corruption.
- Business Subsidies. A number of the department's programs subsidize business activities, which creates an unfair and unneeded burden on taxpayers.
"The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it."
- Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, 1776
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