Govt’s job is to get smaller not bigger. Because so many Americans are fed up with how things are going in this country and watching other countries go bankrupt we are about to see a major shift in the role that govt plays in our lives. I think govt needs to use technology to cut down on the number of people that it needs.
Here is a great example. This is a parking meter in Winnipeg. You do not put money in you stick your credit card in the machine, select the amount of time you want and out comes a ticket with the times you can park in the spot that you leave on your dash.
This elimnates, meter readers and vandalism. It is also solar powered:

