This article was originally published at Activist Post

We have chosen to highlight United States agencies; however, this top 10  list has global impact, as the U.S. has now proven to be the  enforcement division of the overarching globalist agenda of centralized  control. One could argue that every government agency serves the purpose  of stifling freedom and wasting taxpayer money. Yet, the 10 listed below  go the extra mile for their sheer corruption, draconian regulations,  and ultimate impact upon the largest number of citizens. The main criteria for inclusion in the top 10 is the amount of money  spent by the taxpayer according to official budget declarations, and  then attaining the highest level of doing exactly the opposite of their  stated intentions. Here is the countdown to the top 10 most dangerous U.S. government  agencies to the freedom, prosperity and health of its citizens . . . . #10 - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - annual budget $8.5 billion: Their record of ignoring environmental damage and the health effects on humans from major events such as 9/11, the Exxon and Gulf oil spills to the worst case, Fukushima,  is unparalleled. Rather than investigate and warn of real dangers, they  have gone after farmers for dubious claims of water contamination,  while treating milk spills as they should have treated oil spills.  Even worse, the EPA has  concluded that there is no law preventing it from doing "research" on  Americans. A recent lawsuit over the EPA's work with airborne pollutants  will put this claim to the test in Federal court. Their illegal human  experiments could break the Nuremberg Code (source: The Washington Times).

#9 - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - annual budget $13.3 billion: Cries of "End the Fed!" continue to get louder, while more people are  beginning to wake up completely and couple this with "End the IRS!" In  fact, the two were developed together 100 years ago making the private  Fed and the government IRS fraternal twins in creating a system of indentured servitude through dollar devaluation  and arbitrary tax collection, respectively. The Fed enslaves through  stealth, while the IRS uses force to impose itself through  ever-expanding regulations and the threat of fines and imprisonment. As  the collection division, the IRS rakes in a staggering $2.3 trillion  annually. Despite that massive amount, the IRS has a distinguished  record of ignoring the shenanigans of major corporations and federal employees, while focusing harshly on the average private citizen and small businesses in particular. Thankfully, there is some momentum toward abolishing the IRS through FairTax legislation. Now would be a good time, as the IRS will be empowered even further when the healthcare overhaul takes effect.

#8 - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) - annual budget $13.5 billion:   Despite massive funding to help people in dire need of assistance,  FEMA  has failed spectacularly in the cases of Katrina and Sandy, even hindering the ability of people to make it on their own, as gun confiscation was ordered against the population affected by Katrina. The mechanics of offering aid to legitimate victims of Sandy are still being debated by the U.S. government.  Additionally, there is a disturbing amount of  evidence that  suggests FEMA would be instrumental in enslaving large  populations  following an economic collapse or civil unrest. FEMA  centers are now open knowledge and if implemented will likely resemble the squalor and horror that refugees encountered when jammed into the New Orleans Superdome following Katrina. #7 - Department of Justice (DoJ) - annual budget $28 billion: This includes the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) which has its own annual budget of $8 billion. The "Department of Justice" is perhaps the most Orwellian oxymoron of all government agencies.  For decades they have pursued a failed War on Drugs that  targets small-time users while ignoring the true drug criminals. In  fact, they've even armed the drug gangs as revealed in the Fast and Furious scandal. We have a Justice Department more concerned with going after whistleblowers of crimes than the criminals themselves. The FBI deserves a whole section unto  itself given their recent behavior. The only "terrorists" they've caught  since 9-11 are the ones they have created with their own material support. Further, the FBI is increasingly using  illegal surveillance tactics for peaceful activists like Occupy  demonstrators and others. It has recently been revealed that the FBI was  actually spying on Occupy protesters at the behest of banks, not the  government, even refusing to tell Occupy leaders that there were assassination plots against them.  Finally, it must be noted that no bankers have gone to jail from the  immense fraud that led to the financial collapse of 2008 and beyond; no  one significant has gone to jail for torture and other war crimes; and  government corruption has been all but legalized. #6 - Spy Agencies: The nation's 17 spy agencies, including the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA) - annual budget $55 billion? Many   of the intelligence accounts are classified, so we can't really know   the true total, but we do know that the budget for spy agencies has doubled since 9/11. The NSA has grabbed the most attention as of late with  plans to expand into their new $2 billion data mining center in  Bluffdale, Utah set to launch in September of this year. Whistleblowers like William Binney have stated that the agency is already spying on its own  citizens  domestically. As the war on terror increases its scope through drone  surveillance on American soil, the NSA's budget will only increase,  while increasing the danger posed to large sections of the U.S.  Constitution. The CIA of course has long been implicated in using assassination rings to topple foreign governments and political opponents, while being at the center of the Guantanamo Bay and rendition torture apparatus. With the arrival of no-holds-barred legislation like  NDAA 2013, the intelligence regime becomes more dangerous than ever.

#5 - Department of Education (ED) - annual budget $70 billion: The way that America has chosen to educate its youth is the beginning  of the justifications for the abuses of every other federal agency. The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America,  as Charlotte Iserbyt has called it, has resulted in a once independent,  entrepreneurial nation becoming a collectivized horde of selfish, but  not individualistic, youth. There is much less attention paid to  vocational skills, and much more attention paid to training the next  bunch of public officials or bureaucracy enforcers. Furthermore, the  public school system is clearly engaging in prisoner training with the actions of children becoming criminalized at an ever-greater pace. With the recent CT school shooting,  we can expect that this will now become part of the curriculum as  justification for the surrounding police state will be taught as a  logical consequence in the face of such random threats of terror. #4 - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) annual budget $100 billion (3,000 page PDF):   - Much like the Department of Defense, the activities of DHS are   all-encompassing including the goon squad of the Transportation Security   Administration (TSA), which has employed untrained, low IQ, and  criminal  elements including pedophiles to reach into the pants of men, women and  children. The TSA is also responsible for introducing cancer to its  employees and the public through its backscatter radiation  naked imaging  machines. And now they are set to hit the streets across  America with  their spin-off VIPR teams. DHS has set up the ultimate framework for  tyranny, including secret lists, secret arrests, activist surveillance,  biometric immigration measures, control of cyberspace, Orwellian telescreens and PSA's that increasingly portray average citizens who are  engaged in normal  activities as worthy of suspicion and interrogation.  They are sure to  be on the front lines of any gun control and  confiscation initiatives,  as they clearly have been stockpiling their own ammunition in ever greater numbers. #3 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - annual budget $155 billion:   If there is one agency that is administering the globalist directives  of Agenda 21, it is the USDA. They have recently begun putting dubious embargoes on small farms, which is leading to economic and literal starvation of  people and animals alike. Through their trickle down directives, farmers  can even be charged in a different county after being cleared of wrongdoing in a previous case. This is the  hallmark of bureaucratic tyranny. The USDA has been instrumental in  clearing Dow Chemical's GM soy, giving Monsanto's GMO crops special 'speed approval,' and covering up pesticide damage to humans and bee populations.  But in true absurdist bureaucratic style, the same organization that  has consistently overlooked the health and economic threats to countless  millions of people decided to fine a family $4 million dollars for selling bunny rabbits.

#2 - Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - annual budget $892 billion - This gargantuan structure includes the FDA, CDC and the National  Institutes of Health among others. The FDA has its own annual budget of $4.5 billion. This agency has approved prescription and over-the-counter drugs that knowingly have killed hundreds of thousands of people annually, has increased irradiation of the food supply, and has covered up vaccine injuries, But if you want Big Pharma, you can get it from a vending machine, thanks to the FDA. No surprise, the FDA has ties to Monsanto and ties to Bayer.  Now our food is being made and modified by the largest pesticide manufacturer, while any move to label GMO is shut down by the agency. The FDA has additionally approved AquaBounty's GE Salmon despite a statement by The Center for Food Safety, that its "bad for  the consumer, bad for the salmon industry, and bad for the environment."  Among other gems are dangerous animal feed additives, approving dangerous anti-viral drugs for infants, and policing food safety in foreign nations. As for the CDC, or Centers for Disease Creation and Proliferation as  some natural medicine practitioners have coined the agency (budget $11 billion),  they have encouraged vaccination to such an extent that some have  questioned whether their mandated vaccine schedule is part of a compulsory sterilization program. #1 - Department of Defense (DoD) - annual budget ??? - Officially $613 billion This  agency is in desperate need of returning to its more honest original  name: The War Department. In addition to being the recipient of the highest percentage of the federal budget, the DoD's Defense Advanced Research Projects   Agency (DARPA) division almost deserves a category of its own. Many of   DARPA's projects fall into the money pit of "black budget" secret projects not even subjected to presidential and congressional oversight. With   DARPA's "mad science" reputation, it is no doubt one of the top   recipients of the $50 billion annual black budget, making this one of   the most dangerous federal agencies to both the economy of the U.S. and  to world peace.  Overall, the Department of Defense as the coordinator for anything that  falls under "national security" is responsible for openly killing  millions and eviscerating the Constitution ... and there is no sign that  they are letting up any time soon. 

Honorable Mention

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) - annual budget $3 billion: This  agency falls under HHS, but the video below demonstrates a special  level of corruption and worthlessness that is humorous, except for the  fact that it represents a staggering level of taxpayer looting, despite  the small size of the agency (537 people). It is a microcosm of what we  only can imagine going on within the larger agencies, especially those  with less oversight.

The government's track record for permitting massive looting of the economy in collusion with the private banking sector; the upcoming collusion with the insurance industry and Big Pharma to change the landscape of healthcare; their collusion with private contractors to implement a prison-industrial complex; their unconstitutional war machine, and their history of secret human experiments makes government the single greatest terrestrial danger we face. In the  20th century alone, governments across the world outright murdered 290  million people, known as democide. How many more must have fallen to covert means and bureaucratic ineptitude? How many more will follow?