RE:  Education, the feds have always to some extent subsidized some of education, but the states and the local community controlled the funding and the curriculum for their own districts.  And, most of the funding came from the state and local citizens through property taxes and levies for special projects like building a new school.

Republicans do NOT want to privatize "every government program."  However, they would like some better accountability of those programs so that gov't employees are actually forced to do their jobs!  DSHS is a behemouth of an institution.  Some of their employees truly care and do their jobs, but there are numbers who know how to play the gov't game who are not really invested in their jobs which do impact the very people who need the most help!  That is what Conservatives do not like!  And, frankly, neither should you!

Try not to look to the go'vt for every solution and ask how you could simply fix something yourself!