None of those agencies, departments and other collections of make-work jobs for politicians’ idiot relatives are “essential”. Essential is: national defense; a stable currency; maintenance of the rule of law together with an abiding respect for private property and individual rights – only individuals have rights, by the way – making sure the state governments don’t violate our rights; making sure the state governments don’t screw with the free flow of trade, commerce and the movement of people among and between the; and that’s about it. Re-read the Federal Constitution and you’ll realize that not much more than that is constitutional. So, just throw out all those activities and wait about ten years without re-creating any of them. The ones that are still seen as being “essential”, Congress can then re-consider, slowly and deliberately, checking to see if they’re constitutional and then if they’re not just a smoke screen for making money or economic/political advantage for “our buddies”.
