Taxes, health care, surveillance, education. Need more?  Have you read the Constitution without spinning it?  As far as abortion and gay marriage, personal freedom. If a gay guy or girl can be happy married, no problem. Abortion, your choice, your conscious, I don't care. So many bigger things in the world. Don't know the percent but many or most of the world lives without basic needs, safety I guess isn't one of those needs but with most of US citizens paying at least 25% of our income to the government, I should be able to shop for food without fear. BTW most things you mention would be betterrible regulated at a state level, not federal. Just trying to make things better.....TERM LIMITS!!!!  Best thing he could do.