What parts of the government should be permanently furloughed?
Cut the Missile Defense Agency. The military services would do a better job determining what they need, what works, and how much to spend. The MDA functions primarily as an in-house lobbyist for systems the services have not asked for and do not need. We could save half of the over $10 billion budgeted this year for missile defense by eliminating this redundant agency and the programs it promotes.
Links
[1] https://www.ploughshares.org/file/2343
[2] http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/04/08/and_keep_it_shut?page=0%2C6