Sowell may be intelligent, but his right-wing extremism has damaged his brain over time.

His statement, quoted by you, is typical far-Right boilerplate..."some people" in such cases usually means "I'm going to introduce a strawman and see if you buy it."

Bush's administration created at least one major new government agency to "deal with" terrorism. How many did Obama introduce?

And efficient government which meets people's needs is NOT "totalitarianism," it's just good government. Government which lets the rich and powerful step all over everyone else is NO government, and that's BAD government.

FWIW