Government should be less active, less engaged. Indeed, if we are to follow the political vision of the framers and those who inspired them, government should not be actively engaged in the daily affairs of Americans at all. Any time government intervenes in the economy, it imposes burdens on some while granting favors to others. Those who benefit do so at others expense and without their consent. Every regulation and every tax is an act of coercion that deprives people of the right to act, trade, and exchange according to their own private interests, which, in a market economy, work together to achieve the public interest.
History suggests otherwise.
Anytime government steps into any sector of society, it is nearly impossible to restrain the extent of the intervention. Bureaucrats like to exercise power. It s why they become bureaucrats. They can always find good reasons to expand their control. And there are always those pleased to cheer them on if they can get something for nothing.