In order to accomplish this we'd have to chop off about 75% of the 'central government' and that chore is impossible given the number of socialist pansies we've elected to Congress.
You are correct.
I am not sure if we are too far gone or not.
However, if there is one thing history has taught us, nothing remains the same.
Socialism (and central control over an economy) does not, cannot work. Like a dam holding back a powerful river, sooner or later that dam will give way and there will be a lot of destruction while the river finds its true route.
Our policticians (from both parties) will have a lot to answer for sometime in the future.