Now this I absolutely agree with. I think you hit the nail squarely on the head and that would put me firmly in the political conservative column. I definitely do not believe the federal government needs to be the primary benefactor of society. It should perform it's role as it was intended, and leave most law, that does not affect interstate commerce or activity, to the states.
The role it has assumed in "regulating interstate commerce" is a far cry from what was intended, too.