How about doing something really daring - like just freezing it exactly in place for a year? I bet the Earth wouldn't stop spinning if we tried it.
Then, when we find we all survived that, freeze it again. And again, and again, until the bastard strangles. Big Stupid Government needs its money supply cut off.
I have been thinking about that for a while now. I would like to see a candidate campaign on the promise that he will freeze current spending levels for his entire term. If Successive Presidents do that same not only will we have a balanced budget, we will have a government that might be controllable.