I have no doubt of your sincerity on this, but once the power has been ceded, it’s virtually impossible, despite elections and referendums to override goobermint diktats.
For instance, in this state, we had a referendum to make seatbelt wearing a wholly voluntary activity without any potential ramifications.
The Legislature, in it’s infinite wisdom and disdain for the voters, enacted a law making it an offense to not have your seatbelt on in the event of an accident, thereby allowing both the state and insurance companies to really work you over in fees etc.
We voted to get rid of an income surtax nearly two decades old; despite a string of 4 Republican governors, they made no move to get rid of it.
A small symbolic step, really, but demonstrates the virtual contempt that elected officials hold for the citizens.
I would tend to view legislators like that as "nanny state proponents" and would probably not be favorable to them in the next election.