If we could guarantee that no government programs would be established or continued to handle the rehab and community outreach BS then I am on board. However, I know that will never happen in our current environment. As long as the government has the ability to spend our money at will the cycle will continue and I am afraid we have passed the point of being able to reset it without some sort of conflict. The lib powers are deeply entrenched.
The only guarantee would be sweeping changes in appropriations and how the Congress can pass these bills without a vote from the people. We would almost need to micro-manage them by voting on everything where a certain value threshold was met. Talk about nothing getting done.
I remember there being similar arguments during the communist era. Since it was so entrenched people in the communist block would ask “Getting rid of communism sounds good, but where will we get toothpaste?” And that would shut down discussion because no one had a specific answer about where it would come from. Honestly at this point if your argument is we can’t get rid of any of the police state because the liberals will spend more money, then I’m good with just augering this whole thing into the ground. I’m sick of my liberty being held hostage because people are affraid some of the tofu and tabby cat crowd trying to expand welfare.