Well...yes...but it only got REALLY bad in the 1960's...or perhaps the 30's...FDR sure wan't afraid of givin' the Federal Leviathan WAAAAAAY more than it had any capacity to handle!!
We could argue this for hours, but I'd much prefer to run upstairs and watch the last scene of the first cassette of "Braveheart" wherein Mel Gibson says to the Crazy Irishman, Stephen, after being asked "Where are ya goin' now?!..."I'm Gonna Start a Fight!!"
And that "FIGHT", Right Shall Win!!
Maintain thy Faith, my FRiend, the Cavalry is on its way...MUD