To rise above that level, one needs laws.
Try to think outside the box, ok? The private sector does everything better than government and everything which the government does has been performed by the private sector.
The only purpose of government is to defend you from other governments. It's a protection racket. And it doesn't even do that well.
This used to be a mantra for Republicans, until they realized that a majority of voters are perfectly happy to eat from the trough.
Restraining federal government means more than trying to hold budget growth under 8% per year. It means stopping and even reversing the intrusive trends of the last 30 years. That's hardly anarchy. State and local governments can and should do a better job of administering programs of all kinds. The problem is that state governments have become a piglet on the teet as well.