Sallow
The Big Bad Wolf.
Well we haven't operated on that belief for over 80 years now....how is that going for us as a nation? 9% unemployment, 15trillion in debt, 10's of trillions more in unfunded liabilities (unconstitutional liabilities at that).
The 9% unemployment compares favorably to a typical downturn/panic/depression in the pre-New Deal decades. Double-digit unemployment was the norm then. The debt compares favorably (as a percentage of GDP) to what we normally had at the end of a major war. The "unfunded liabilities" are not actually unfunded and should be regarded as government expenditures, not liabilities.
And as for their "unconstitutionality," I suggest you take it up with the Supreme Court, which has authority to decide that question while you do not. Lest you think I'm being arbitrary in saying that, I will point out that "Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes . . . to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States . . . [and] to regulate commerce among the several states . . ." provides full authority to the federal government to do everything you're objecting to, and that any belief to the contrary requires twisting the plain language of the Constitution to mean something non-obvious.
Why do I need the supreme court when the constitution is written in plain english what the job of congress is? and the "general welfare" part is explained in federalist 44 as simply a description of the enumerated powers. If "general welfare" meant they could do whatever they wanted then WHY THE FUCK have enumerated powers in the first place? Where is the common sense?
The Federalist papers are not where legislation is derived from. And in any case you skip over opinions that were dead set against a standing army under federal control and an immense amount of cautioning against the accumlation of wealth into the hands of a few..