Pols understand only money and power. Voters understand you cant vote them out of positions of power. Once in they will buy votes to stay in.
The alternative is to cut off the money. So sit on your wallet America. Drain the trough and the pigs will die.
Only when the rest of America reaches this level of contempt for government, will something be done, at which point government's power and authority will reduced in size and scope in a very dramatic way. Until that time, expect government to continue to grow and become more controlling and intrusive.