Letting people with the power to levy taxes have the ability to decide what are the scope of their power and responsibility by means at their disposal is ALWAYS a bad idea and trends towards too much government.
A government that is free to grow its own sphere of influence will result in a people who are no longer free. A people who are free NEEDS government to be bound by heavy chains and restraints that it cannot escape, even if, or especially if, it claims it just want freedom in order to help people out who are in dire need (that’s just a transient excuse, the power that results never goes away).
It happens through proverbial accumulated paper cuts, through regulatory capture that is never regulatory release, through tax cuts that are always temporary but tax increases that are basically forever.
Big government is how you reduce your posterity to mere subjects.
People love the federal government during storms and various weather related times. Right now Texas and Florida are loving the government. However, things like sending our tax money to countries other then America is ridiculous. Sending money to the EU and UN is crazy. Paying for abortions and other medical treatments is not necessary. Sending money to Universities should not happen at the federal level. So yes a lot of government should not happen, but during weather related situations, the federal government needs to step in.