There's much to agree with here. I would submit, however, that the answer lies in applying the ideas that went into making the Constitution. It was designed to limit the scope and power of the federal government, reserving the powers not specifically delegated it to the states and to the people.
The massive growth of the administrative state since the New Deal have left few areas of life untouched by federal regulation and with each regulation come penalties for violation. From the moment I turn on my federally mandated compact fluorescent light bulb when I wake up, the amount of waste water I flush, the nutritionally labeled food in my breakfast, the federally taxed gas powering my CAFE standarded vehicle getting me to my government funded job at a federally mandated maximum speed, on federally standardized tires, wearing my federally mandated seat belt, I am at the mercy of federal regulation. And that's only the first hour of my day. It continues non-stop until the moment I turn out the light and sleep on my federally standardized size mattress with a federally mandated label. Three of my hobbies even require federal licenses. It is impossible to escape.
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