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Turns out, life is complex. It's either this or you end up having "rules for me but not for thee".
But to this point, what would you have your central government in charge of? I'm certainly for axing parts of the central gov and expanding others (For example, I'd nationalize healthcare and drug production and abolish ICE and the DEA). That is, I'd push for a government more concerned with taking care of citizens and less concerned with penalizing inconsequential things like not being born here.
The reason for the miles long laws is because when you don't have them, a capitalist society will work around them. A recent behind the bastards episode on the hawks nest tunnel ( https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/part-one-the-deadliest-workplace-disaster-in-u-s-history/id1373812661?i=1000632417312 ) is a perfect example of how these sorts of regulations get created and grow.