Not really, governments regularly cut back in the short term.  The real long term ratchet is people keep wanting the government to do more, ex the EPA did not exist in 1969.  Health benifits don&#x27;t get to provide 1990&#x27;s levels of care they need to keep up with an ever expanding array of new and more expencive treatments.  Domestic partners now qualify for government benifits.  The public never says, we don&#x27;t need you to do this anymore.<p>Hell we have started doing DNA testing for Robbery&#x27;s.