It might be more effective, but it's unclear: I don't know of any strategy that's likely to actually help significantly in rolling back the scope of government, by any metric.  (I'm not saying there isn't any, only that I don't know what it would be).<p>Note, though, that even people who want the government to do less aren't saying "we'll do nothing", they're saying "we want to choose which things to do ourselves".  No one needs a law or regulation to spend their own money, it's only required when you want someone else's money spent without having to convince them they should.