Until people wakeup, the majority of Americans will continue to believe that government can effectively provide services, despite the fact that governments have never effectively provided services over the longer in the past, the key word being effectively.
The limits are incrementally lowered and lowered until one day, people wakeup and realize that only fully traceable transactions are permitted in the new cashless society.
But most observers say the budget is likely to just keep going down until some big new threat comes along to wakeup Washington to the consequences of its actions.