[sailaway21]

Some people realize that there are more levels of government than the federal level. Roads for instance are quite capbly built by state and local governments.

None of the things you cite make it possible for capitalism to exist. I'm beginning to wonder about either your reading ability or your cognitive skills. All those programs and government itself as we know it exist because capatalism is as near to a force of nature as one can get without actually being part of nature. That's usually covered at the entry level of economics education.

Just because something sounds good, or is in fact good, does not make it the proper function of government.

A "higher level of organization" is necessary for the accomplishment of some societal goals. the most effective higher levels of organization involve the lowest level, most involved, groups of people. and to the extent that their goals can be accomplished without the recourse to government aid they are the most effective.

One of the best maintained roads in the US is the Indiana toll road. it just got turned over to a private company. The private company will be able to maintain it at the same level for less money.

Think of government run things that are labelled "public". Public roads, public schools, public lands, public-housing, public rest-rooms, public parks, etc... and then name me one that is better done and maintained than a similar property with the name "private" in front of it. the bottom line is that people take care of their own things far better than does any government agency assigned to do the same thing.

And for the vast majority of those things that government does, with the exception of the military, government doesn't do a damn thing! They just write a check. Private industry designs and builds those roads. Private industry creates and administers those vaccinations.

You can't name one thing, one job, that the federal government does, top to bottom, better than the private sector. With the exception of the military, and even the military has privatized some sectors. Name one thing that the government does, with no private sector help, that cannot or could not be better done by the private sector alone.