Yes, government did produce few good things which you can count with your fingers. What about the myriad of failures? If you think about all the wastage done by

Yes, government did produce few good things which you can count with your fingers. What about the myriad of failures? If you think about all the wastage done by government, these few good things actually cost us a fortune [it's our tax money after all.] Also, you are under the impression that if it was not for Government, we would have never seen GPS OR Internet or cryptographic progress. I would highly doubt that. I am sure that market would have produced similar (or even exact) solutions without all the waste. EDIT: Yes, government provide us with GPS technology but it was free market which made it accessible to everyone. Can you imagine government being able to envision that one can fit navigation tool inside a phone which fits in my pocket?