Although I can partially agree with you, I think it is worth looking at the other side of the coin to understand why things don't go the way you think is best.

Although I can partially agree with you, I think it is worth looking at the other side of the coin to understand why things don't go the way you think is best. Below I will give you a few examples to consider (there will be ways to refute, but bare with me since the goal is to start/move a dialogue) Government-sponsored (oli)monopolies - This is sometimes a policy tool to get the country's key strategic interest moving. Sometimes some goods & services are obscenely expensive without Gov support directly or indirectly (that includes g&s you take for granted). In another case, if you don't sponsor, but other countries do, the other countries will become more competitive in the global market, impacting your countries long-term economic success. Equal opportunity for all classes - At what point would you create equal opportunity? Is it providing basic, quality educational institutions? How do you account for parents willing to pay for extracurriculars, tutor and any new technologies that come along? Will you forbid higher income parents to spend their hard earned money to get their kids ahead in the name of equality? Accountability on budget spending - Most advanced democracies allow you to review the budget of your city, state, federal and even get involved in the process (via elections, open forum,etc). It is mostly someone's prerogative to get engaged or not. Also, since governments are usually required to help create jobs, etc through different forms of stimulus, you will see money being spent in different ways with different levels of return. Performance review - Govs and private institutions have performance review, even politicians have it via re-election. How would you optimize it? How would you fix its issues to ensure people don't exploit it? What makes your solution function better than the ones already tried? As I said, although I agree that we should strive to be better at some, if not all the points you have listed, I think we need to move past throwing the words out there, and become more engaged in our communities. This will help everyone to better understand how the world around them actually works and how to improve it