Of course government should provide roads. And water, and sewage, and a police force, and fire protection, and libraries, etc. What made you think I didn't agre

Of course government should provide roads. And water, and sewage, and a police force, and fire protection, and libraries, etc. What made you think I didn't agree with that? You are fighting a straw man. And "fair" absolutely is relevant, from a market-wide POV. Of COURSE some companies have natural advantages over others. That's great. They should win. When the better competitors DON'T win, you have a market fairness problem. If government is providing a service at higher cost to the taxpayer than if a private company was providing it, then there is a problem. And this happens all the time, because the sticker price of government services is always low, or zero, even though the real cost can be very high.