I think that's what we are all discussing. Or I hope that is.
we need the government for the BIG things;
roads, schools, military, police, fire
but for most everything else we can govern ourselves (or suffer the consequences)
I don't mind paying taxes to support the military and local police and fire and roads
but I don't need OTHER PEOPLE (or big government) telling me what to eat, drink or smoke
if I eat all the wrong things and end up in a very unhealthy state then that is MY FAULT and MY PROBLEM and nobody else should be made to pay for it
Sorry, but we don't need the government for schools. Only a lazy parent would expect their child to be "educated" in a government school.