The purpose of government is SUPPOSED TO BE what you said. In reality the purpose of government has devolved into what I said. The purpose of government at all levels in the USA today is to extract wealth from the serfs and squander it on what the bureaucrats and politicians deem most likely to be beneficial to themselves meanwhile keeping the jackboot firmly on the necks of the citizens.
“In reality...”
We disagree.
I think you’re blaming government instead of people who misuse government. That’s like blaming guns for murder instead of blaming the people who use guns to murder.