I see a lot of bitching about the Federal Government. Well...some random thoughts
Without the Feds or the G:
You have no property rights,
You have no money / currency,
Government is an edifice. It's not evil or good. The people occupying it ...well that's where the fun begins. Competing interests must be evaluated and resources allocated. That's the 'sausage making' part.
Then we have the anti-gov. crowd led by the corpse of Reagan and currently the lifeless body of GW Bush. They tell you that gov. is inherently bad! Trust them! Why as former presidents of the government, they ought to know.
You know who else hates the government? The boys on Wall Street, the Chicago Syndicate and the 5 Families of NY. Gov. is always intruding on their practices. On their backs. In the way.