Government is useful for protecting us against government.
The Fourth Amendment protects us against outrageous police and government spy agencies. Unfortunately, the Patriot Act and Supreme Court decisions have rendered the Fourth Amendment toothless.
Public prosecutors protect us against charges brought against us by narcissistic government employees. Unfortunately the public defenders don’t protect the middle class.
Unemployment compensation protects us against jobs lost due to government endorsed outsourcing. Unfortunately, the compensation isn’t sufficient and is only temporary.
Medicare helps us against the high costs of medical care. Unfortunately, this compensation could have been lowered by reducing regulations on the health care industry resulting in lower health care for all.
Social Security protects us against prejudices in hiring people over 62 years old. Unfortunately, this fund is borrowed from at zero percent interest to pay off the war debt.
In a Nutshell, government provides only 10% of the inexpensive services that they should provide and spends 90% on that which is not in the interests of all. The top 1% receives 20% of the income and does 1% of the work. The bottom 20% does 1% of the work and receives more than 20% of government revenues. The middle class is that group of people that does 98% of the work and receives 10% of the government revenue.