Right, so in the cases you're talking about there, you have made some sort of argument that government is necessary and therefore needs to be funded. However, I can't help noticing that everything you described there collectively represents a tiny drop in the ocean of what a lot of governments do, and the total cost represents a similarly tiny drop in the ocean of the tax those governments charge everyone to fund themselves. Making an analogous case for many other, much more expensive government activities is not so easy: medical care, education, personal security, provisions for the elderly, energy production, housing, all these have been provided effectively as a public service, a private enterprise, or some hybrid.