You are mostly correct, all gubmint can do is get in the way, or out of the way. The American people need to start seeing gubmint for what it really is, a liability to freedom, free enterprise and personal property rights. Thomas Jefferson said: what makes a man truly free is the right to do with his personal property as he sees fit.
PS. Income is personal property.
I agree with your thoughts there.
Along the lines of what I said, here’s another aspect of it.
In truth, government doesn’t fire private sector employees any more than it hires them.
Businesses do both. So technically the government can’t cut private sector jobs any more then it can create them.
But I do believe we agree that government actions can heavily impact both.
I agree with Jefferson until you get to competing interests. And when you have them it’s generally best to have a referee. Either the courts or a government body needs to be available for that or you’d soon have hostilities between competing interests.
Ideally I’d like to see the government at almost zero, but in realty it doesn’t get as close to that as any of us want.