It works for car insurance, burglar alarm company, banker, your AAA towing company and your cell phone company. At least it works for mine. Do you get all of these services from government too?
Compare that kind of service to that received from social services, getting a driver's license, or going to court. (Sorry, docket's full for two years.)
Perhaps, but it doesn't take two years for a fire truck to arrive, and no one is barred from starting their own FireBusters franchise, eh?