You hit the nail on the head. Most of government is transfer programs. The unfunded pensions at the state, federal and local level is over $20 Trillion. Government long ago shifted towards socialism. It's astounding the number of citizens that get paychecks or other largess. It will only get worse. Government would be wise to terminate socialist programs and shift funds to infrastructure. That will not happen; instead they will say government is "cut to the bone" and taxes need to be raised. If one truly looks at the scope of government power, it is obvious difficult decades for Liberty lie ahead. Sad.