I don't believe you. My opinion is forged through life experience. When governments fund, incentivize and encourage vice and self destructive behavior there will be an increase in these activities. When they punish virtue (progressive taxes) there will be a decrease in virtuous behavior.
my opinion is forged through working with them. People are so proud when they have a job saving them from the ignominy of being on the dole.
You haven’t convinced me with your hunches of how government affects things. The social programs are probably one of the few things that are helpful. The agencies, foreign aid, corporate subsidies, health care deform are the problem