Exactly! The gov’t “produces” nothing. All it can do is redirect resources by taking from one group via taxation and giving to another by spending. The problem has morphed over the decades to the point where 49% support the other 51%. Politicians know this and use the spending to keep themselves in office by taking from the productive 49% and giving it to the unproductive 51%. Buying votes this way perpetuates the Deep State.
“The gov’t ‘produces’ nothing.”
It can produce infrastructure and education, transportation and security services.
Government service production is going down in quality and up in price since the consumer feedback mechanisms are defective.