Might society actually be better off without the government forcibly intervening in socio-economic affairs at all?

Government Projects do not “Create Jobs”
Daily Article from Mises.org by Isaac M. Morehouse | Posted on 8/19/2008

Yesterday while driving I heard an ad on the radio promoting more state spending on roads. Besides being a bit overreaching (”Is my family really safe with our current roads?”) the idea of better managed and maintained roads makes some sense and I thought the ad had a decent point — especially as I rumbled over potholes and hoped not to end up in a major traffic jam …