Government—like private enterprise—can be inefficient and ineffective. But as Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits, author of The Meritocracy Trap, points out, government can also be incredibly efficient. A family with $60,000 annual income pays about $10,000 per year in taxes. In exchange, that family gets roads, public schools, environmental protection, national security, fire, and police—try assembling that as a package of private services and see what it costs you. That same family probably pays $3,000 a year to the Comcast Corporation for cable, internet, and mobile. Cable sucks, and the
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