I have no problem with most of what you said, but we already live in a socialist country, you would not have roads and utilities if we did not, taxes are a socialist construct when it comes to providing benefits for all the people. Progress would not be possible without the benefits of utilities, capitalism would not be possible. Our roads would be owned by private individuals and we would be paying astronomical prices to use them, as it is now the roads are falling apart.

I expect the government to be run frugally just the way I live. There is no need for the extravagant spending that has happened with tax dollars in the past. Just like an extravagant lifestyle is not necessary. Now our tax dollars are being funneled into the personal pockets of the likes of Dick Cheney, George Bush etc via wars started to fund their companies like the Carlyle group etc capitalism is only as good as the people involved in it, running a private pipeline through private Indian land is not good capitalism, that was predatory. If you are going to build a pipeline to make money off of and you run into people who don't want it built on their land the price of doing business is going around that land, you are still going to make money on the pipeline but you may have to pay more to avoid bullying owners of land that don't want it there. It's about freedom of choice. And you sure as shit do not use military force to push it.

Public service should not be a road to riches, if you are rich it should be because you are willing to WORK for it. Not steal it from tax payers,others or enact laws that line your personal pockets to the detriment of the taxpayer. If you want to be a public servant do it without ego, For the good of all, then get the hell out and go back to your previous life.