And here's the kicker.....no one is advocating we do without Government. Not even Rand Paul. The left loves to try and cast the debate as those who favor Government vs those who want to do away with it. Couldn't be further from the truth, but that doesn't stop to reckless implications.
The arguement is that the Government, in its current form is already too big, too bloated, too inefficient, and too corrupted with lobbyiests and big donating special interests, and yet the left wants to make it that much bigger.
The Right doesn't want to abolish Government, but to simply bring it more in line with the functions its specifically responsible for, as clearly articulated in the Constitution. If a policy or program is not specifically delegated as a Federal function, than its NOT a function or mandate for the Fed to then bilk tax payers to pay for. That becomes a state issue.
It's called U.S. Government, 101