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I doubt anyone is against police, schools, military, highways, etc but there are many agencies and bureaucracies which are ineffective, redundant, unnecessary and a waste of public money. That holds true in most democracies. And many, like those you mentioned, must always have public scrutiny to ensure the public is getting value for their dollar.
So what you are saying is that government is a good thing, up to the point that it becomes wasteful. I agree.
I would think that part of the solution to redundancy and unnecessary government is the KISS method. No reason for a zillion programs to solve the individual issues in our society, when a positive economic growth policy (low taxation, adequate infrastructure creation, strong property rights, etc) would have eliminated the need for all of those programs.