>Right, understanding that the government itself creates the space for the free market to operate,
In the US the gov has become too big so that it cannot support a free market.
( there are some estimates that say 60% of our income goes into taxes of various forms). More over govt are the reason for a no freemarket. For me Govt is synonymous with the mafia, a more polished, legalized version ( yes, we differ here, so we can leave it at that)
>so any tinkering with it ought to be done carefully.
Most of the govt can be removed and no one will notice except govt employees.