October 7, 2011 3:50PM # This Week in Government Failure By [Tad DeHaven](https://www.cato.org/people/tad-dehaven) --- SHARE Over at [Downsizing the Federal Government](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/), we focused on the following issues this past week: - When it comes to such things as infrastructure, education, and investing in “industries of the future,” [the government should get out of the way](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/competitiveness-let-markets-lead-way) and let entrepreneurs and markets drive America’s prosperity in the global economy. - [Entitlements](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/entitlements-vs-liberty) versus Liberty. - It seems that the more the [government intervenes in society](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/government-war-with-itself), the more it will work against both the people and itself. - It’s Congress that needs to be doing the [“page by page, line by line”](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/going-page-page-line-line-through-budget) review of the federal budget. - We can spur growth by encouraging a culture of entrepreneurship, repealing barriers to entry, reducing taxes on risky investments, and simply getting out of the way of [the next generation of Steve Jobses](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/steve-jobs-exemplary-entrepreneur). Follow Downsizing the Federal Government on Twitter ([@DownsizeTheFeds](http://twitter.com/DownsizeTheFeds)) and connect with us [on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Downsizing-the-Federal-Government/26635669039). ##### Related Tags [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).