Well, from an economic perspective, in a market economy, governments do play a significant role in the economy by providing a legal and social framework, maintaining competition, and providing goods and public services that private enterprise cannot provide.
At the end of the day, in our capitalist, market driven economy, government involvement should be minor, measured and seldom, ideally. Dems, Reps & Libers all have different views on this.
https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-business-administration/center-for-economic-education/teacher-resources/6-8/what-are-the-economic-functions-of-government.pdf
