Government functions differently from private enterprise. Industries are organized in a way that maximizes production while minimizing costs. An enterprise that does otherwise finds itself quickly out of business. Competition among firms stimulates the search for cost-saving measures. Consumers reap the benefits of this in the form of lower prices.
Enterprises depend for survival upon the patronage of willing customers.
Government, on the other hand, does not look to voluntary contracts for its existence. Government does not rest on the need to maximize production or to minimize cost. The essence of government is organized force, which society utilizes to compel its members to act in prescribed ways, or to punish those members who refuse to obey the law. If government is to compel people to obey the law, the broader the scope of the law, the more powerful must the government be. As the state assumes increasing responsibility for activities previously left to private citizens, it becomes necessary for the government to set up additional bureaus or agencies that serve to implement the law.