The main problem with that is someone has to pay for that . Margareth Thatcher once brilliantly put that The government doesn ' t have any money . It ' s our money . paraphrasing . So , in summary , while I agree with you tht every single human being should have the opportunity to get those resources you listed , I firmly believe putting it as an obligation of the Government would really mean make the middle class pay for it . And taxes would come up , the Govt . would be even bigger , and eventually the economy would either break , or descend into socialism . And , I don ' t know who said it , but the phrase goes like this Socialism isn ' t dividing the goods . It ' s sharing their lack . Again , paraphrasing . The only thing the Govt . is trustworthy to regulate is police , because a private police dept . would be very unfair . So , apart from Army and police , all the govt . does is stop the private iniciative from trying to make the economy grow . And money is blind it helps everyone . A strong economy can provide for all a weaksocialist economy can only guarantee that everyone will have the same shot at being extremely poor . Compare Cuba to the U . S . and you ' ll see what government granted everything does to a country .