By Definition the government produces public goods
ranging from parks to sidewalks to national defense.
The free market sure didn’t produce I-5.
You need to produce better examples.
*Parks are public owned property, not a produced good. The maintenance of said property is a service.. though now they have individual fees on such parks which were initially provided by through general taxes.
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-“public good” is commonly used a term to refer to government supplied, real property, personal property, or performed service
-fees are not the norm. Usually they are just charged at special purpose parks (like boat docks and skate parks).
-usually they are have been built and maintained through special and general taxes[quote=ucodegen]
*not all sidewalks are done by the gov. I fact, most are done by the property owner as a requirement… as well as roads in many places. This is why you will often see sidewalks, curbs and roads in the middle of new developments before the houses are completed yet.[/quote]
-Most are required as per public policy (generally such building requirements are considered public goods unto themselves)to built by developers. Private funds and resources being taken for public benefit (eg: sidewalks)is a definitional example of a public good. This is the same way that taxes and bonds turn into teacher salaries and textbooks. [quote=ucodegen]
*national defense.. is a service not a good.
[/quote]Again your definition is not in keeping with current practice. Also, its not like the soldiers are out there naked throwing rocks. Their uniforms, their guns, their bases are all examples of public goods that are either publicly owned real or personal property.[quote=ucodegen]
*I-15 was contracted out.. it was not build by the government.. as with virtually all highway work.[/quote] The interstate highway system was built in part for the benefit of national defense. No part of it is privately owned. Using contractors does not make a public good private. Lots of public schools use private contractors (eg: Laidlaw buses). That does not make them private schools.
