Government v. Private Sector

There are some things a national government does better than a private source and some that they do worse.  Which are which?  That is the debate.

My List:
Government does better at:
                    Basic welfare
                    Health care
                    Security issues (necessary violence)
                    Creating bureaucracy
                    Making enormous budgets
                    Spending lots of money
                 
The Private Sector does better at: 
                        Innovation
                        Cool looking things that don't mean anything
                        Making the rich richer
                        Complaining about the government
                        Spending lots of money


First posted on the Filmspotting Forum, Politics thread