The authors of the constitution felt that the common person should have very little right to decide the make up the government. They thought that owning chattle slaves was as ok as killing a large number of my ancestors becuase they were of a reddish skin tone, and just pissing on others becuase they were kosher.

As for the roads, I loved how you failed to mention that. Most people who try to make the points you are trying to make fail to mention the common properties. Sure, the roads are going to suck more- why do you think Europe has roads that are a long site better than ours? They don't subsidise the gasoline with governemtn handouts, and they tax it so that the roads can be fixed.

As for the internet, trust me, that was DARPA. I just turned in a 30 page paper on the early history of what we call the internet, from 1960 to 1990.