"Public Services and Infrastructure: Police, Fire, roads and bridges, water, waste, garbage collection"...I just don't see that as socialism. Even libertarians can agree on much of that.

But, I agree we have been inching toward socialism since the New Deal, which is why the middle class is disappearing, IMO. It is time to inch away.

You said, "Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment, Food - all of these are good in the aggregate but can and should be improved to eliminate fraud, become sustainably funded, and become more efficient." How would you eliminate fraud? I don't see eliminating fraud as long as the government is involved. Maybe return most of such things to private charities, which watch over their money better than the government does.