Does Bush believe in a role for government?

Looking at Dubya's performance in office can lead one to conclude that the President is seriously inept or just not very smart. The other possible conclusion is that the current administraton doesn't believe that government has a role in many of the areas for which it responsible. The result is an administraton that focuses on law and order or national defense but lets privatization and "free enterprise" pick up the pieces or that repays its political debts by awarding key positions in depleted agencies such as FEMA or HUD.