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Well hold on, are we talking about pure capitalism? If we're talking about pure capitalism, then there isn't compromise. It's all free market. Pure capitalism is when the government only performs functions that cannot be performed by any private entity. There could easily be a company that can come and test paint for lead. Shoot, there are companies that handle a lot of the functions the government performs, everything from delivering packages and mail (FedEx, UPS, etc.) to military (Blackwater).
Or are we talking about realistic, pragmatic capitalism? Filtherton brings up very strong cases for why there should be government oversight, and I can throw out a dozen more examples (albeit not as eloquently, the Latin was a very nice touch). Real world capitalism does require sharing of some power with the government because there are things that the market doesn't do well, in addition to the things it does well.
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