That's oversimplifying socialism. There are some basic services like roads and police that citizens are willing to pay the government to do, or pay some private corporation to do, because it makes their lives easier and better and safer.
The question is what is Big Government, and how many services and taxes can the Government force citizens to pay for with the excuse of "basic human requirement." Then there is also individual choice of participating in government programs and personal freedom.
Socialism can also refer to Government Over-spending. For example, the Bush Government spent a lot of money, resources, and manpower for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, and a vast majority of Americans disagreed with that Big Government policy, so they voted for Obama in 2008.
Any government spending on services is socialism, period. Overspending has nothing to do with socialism or capitalism, but gross mismanagement.
