The Mother of All Inventions - Government

President Obama while decrying the Ryan budget proposed that Facebook and Google wouldn't exist without government.

For many liberals, the government is the supreme creator.  All the benefits we have in some way are derived from the government.

I don't know what line of reasoning President Obama uses for this claim--perhaps he's talking about government funding of the internet.  I don't think there was any specific funding to Google or Facebook.  Maybe he means that we should thank the government for not shutting down either of those two ventures or for closing down the internet like in other countries.

Maybe he means that the government provides us with services such as roads, and without those services there'd be no Google or Facebook.

Which is it?  What is the argument that in absence of government there'd be no Google?