what is the purpose of gov't?
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The government deals basically with two things: the inside of a country and the outside of a country. A country is defined by just an idea, that is written on a Constitution. All countries have some type of document that defines what the country is and who their people are, and the rules of the country. If you think of a soccer match, the government is the coach, and the people are the players. The constitution is the idea that formed the team, and the rules. The game itself is like foreign relations.\nThis metaphor is very simplstic and has a lot of holes, but it's kind of like that.
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Ya, what dragonfly said!\n\nBut this might be a legitimate question.  The Federal Govt's main job is to protect us.  That's where a lot of tax money goes - national security and defense.  They also protect us by doing things like inspecting meat to make sure its safe, regulating medicine for the same reason, and stopping illegal aliens.  Besides that, they pay a lot of money towards education, roads, things that state and local govt are mostly responsible for, the fed govt gives them money.
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google it.  \n\nrecon--the gov wont waste their time with this.  it could be for a project or something.  dont assume you moron.
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Government. Pure and simple. Greed is the motive.
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All of it. It is all under review, and due for a complete overhaul upgrade. Some aspects will be kept similar or the same, but the majority of the rules are expected to change toward more complicated, difficult to understand terms and conditions, allowing more loopholes, even though the authorities claim the purpose is to simplify and make it so anyone can understand. This is a commonplace political tactic used globally, particularly in Western countries, to impede the public understanding and increase control and ability to manipulate the masses for unjust purposes. There is very little you can do about this, now that you know. Sorry.
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The role of the government is to provide structure and consistency. Looking at the Constitution (Preamble), there are five things that were the goal of the federal government: "establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty".\n\nLiberals as a party focus mainly on the "promote the general Welfare and secure the blessings of Liberty". Conservatives focus more on the "ensure domestic Tranquility [and] provide for the common Defense". But let's look at each of these five goals relative to morality.\n\nIf your goal is promoting welfare, then morality isn't much of an issue. People generally agree that feeding people is good, that murder/mayhem in the streets is bad, that paved roads and clean drinking water are good, that driving 90 in a school zone or residential neighborhood is bad, and so on.\n\nFor defense, again generally people agree that being safe is good, police (as a concept) are good, a strong military (for defense) is good, buildings blowing up is bad, etc. How much can be sacrificed to achieve these is a different issue (see liberty, below). So again, morality isn't a big factor in these issues.\n\nFor "establish Justice", it doesn't matter what your morality is, justice is good. What constitutes justice may vary, but that goes more to the other issues (liberty and tranquility, see below). So again, the concept of wanting justice by itself is not morality-dependent.\n\nWhich leaves us with the balance between ensuring domestic tranquility and ensuring the blessings of liberty. Here's where we get interesting. \n\nConservatives want tranquility, harmony, consistency, even at the expense of some liberty interests. Liberals want greater personal liberties, even if that means letting some criminals go free or not regulating certain behaviors, thus impacting tranquility. \n\nMorality is the set of beliefs that determine what is more important to us. Valuing liberty over tranquility means allowing other people to do things you don't approve of, while holding tranquility over liberty means that you want your values to apply to everyone, in order to avoid conflict.\n\nIs the right to choose who you want to marry (regardless of race or gender) more important than preserving a traditional historical opposite-sex same-race marriage? Until 1967, mixed-race marriages were illegal in many states (mostly conservative ones) because marriage was "by definition" a union between people of the same race. It was a moral issue, because their religions didn't favor mixed-race marriage. The US Supreme Court said that legal restrictions shouldn't be based on religions dogma, and that the right to marry who you want isn't subject to state controls. So far, that ruling only applies relative to race-based decisions, not gender-based decisions.\n\nIs it right for a woman to choose what happens inside her own body? The conservative view is that society as a whole mandates controls, and that based on religious beliefs since the embryo can become a person it should be treated as already being a person. Hence abortion is immoral. However, let's say you don't share the same religious perspective. Let's say you believe that it is the soul that makes someone human, and the soul doesn't show up until the fetus is capable of independent life (viability). In that case, based on your religious beliefs, terminating a pregnancy before the soul enters the body is not murder. How can you prove when the soul enters the body (conception, viability, birth)? You can't. It's a religious issue. So the US Supreme Court went with a medical (not religious) definition of life, and said that states cannot dictate religious definitions as a matter of law.\n\nAmerica is a republic. That means we collectively get together and elect people to make decisions for us. In a p
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Why would you put this in Government???
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the major justification for govt seems to be protection of the people  and this can be bent to justify almost anything \nthe actual role in waste is probably complicated by local ordinances but I'm not specifically acquainted.sorry I couldn't find any good american links on thier role in waste management.   peace out!
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So that the government can pay for public safty, trash collection, Education, and other social services. Those may include special prosecuters for political officials, National Defense, Food and Drug Admistration, etc etc.
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To prevent a tyranical abuse of power, maintain the US as a republic instead of a dictatorship, and to provide weights and balances in passing special interest laws.\n\nThis is one reason
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Attempt to minimize damage caused by general mistakes in economy , protect our nations from fear of invasion, build your roads,land. Attempts to enforce gods laws when individuals take their freedom of will to do as they want too far.
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Cause the government wants to be right.
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The government is all about rules. Sometimes what you think is best for you or for anyone else doesn't follow the government's rules. Plus, the government has layers and layers of bureaucracy. Trying to get any meaningful change through all of that is very difficult.
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Federal goverrnment oversees the states. Imagine each state as it's own country then giving them a higher authority to answer to.
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Definition by US Gov't.:  "Premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience."\n\nThis word is used a lot lately in very imprecise ways.  For example, Iraqis who blow up US troops are not terrorists, because the troops are not noncombatants.  To call any government or any person working for any government "terrorist" is a contradiction in terms.  This doesn't mean that they may not be behaving in inappropriate ways, just that people should find something else to call them.\n\nFor example, if it is discovered that the men who carried out the Trade Center attacks were actually working for the government of, say, Iran, (and I am not implying that they were) then they would no longer be called "terrorists."  They would be "enemy combatants."  This is a distinction which is particulary relevant in the current political climate.
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A government with laws basically from religions like Old-Testament, New Testament and Quran.  I believe there is God and He has tried His best to guide us to make our community and personal life better by providing us Law.
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because it is only give and take in govt. \nb'coz money can do anything\nit can change govt. also