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This is exactly why there is so much division in the country right now. The reality is that there can never be a perfect version of government. The basic notion of government is in and of itself negative - so any other iteration of it is just going to be negative. The issue is was people consider to be an "acceptable" level for that negativity.
A lot of people now feel more government is better - more control, more laws, more agencies, more oversight etc. I generally believe that smaller/lesser is better. Less babysitting, less bureaucracy. Goverment's purpose should be to maintain shared infrastructure (roads, bridges, tolls, libraries), provide for common defense (military, national guard, border security) and ideally manage a currency (backed by real value). other than that, individual states should be allowed to govern themselves.
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This is exactly why there is so much division in the country right now. The reality is that there can never be a perfect version of government. The basic notion of government is in and of itself negative - so any other iteration of it is just going to be negative. The issue is was people consider to be an "acceptable" level for that negativity.
A lot of people now feel more government is better - more control, more laws, more agencies, more oversight etc. I generally believe that smaller/lesser is better. Less babysitting, less bureaucracy. Goverment's purpose should be to maintain shared infrastructure (roads, bridges, tolls, libraries), provide for common defense (military, national guard, border security) and ideally manage a currency (backed by real value). other than that, individual states should be allowed to govern themselves.