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Should government exist... at all?

Should government exist... at all?

  • Yes

    Votes: 42 87.5%
  • No

    Votes: 6 12.5%

  • Total voters
    48
Sure. That wasn't so hard.
 
The best government should be the law. Without rules there is no game. :)
 
Men aren't angels.
 
Given enough time we may shed the need for government but considering most of our current issues are problems the Romans also faced at one time or another, I suspect it'll be a very long time indeed.
 
Given enough time we may shed the need for government but considering most of our current issues are problems the Romans also faced at one time or another, I suspect it'll be a very long time indeed.

What problems would you say are only able to be solved by government?
 
What problems would you say are only able to be solved by government?

I don't think that it's unable to be solved, so much as incredibly unlikely without some form of minimal governing body. Unified effort is very hard without representatives of groups in a land of over 300 million or even 7 billion if you meant globally.
 
Absolutely. It should probably be a lot smaller than it is today, but anarchy is simply an unworkable solution.
 
it seems to me, well established....that when human population reaches a certain level, we require some level of guidance.

Without Government, we have anarchy.

Individuals may dislike the current form, but those individuals would not exist without something.
 
What hare said...
 
[Somehow I don't picture businesses or homeowners digging deep to build & maintaine the inferstucture (roads, watermains etc.) that passes by their property, or the bridge to the otherside of the river. Of course the Government ain't doin' all that great at it right now. Wha private enterprise would have built, oh say, Hoover Damn? TheLincoln Tunnel?
Yeah we need a functional Government.
A plea to congressional R's, Vote Yea on the highway Bill! :peace

What problems would you say are only able to be solved by government?
 
What problems would you say are only able to be solved by government?
At the current time with the current mindset of people? Or in some Lala Land that exists only in some people's minds?

Privatizing the functions of government really isn't doing away with government. That's just swapping government inefficiency for a profit margin, which is generally larger than the inefficiency.
 
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Should government exist... at all?

Unless you are an anarchist I think most believe it should exist.The real question should be is how much government and how much power should they be allowed to have.
 
Somehow I don't picture businesses or homeowners digging deep to build & maintaine the inferstucture (roads, watermains etc.) that passes by their property, or the bridge to the otherside of the river. Of course the Government ain't doin' all that great at it right now. Wha private enterprise would have built, oh say, Hoover Damn? TheLincoln Tunnel?
Yeah we need a functional Government.
A plea to congressional R's, Vote Yea on the highway Bill!

Okay, that's a good answer. So you're saying that only the government is capable of solving the problem of building roads, water mains, bridges, tunnels, and dams.
 
At the current time with the current mindset of people? Or in some Lala Land that exists only in some people's minds?

Privatizing the functions of government really isn't doing away with government. That's just swapping government inefficiency for a profit margin, which is generally larger than the inefficiency.

Yes, at the current time, what problems would you say are only able to be solved by government?
 

No not at all, but they are the only entity that would do it. Pay for it, I mean. Taxes are for the public works such as these, civilians often do the calculations, labor etc.
It would be absurd to take up a collection to build a massive project, like a congregation does to build a church, for example.
Government is the only one who wold be able, thus creating Living wage jobs, the workers will be Tax Payers & roll on. :peace

Okay, that's a good answer. So you're saying that only the government is capable of solving the problem of building roads, water mains, bridges, tunnels, and dams.
 
Yes, at the current time, what problems would you say are only able to be solved by government?

Correcting externalities on multiple parties cased by voluntary trade.

That wasn't so hard, was it?
 
What problem is unable to be solved?

Any problem that needs to be solved is going to involve a portion of the population that will not go along with it for one reason or another, they will impede solutions or progress.
 
Of course "government" should exist. Unchecked anarchy and survival of the fittest are not societies in which I'd want to live.
 
No not at all, but they are the only entity that would do it. Pay for it, I mean. Taxes are for the public works such as these, civilians often do the calculations, labor etc.
It would be absurd to take up a collection to build a massive project, like a congregation does to build a church, for example.
Government is the only one who wold be able, thus creating Living wage jobs, the workers will be Tax Payers & roll on.

I think I understand. Only the government would provide the solution to building roads, water mains, bridges, and dams.
 
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