None of the above. Government does not define our rights. Rights are natural. The only job of government is to enforce those rights.
Holy loaded poll options!
The governments duty to it's people is to create and support the best possible country within the framework of the law.
The idea is simple enough. Implementing it is the difficult part. I'm asking a question on implementation.
I answered your question. If you want to debate the fine points, but the question you presented could not be answered with your poll options, and I gave the answer as I see it.
You say: "within the framework of the law." - my question is exactly that - what should the framework of the law be? I suppose the question needs to be clarified. not 'what' but 'how' does the government go about it. So you answered my question, but not the intent of my question. I'm not trying to debate the answers. I'd really like to know what people think and why. Could you answer my intended question instead of my actual question? (assuming my intended question is now clear)
It's mostly A, a little B. The main purpose of the government is to protect and proliferate the rights and liberties of the individual. Now times change, yes? Technologies improve, society becomes more complex, to protect those rights the government may have to act in various ways. It's a delicate balancing act in reality. There is necessity for government, we cannot get away from that. Anarchy does not work. Thus that means there are legitimate and necessary places for government to act. Those places may not be static, and indeed as the aggregated society gets more complex those places will not remain static. To continue to protect and proliferate the rights and liberties of the individual what the government does may have to change. Too much government is bad, which is why this becomes so very delicate. But there are proper roles of regulation and oversight which the government can partake in to ensure the free practice of our rights. The Constitution not only lays out the powers of government, but also the purpose of government. And the government can use those granted powers to fulfill its purpose. Nothing is ever static, there is no such thing as infinity. To continue to do its job to the people, how the government acts will change over time. We just have to be careful and ensure that it changes in the right way and in a way which abides by our rights and liberties.
The government goes about it by creating laws that promote the health and wellbeing of the country.
I'm not trying to be a smart***, but sincerely would like to ask: are you a politician?
I agree with you. Again, my question is: how? Under what intent do they make their laws? To do what is best for the people via granting privelages? Should it be within their power to force people to pay for privelages for other people, for the benefit of the whole?
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
See, you are asking loaded questions, which is why you are not getting the answer you want. It's a privilege that you drive on roads that you did not pay for, have police and fire protection from people whose salary you do not pay. It's a privilege to be protected from foreign countries by people you have not paid for. When you say privilege, you are trying to make a point, but it does not work.
The Preamble:
See, you are asking loaded questions, which is why you are not getting the answer you want. It's a privilege that you drive on roads that you did not pay for, have police and fire protection from people whose salary you do not pay. It's a privilege to be protected from foreign countries by people you have not paid for. When you say privilege, you are trying to make a point, but it does not work.
What do you mean? I've paid for all that crap. None of it could exist without the taxpayers. I pay for roads, emergency services, parks, forests, etc. Is it still privlege or is it my property?
What do you mean? I've paid for all that crap. None of it could exist without the taxpayers. I pay for roads, emergency services, parks, forests, etc. Is it still privlege or is it my property?
You paid for a very small portion of them. And yet you benefit from them in full.
But I did pay, it's part of the aggregation ability of the government. They can collect "small" amounts of money from a large population and then use that money for something. Be it the military, the roads, etc. But it does require that we all pay. We aren't simply given these things, we have to pay for all those things. Nothing is free.
That sounds pretty damn socialist to me...
How the hell do you get that?A governments duty is whatever it political platform they are elected on.
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