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What you think should the role of a government be? What do you think would be an ideal government? 2018-03-15T13:14:03-04:00 2018-03-15T13:14:03-04:00 Maj John Bell 3449698 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not an all inclusive list, but the following come to mind.<br /><br />Government should do those things which we cannot do individually:<br />_Defend the nation<br />_Build coordinated infrastructure<br />_Establish communal contracts of behavior and conduct<br />_Protect the rights of the few from the passions of the many<br />_Ensure the integrity of commercial transactions.<br /><br />Government should not:<br />_Ensure equality of outcome<br />_Protect us from ourselves and our own bad decisions Response by Maj John Bell made Mar 15 at 2018 1:28 PM 2018-03-15T13:28:20-04:00 2018-03-15T13:28:20-04:00 MCPO Roger Collins 3449787 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmmm. Thought that had been determined by the Constitution and it’s associated amendments, long ago.<br /><br /><br />September 17, 1787<br />This was the same place the Declaration of Independence was signed. The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention—which convened from May 25 to September 17, 1787. It was signed on September 17, 1787. Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Mar 15 at 2018 1:53 PM 2018-03-15T13:53:41-04:00 2018-03-15T13:53:41-04:00 SPC Margaret Higgins 3449877 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="1115465" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/1115465-ssgt-harvey-skip-porter">SSgt Harvey &quot;Skip&quot; Porter</a>: I would say that the number one priority of our federal government should be: to protect the people of this country. Response by SPC Margaret Higgins made Mar 15 at 2018 2:23 PM 2018-03-15T14:23:10-04:00 2018-03-15T14:23:10-04:00 SFC Jim Ruether 3449885 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think the government should play a minimal role, taxing us only on the amount of earnings over and above what we need to live on. There should be term limits reinstated on our legislators who voted out term limits back in the 50&#39;s. No more golden fleece benefits for our legislators either. When their terms are done they go back to old jobs or occupations with no retirement from the government. They live off of the same retirement benefits we do maybe Social Security would get fixed and properly funded. We need a government that lives within its means, follows the law of the land and honors the constitution. Did I miss anything? Response by SFC Jim Ruether made Mar 15 at 2018 2:26 PM 2018-03-15T14:26:02-04:00 2018-03-15T14:26:02-04:00 1SG Dennis Hicks 3450038 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>To be short, the Government should be minimal and non self replicating. Response by 1SG Dennis Hicks made Mar 15 at 2018 3:07 PM 2018-03-15T15:07:34-04:00 2018-03-15T15:07:34-04:00 CSM Darieus ZaGara 3450135 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We have a great grouping of documents and there associated governmental people. They just need to act on behalf of the citizenry and not special interests or self. Thank you for your service. Response by CSM Darieus ZaGara made Mar 15 at 2018 3:32 PM 2018-03-15T15:32:29-04:00 2018-03-15T15:32:29-04:00 CPT Private RallyPoint Member 3450152 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>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. Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 15 at 2018 3:37 PM 2018-03-15T15:37:22-04:00 2018-03-15T15:37:22-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 3450279 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Since I&#39;m stuck with the one I&#39;ve got...I&#39;ll continue to champion that it sticks to its founding principles.<br /><br />However, if I could have it &quot;my way&quot;...<br /><br />1. NO government. Why? I&#39;m pretty sure I could figure out how to survive and thrive on my own far better than anyone else could figure it out for me. Fifty years of total freedom probably beats eighty of servitude anytime.<br /><br />2. The world&#39;s a big place, and despite what many say, I think we&#39;re &quot;overcrowded&quot; more due to consolidation of populations competing for artificially provided &quot;needs&quot;.<br /><br />3. Sounds harsh-but without things like utilities, LE, military, formal health care, etc..etc..the population problem would sort itself out.<br /><br />4. Take away the stresses of competing for those resources, and I&#39;m guessing people would stop killing each other over trying to convince everyone to think like them.<br /><br />5. Have and let have. How much territory do I need to survive, really? I guess that if peoples have thrived in every climate from the arctic to the Sahara for millennia, it&#39;s likely that we could all spread out and find a way to keep out of one anothers&#39; way.<br /><br />6. When we don&#39;t follow (5), we&#39;ll have to band together in some limited capacity for defense...I say keep it as limited as possible, based on family ties, common skills, ideas, etc.<br /><br />7. Over time, we&#39;d back in the same mess we are now...but maybe I&#39;d be dead long before it happened. Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 15 at 2018 4:27 PM 2018-03-15T16:27:04-04:00 2018-03-15T16:27:04-04:00 CPT Jack Durish 3450318 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Why would you ask? Remember the Constitution that you swore to preserve, protect, and defend against all enemies, foreign and domestic? Read it. Need help? Hillsdale College has excellent free courses on line... <a target="_blank" href="https://online.hillsdale.edu/login">https://online.hillsdale.edu/login</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="https://online.hillsdale.edu/login">login</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description"></p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Response by CPT Jack Durish made Mar 15 at 2018 4:38 PM 2018-03-15T16:38:46-04:00 2018-03-15T16:38:46-04:00 MSG Stan Hutchison 3450646 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>This is a question we have been asking for a couple of hundred years. I doubt we will ever find an answer we could all agree on. Haven&#39;t yet and doubt we ever will. Response by MSG Stan Hutchison made Mar 15 at 2018 6:26 PM 2018-03-15T18:26:05-04:00 2018-03-15T18:26:05-04:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 3450734 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Small. S. M. All. Small.<br /><br />1. Defend the population and territory against foreign aggression.<br />2. Defend the rights of the individual.<br />3. Provide an impartial, formal process for the resolution of grievances between private parties (individuals or groups) or between private parties and the government and apply such process in a uniform manner. Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 15 at 2018 7:06 PM 2018-03-15T19:06:31-04:00 2018-03-15T19:06:31-04:00 2018-03-15T13:14:03-04:00