What exactly is the governments job

Let's get back to basics.  Fundamental tasks that are crucial to any society that need to be initiated, maintained and secured by a government entity.

From the get go, I just gave the basic tenets of government in that last sentence.

To initiate, maintain and secure....what  on behalf of the people.  Note here that I did not say that it is necessarily the governments job to actually "do" these things, but that it is their task to make sure that it gets done.

I say, first and foremost is infrastructure.  We need transportation, communications, the means of conducting commerce and defense.

Transportation - Rail lines, shipping lanes, airways, roads, waterways, etc...  If it is a means of travel by which cargo and people are transported within this society, it is the governments responsibility to make sure it is built, maintained and secured for ALL citizens.

Communications - By wire, radio signal, satellite signal, or any other means of communicating within the boundaries of this society, it is the governments responsibility to make sure it is built, maintained and secured for ALL citizens.

Conducting commerce -  People within our society need to be able to trade, barter, buy and sell in order to make a living for themselves and their families.  The ability and core tools for doing so should be one of the the governments main concerns and it is the governments responsibility to make sure it is built, maintained and secured for ALL citizens.

Defense - I should think this is pretty obvious, but look what happens when we let the government think for itself.  First and foremost, it is the physical borders and property within that must be defended at all times against any invader.  Up to and including those that would come from within.  Our military and defense mechanisms have absolutely no business whatsoever intervening in the affairs of other countries except to repel attacks from them upon our land or citizenry.

Of course,  I am an independent.   I believe without a doubt that political parties are detrimental, if not actually treacherous, to the governing of this country.  Our elected officials should not be beholden to ANY group or party that does not have the interests of every American or state citizen or local citizen at their forefront.

I believe that partisan politics has disrupted the ability of the government from effectively doing it's job and focusing on these core responsibilities.






We need to get back on task and focus on the core needs of this country.