Monday, October 12, 2009

The Rightful Function of Government

Although I realize beforehand that in order to fully explain what I write below will take an entire treatise, I am outlining what I believe to be the function of government, and its limitations.

The power of Government (local, state, and federal) should be limited to only that which is necessary to ensure or enhance the efficient operation of society.

The size and manner of operation of Government (local, state and federal) should be extended only to the point necessary to ensure its efficient operation.

The goal of any Government should be to minimize its influence upon the individual while maximizing its effect to cause an efficiently operating society.

The default should be, when solving a problem, to go from no government intervention to full government control not start at the opinion that government is the solution to solve a problem.

Any government program should, on a yearly basis, justify both quantitatively and qualitatively how its existence provides for a benefit greater than the burden required to fund such a program.

The government of a just society would temper the realization that the only guaranteed rights are those set forth in our Constitution with the fact that a large segment of our society has, by action of law, not been able to enjoy and benefit from these guaranteed rights until relatively recently.