So why do we need a government exactly.

[Fragony]

Universal truth; where the government has the most influence the problems are the worst.

Whatchathinkofit

[Andres]

Because homo homini lupus est.

[Fragony]

Because homo homini lupus est.

Well yes but we can privitise security and they could do it better and cheaper. Company's can do everything better and cheaper, and you know what they have in mind $ makes them less dodgy.

[Geoffrey S]

Uh-huh. And that a significant amount of politicians comes from business isn't enough warning?

A drive for profits would lead to one of two things: one, destruction of expensive bureaucracy and complete lack of oversight; two, a drive for efficiency by quotas and a lot of bureaucracy like in the NHS. Neither what I'd like, personally.

[Fragony]

That wouldn't make sense we are the market, they need us, another company could do it better and cheaper if the market is there. Isn't like the government is catering us. Many company's only one government, I want to know why we need them because when I think about it I can think of none, borders are set and national governments are now ruled by the eu so why am I still giving them 50% of my money. And for the dutchies I very much have Herfkens and Melkert in mind here as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

[KukriKhan]

So why do we need a government exactly.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

Or at least, that's what we keep saying over here.

[Viking]

Universal truth; where the government has the most influence the problems are the worst.

Whatchathinkofit

Without any government there is no one to the blame the problems for, and harder to solv any problems with society in general. Democracy is sort of spooky though, there should've been minimum requirements for a politician; they are controlling no less than a country. Iraqi war anyone?

[Pannonian]

The free market is good at efficiently exploiting resources. It's absolutely abysmal at deciding when it's gone too far. Governments may not be too hot at this either, but at least it should have a set of interests separate from that of the completely liberalised market.