Government Role Debate
Comments debate the purpose and responsibilities of government, particularly whether it should handle societal issues like infrastructure, housing, health, and regulation that private companies cannot or will not address.
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No, it's what governments are for.
I tend to think that's the point of having a government.Edit: While I appreciate the downvotes, can someone tell me why my thinking is wrong?
It's indeed hard, but it's exactly one of the purposes the government exists for. It's their job which they have to do to justify their existence. You cannot blame any private for-profit organization for not taking the government's job and spending its money for something else.
That's what governments are (supposed to be) for.
It is pretty much the purpose of governments to be able to do things that private companies cannot do.
Why should the government be doing it?
It's pretty sad that you and others have been indoctrinated into thinking that only government can provide those things.
Government being involved in issues like this is the point of government.
I agree, this is a core reason we have a government.
this is a naive viewpoint. government is not necessarily an 'other' which impinges on us; rather, it's an organization to which people can outsource the largest scale tasks, such as infrastructure or military defense. It would be nice if all commercial exchanges were mutually beneficial, but they're not.