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    Government Government! You can't live with it! You can't live without it! It is the "common cold" that everyone dreads. The American Heritage College Dictionary, Third Edition defines government as, "The exercise of authority in a political unit in order to control and administer public policy." Webster's Desk Dictionary of the English Language defines government as, "The political direction and control exercised over a nation, state, community, etc." The common individual might define government

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    feel like the government is not necessary and exists for the sole purpose of controlling or putting power over people. However, the government serves three distinct purposes and without it, countries would quickly fall apart, and eventually the world would follow suit. Governments exist to maintain authority, ensure national security, and manage society for the good of all of the citizens. While some people may argue that there are countries that have survived in the absence of government, these countries

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    Unjust Government

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    ID: 1781323 When Protesting Against an Unjust Government Without a job, without a source of income, without a way to provide oneself with the necessities, how would one survive in life? It is stated in Henry David Thoreau’s book, “Resistance to Civil Government,” that the appropriate reaction to an unjust government is to remove oneself from office if the government violates the moral human law and rebel/revolutionize against that government. This is clear in the following quote, “All machines

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    Government In Healthcare

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    The government has always and will always play a major role in this countries healthcare. The government serves as an ATM for the healthcare system. When citizens think about what they want when it comes to healthcare, they mostly turn to the ideas and beliefs they have of the government. The government currently pay nearly half of the bill for different types of healthcare consumed by U.S (Lutz, 2008). A lot of people feel this money is being wasted. Over time this has been one of the many debates

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    Dystopian Government

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    necessity of government, are rooted in the belief that humans cannot govern themselves without chaos and corruption. The sentiment of human competency is contradicted when specific governments are constructed with a rationalized and theoretical idea of equity, while concurrently stripping a population of freewill and their basic human instincts. In 1984, George Orwell explores the distinct concepts of the psychological repression of human instincts that are a result of a Totalitarian government. “The so-called

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    Freedom In Government

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    "The government has the duty to protect its citizens from both interior and exterior threats. However, it must also protect citizens from itself. An all-powerful, all-knowing government leaves no power for its people. The United States was founded on the idea of personal freedom and liberty, not on absolute protection. Therefore, the government has the duty to grant its citizens these liberties even still, and has no right to monitor internet content of private citizens. As American citizens, people

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    Government Failing

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    Why the Government is Failing the War A simple way to put it, the governments are failing. It does not look like it would be reasonable to expect that a future major event or technology can change the emergence of global trafficking. The network transformation has caused a vast number of problems for the government. With all the advancements in the illicit organizations, it makes it much more difficult for the government to track and prevent the activities. There are four major examples of how

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    There are four types of governments that are similar and different from each other. These types of governments are national, state, local, and tribal governments. The national government is a form of government that controls the U.S. The state government is a form of government that controls the states within the U.S. The local government is a form of government that has control over a town, county, or district within the state. The tribal government is a form of government that controls tribes within

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    A government is an institution that governs an organized community. These institutions have the authority to make decisions for the society on policies affecting the maintenance of order and the achievement of certain goals. In a broad sense, they handle legislative, executive, and judiciary matters for their community. Throughout history, many civilizations had different forms of government. These include theocracy, democracy, dictatorships, and so forth. However, there are two particular forms

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    LOCAL GOVERNMENT Local government is a form of public administration which, in a majority of contexts, exists as the lowest tier of administration within a given state. The term is used to contrast with offices at state level, which are referred to as the central government, national government, or (where appropriate) federal government and also to supranational government which deals with governing institutions between states. Local governments generally act within powers delegated to them by legislation

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