tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post3254929663795407500..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: What Are Essential Government Services?Clayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-36776745994174128502013-10-12T15:18:21.276-06:002013-10-12T15:18:21.276-06:00We should, as a matter of course, know who our gov...We should, as a matter of course, know who our governments are. We do not because nobody keeps an authoritative list and the Federal census does not agree with state lists. We should also know what they do, and again we do not. <br /><br />It is not as if we are incapable of describing government and what it does at all levels. We just never bothered. And for a country that is supposed to have a vibrant segment of the population that is in favor of small government and another in favor of better government, the inability to list the basics is just bizarre for me. To do either one (shrink government responsibly or run it competently) you have to have these lists as a prerequisite. TMLutashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12033938954514865135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-15078476492605009782013-10-12T09:29:22.520-06:002013-10-12T09:29:22.520-06:00I don't particularly care about Pakistan's...I don't particularly care about Pakistan's opinion (or the U.N.'s) of what constitutes essential government services.<br />Here in the 'Republic', I would think<br />providing for the common defense, promoting (not enforcing) the general welfare, postal services and the like would qualify.<br />That whole pesky Constitution thing.<br /><br />gfaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-66063444147427485292013-10-12T07:50:29.226-06:002013-10-12T07:50:29.226-06:00Essential government services?
National defense, ...Essential government services?<br /><br />National defense, maintaining a post office system and roads, adjudicating arguments between the several states, and.....Fidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623013337654868540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-46158274643413676802013-10-12T06:07:14.159-06:002013-10-12T06:07:14.159-06:00We've shut down the NIH, and keep funding heal...We've shut down the NIH, and keep funding health programs for USAID in Pakistan? Our people in Washington DC are insane.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05920772209272112515noreply@blogger.com