In Britain for example, the Government provides services which are paid for by the people through taxes, so in effect, the people are providing all of the services themselves anyway.
In a simple example, governments are just Representative of the people to run things for them.
The protection of one's fundamental human rights cannot be protected by his/her self but for the government.
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National defense is one thing the national government is designed to provide and which the average citizen can't provide for themselves.
All those services which are provided by a good government of any country to its people .
They cannot provide it themselves
Whether or not the CIA and FBI should be disbanded is up to the government. Both bureaus provide services most ordinary people cannot.
Yes, governments provide services such as national defense, public safety, infrastructure development, and social welfare programs that individuals may not be able to provide for themselves. These services contribute to the overall well-being and stability of society.
Governments control the legal (judiciary) system and the national defense, as well as many public agencies. They also provide for services such as maintaining roads and bridges, providing water and sewerage processing, community health, and mass transit.
Government expands to fill a need of the people. Sometimes it expands to provide additional safety or financial services to the people.
well they work to collect coal and cotton
To fund the government of the country. Taxes provide the means for the government to provide services to the country, such as road maintenance, health care, and a military to defend its people.
Abraham Lincoln said one of the most important purposes of government "is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do for themselves in their separate and individual capacities. But in all that people can individually do for themselves, government ought not to interfere."