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		closewith on Sept 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: National Film Board of Canada Is there any government spending that you approve of? After all, all of it is spending other people's money.

WalterBright on Sept 7, 2023 [–]

Sure. The top functions of government are:

1. provide enforcement of peoples' rights

2. provide for the common defense

3. enforce contracts

4. protect common areas (like national parks)

Pretty much what the US was for well over a century.

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