> Otherwise what would be the point of having a government to begin with? You tell me. It seems the reasons keep expanding. Ostensibly governments were initi

> Otherwise what would be the point of having a government to begin with? You tell me. It seems the reasons keep expanding. Ostensibly governments were initially for defense of a nation. People even resisted the creation of the US federal government. Unfortunately even then there were financiers willing to lend against future taxation for the expense of qwelling dissent. In these conversations consent of the governed, and the source of the 'relief' is never considered.