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The government's job is to pass laws that benefit the population at large. They could pass a law saying "skybrian gets $100,000,000/yr" and it would be awesome

• skybrian 3y ago
  Yes, of course. But which population? Most of us aren't national politicians. A mayor, for example, might be more interested in what the effect is for their city.
• ijijijjij 3y ago
  Its job is also to protect minorities...
• randomdata 3y ago
  The government’s job is to pass laws that the people asked for. While it is reasonable to think that the population will act in its own self-interest, that is not a requirement.
  • kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago
    > The government’s job is to pass laws that the people asked for Many governments appear to have lost their way...or more likely they just define "the people" as the folks who donate to their next campaign.
    • randomdata 3y ago
      Most likely the people have lost their way. It is pretty clear the vast majority of people standing amongst us have never even talked to the government to say what laws they want – or what laws they don't want – even just once in their life, let alone on an ongoing basis as is required for government to know what to do as time marches forward. For better or worse, government is not made of mind readers. So, government has to go on what the small few people who do voice their position have to say. Government is merely the term that identifies a group of employees who work for the people. If said employees are not doing their job well, that's not on the employees, that's on bad management at the top. A fish rots from the head down, as they say.