Everybody also significantly underestimate what the government does for them. "Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigati

Everybody also significantly underestimate what the government does for them. "Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?" -- Life of Brian Just imagine what business would be like if you couldn't trust that a contract you signed would likely be fulfilled. The government court backstop is what ensures that.