[k2blader]

It is generally agreed that the most important single function of government is to secure the rights and freedoms of individual citizens.

Should the gubmint "secure" them for us, or should it keep as much as possible out of our lives so we can secure our own?

[jonestown]

"It is generally agreed that the most important single function of government is to secure the rights and freedoms of individual citizens."

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Should the gubmint "secure" them for us, or should it keep as much as possible out of our lives so we can secure our own?
42 k2blader

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I agree with our author that government is bound by the Constitution to keep out of our lives.
He writes:

"This means, then, that the proper function of government is limited only to those spheres of activity within which the individual citizen has the right to act."

--- "I believe it a violation of the Constitution for government to deprive the individual of either life, liberty, or property except for these purposes:

(a) Punish crime and provide for the administration of justice;

(b) Protect the right and control of private property;

(c) Wage defensive war and provide for the nation's defense;

(d) Compel each one who enjoys the protection of government to bear his fair share of the burden of performing the above functions."