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  I disagree Bern. We would be better off now if governments just did the least possible. I am no anarchist and accept government is necessary, its main duty is defence of the nation and law and order. For the rest they should be 'enabling' - ensuring essential infrastructure is built and maintained (roads/broadband), enabling a decent education and health service for all - which does not mean directly providing it. Then there is the provision of a temporary basic safety net as a hand up (not hand out) when people fall on hard times along with a basic pension along with a basic framework of laws. People should be able and enabled to make their own provision over and above the basics - it is up to them...a matter of personal responsibility. Anything else is frippary, waste and interference and deeply damaging to people and be detrimental to the economy.

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