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The good is also seen where there is bad good is present and the government might be one of the places people tend to not see the right done by the government. In the article “Amy, Douglas J. "Government Is Good." Achievements of Government.” it states the forgotten achievements of the government or achievements that the government has completed. It's hard to see the right that the government has done when people tend to only notice the bad as even stated in the article “One of the most persistent myths about American government is that it has a poor record of achievement. Conservatives and libertarians have constantly promoted the idea that government fails more often than it succeeds. They have been telling Americans for years that government

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