The Importance Of A Good Government

Good government is something awfully hard to describe because, like Friedman points out, there has to be a balance since unanimity is not feasible. Good government needs to have a balance between both liberal and conservative sides of thinking in order to run and facilitate a prosperous country. Good government would include democracy. People having power is necessary and the people balancing the power of the government is needed to keep the government from being too powerful and corrupt. Having every vote matter would be ideal, but since that is not feasible in a large country or nation representative democracy would be ideal. The way in which people are elected into office and power would need to changed in order to have democracy work to …show more content…
While freedom, order and equality are all imperative foundations of government, equality should be the most vital and foremost goal. Everyone should have the same rights and voice as everyone else with no regard to class, sex, identification, race, religion etc. In the same way of protecting the equality of everyone 's rights people would all have the equal freedom to express themselves as long as they are not infringing on others rights as a Friedman says ,” My freedom must be limited to persevere another’s and as a Supreme Court Justice declares “ My freedom to move my fist must be limited by the proximity of your chin” In a good government people have the freedom of personal competence to make their own choices and live their own lives while not infringing on someone else 's ability to do the same. Basic rights should include things such as freedom of speech, religion and other things very similar as the rights given in the Bill of Rights. A good government would have a mix of both capitalism and socialism. Social programs are an absolute must and we cannot just allow people to win and lose when a government has the ability to supply the equality of outcome it needs to be …show more content…
They keep actual justice and what is right for the well being of the people away. Parties are looking for personal interest and just to beat the other party. Getting rid of this would be hard but getting rid of lobbying and keeping mass amounts of money out of politics will be the start. These parties divide a nation and a nation divided can not stand firm. While Madison believed that the factions could not be eliminated because the repercussions would be even worse than the factions themselves a good government would not have them or allow the incentives they currently provide such as the money they are making from special interest groups and the power they