Do we need to have a discussion with our Governments about the proper roles and, duties of government? In the USA alone, I have watched the Federal Government take us off the gold standard resulting in my buying power being reduced by over 1/2 dollar for dollar. I have watched "our" congress remove the Glass-Stegall Act which had prevented financial melt-downs for over 45 years. I have watched our regulators ignore the fact that our food supply system is so broken that I must cook all food to well-done in order to prevent food-borne illnesses. I have watched our government mandate the food (corn) be turned into fuel with millions starving. I have watched our government start, support, and force us to pay for wars which are morally wrong, and based on lies. I believe that government, in the USA, as we now know it, is broken. So the questions are: 1) What are the PROPER roles of a government? 2) Has our (US) government over-stepped those boundaries? 3) What are the duties of a government to its' citizens? 4) How can we act to require our governments become moral (ie congruent)? May 16 2012: Great dialogue! Your passion for healthy human social existence is your commonality. It is clear to me the main protagonists on this page are operating on different levels of conscious awareness, or systems of core values. Look at the model of existence known as Spiral Dynamics to elucidate that comment... google it. As for the