Small government is better than large government

Small government is the best form of government. Through both moral and historical examination it can be seen that smaller government is superior. The role of government at the national level should be limited to defending life, liberty and property. Point 1: The larger the government the more likely it is infringe on peoples rights. To understand this it is best to understand where rights come from. The government does not give people their rights, the people already have rights since they are individual and are given these rights by nature or God. The government can pretend to create rights, such as education, health care or welfare, but these are all entitlements. By creating these entitlements the government often violates peoples rights by forcing tax payers to pay for somebody else's things. This is a violation of rights since these things are equivalent to theft. Instead of directly robbing someone we send the government to do it for us than justify it by saying that majority of people agree or that the collective is more important than the individual. Large governments also try to impose morality on people something that no government should be able to do. Governments have historically banned gay marriage, drugs and some have even gone so far to ban free speech. The government has no right to do these things because by doing so they are taking control of individuals lives. They can't morally do this because a person's life is their own and not anybody elses. Point 2: The government is highly inefficient. Historically and currently governments around the world have preen to be completely inefficient. A perfect example of this is the economy. Wherever and whenever the government gets involved it hurts the ecomnoy. The government does not need to intervene because the free market is best a keeping the economy under control. More socialist goverments such as Venezuela often destroy a nations economy by preventing the free market from acting. This can be demonstrated by looking at productivity and things like inventions which tend to be created in more capitalistic societies. This is because things like regulations and taxes make it hard for people to invest capital ir start new businesses. The same can be said for social programs. Governments are never better than the free market at providing services. Anything the government touches experiences hyperinflation. This can be seen in health care and education. People are paying much more for worse. The government often ends up creating monopolies that completely destroy the positive benefits of competition. Finally as previously mentioned the government is horrible at enforcing morality. The war on drugs, terror and nation building are great examples. Governments have spent countless time and money on these things and have always made the problems worse. Drug use and overdoses are higher than ever. Terroisim and unsuitability in the Middle east have never been worse. It is easy to see why this is the case. The government program always undermines the goal. By making drugs illegal, the government creates a black market which increases the value to those who sell drugs. By being over seas and fighting other nations civil wars we create more hatred of the west which leads to more terror. Welfare leads to higher unemployment. The list could go on and on. Closing: I am not arguging that society would be perfect with small government but we would be much better of than we are now. We would be more free to live however we see fit. We would not have to worry about the government running our lives and all the problems that government creates for no good reason.