... charges on individuals, goods, services, and other to support the operation of the government. Funds provided by taxation have been used by states and their functional equivalents throughout history to carry out many functions. Some of these include expenditures on war, the enforcement of law and public order, protection of property, economic infrastructure (roads, legal tender, enforcement of contracts, etc.), public ... ...

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... what people can and can not do and to make the final decision. Governments also provide public services which is very helpful. This is something people on there own couldn't carry out. Such as building, maintaining roads, providing welfare, public schools and preserving national parks. With this they also provide good services as fire protection, law enforcement, public health, and safety ... ...

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... pointing out that as a society advances it will eventually become necessary that through the division of labor a group of people specialize in the defense of the nation "in order to carry the art to perfection" (Heilbroner, p 291). As with Defense, Justice too requires different levels of expense in different types of society. In a nation with out private property civil government is ... ...

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