Does government play too big a role in society?

depends what country you 're talking about and which party is in charge at the time.

I would say that the government can play to big of a role sometimes... Although, if you compare the government now to the government a long time ago, I think you'll come to realize how little of a role they actually do play. You see, our government has to do some necessary things, such as; enforce laws, collect taxes, and other various things. They do these things because that is the basics in creating and keeping a successful society, but sometimes the government tries to do things that they do not have the power to do. Also, the government is quite unfair because they don't obey their OWN laws.

Yes, the do play big role in society. They can control the law and media etc.

off course goverment implements everything that ordinary people live by from how much taxes we pay to not smoking in certain places they hold the puppet strings and determine what rules people live there life by or in some cases dont! although sometimes goverment seems invisable they really are responsible for practically everything the role that some of the worlds goverments play on society takes too much control this can lead to corruption with countrys like africa and india being major examples but really although corruption isnt always evident it exists in everywhere.

Yes it does. Every business and company is either directly or indirectly linked to the government making a hefty profit off the companies.

For Example:

Cable Industries pay electric companies to broadcast their networks so you can see them right? Electric companies then pay the government permission to install electrical circuits and poles for your connivence.

Everything, and I repeat everything is linked to the government making money. Even a private little candle shop.

Yes and no. They are so out of hand these days, that yes, they play to big of a role. And no, until we get health care and college paid for everyone who wants to go.

Well, yes of course, almost everything is controlled by them,

considering that Bush isn't doing such a good job at all.

For instance, look at at how they took control of Fannie Mae and

Freddie Mac, and how they had to bail out the housing market

The cintrol lots of things, do we have a say in it? Noooo!!!

i will have slightly better opinion if any human beings knew the place the money incredibly went yet I do think of that's a piece. The adoption we did in India value us all the equivalent of $800 US ($1000 Cdn on the time) and to do the comparable adoption, comparable new child, comparable each thing yet from Canada lower back then might have value us $25,000+.

In my mind, government plays too small a role.

Think about it - When you consider the major problems today (banks failing, crime, etc.) it's because of bad behavior against government guidelines.

A society wouldnt exist without the rules of the government, its not actually nessessary, but is inportant in our lives nonetheless...

The Federal government ABSOLUTELY YES!!!

When the tax systems is used to engineer society and to not raise revenue!!