1. Why do governments exist?

2. basic purposes of government
Objective 1.1
basic purposes of government

3. basic purposes of government
provide public goods and services

4. provide public goods and services
The government creates and runs institutions
that individuals
would not be able to
afford
to create or run themselves.

5. provide public goods and services
Example:
fire department

6. provide public goods and services
Example: education

7. provide public goods and services
Example: health agencies

8. provide public goods and services
Example: roads

10. basic purposes of government
protect citizens

11. protect citizens The government protects the citizen from being harmed
by other citizens

12. Example: police department
protect citizens
Example:
police department

13. protect citizens The government protects the citizen from being harmed
by other countries

14. Example: army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard
protect citizens
Example:
army, navy, air force, marines, coast guard

16. basic purposes of government
keep order

17. The government keeps order … …… by creating laws
keep order
The government keeps order … …… by creating laws

18. keep order
Example:
Congress

19. The government keeps order… …. by seeing that people live by laws
keep order
The government keeps order… …. by seeing that people live by laws

20. Example: President and agencies
keep order
Example:
President
and agencies

21. keep order
The government keeps order… …..by providing courts to settle arguments based on the laws

22. keep order
Example:
courts

23. basic purposes of government
Plan for the future

24. Planning Council Budget
Plan for the future
Planning Council
Budget

25. Review:

26. basic purposes of government
provide public goods & services
protect citizens
keep order
plan for the future