Would you rather have a government that took care everything or nothing  

I believe in absolutes in many cases as well, but it has to be much more granular than your proposition supposes. There are things that the government should take care of absolutely, national security, national infrastructure, our economy and monetary systems, our laws and judicial system etc. etc.

Those things are required for the efficient operation of our country. Without those things, we would de-evolve into a third world country.

There are other things that the government should absolutey NOT be involved in, our ability to choose who we associate with, who we marry, where we work, where we get educated, how I spend my money, my speech, my faith, my healthcare, etc. etc.

These things are all individual choices. Once government starts intruding on my freedoms and liberties, we no longer live in a free nation. Unfortunately, as I look around, many of our freedoms have already been eroded by the expansion of our government. Once we lose freedoms, they are hard to get back.

So you cannot tell the difference between a country with socialist programs (which includes just about every country, btw) and an all-out communist state? You might believe in absolutes, but very little in real life is that simple.

I'd rather the government took care of as little as possible.

National defense? Private contractors are currently doing outstanding work. In the past, privateers, organizations with Letters of Marque, and volunteer milita performed marvelously.

Deliever the US MAIL? Highway Contract Route mailmen (not USPS employees) deliever the US MAIL much more efficiently (PROFITABLY!) than the government.

Health care? Check out the VA system and see if you would like to have everyone subjected to that!

Education? Homeschoolers and private schools regularily out perform the government schools.

The more I think about it, the less I want the government to do.

No person in this world is perfect that applies even to governments. they cannot take care of everything we need to take care of somethings. There are somethings which people should take care of.

To address the poster above me who says that no one is perfect, including government:

If it wasn't the government doing it, it would still be non-perfect people doing it.

The problem with handing public services over to private interests is that private interests are often not at all interested in the public good.

I believe in minimal government... one that is not involved in healthcare, education, social issues, religion and personal liberties.

I also believe that we should maintain our sovereignty and we should withdraw from the UN immediately.

We don't need a nanny state or a government to take care of us or to dictate our daily lives or what we do.

We have become a nation of laws... most of which are unnecessary, intrusive, and sometimes downright stupid.

I believe that we should return the government to the limits set out for it in the Constitution, and we REALLY need to clean out Congress and start fresh.

The way socialism is creeping into our society, it WILL be full blown communism one of these days, and by that time it will be too late.

I am a conservative, but more then that I am a Conservative Constitutionalist... and I believe that if the Constitution does not allow it, then the government is not supposed to be doing it... and there are a LOT of things the government should not be doing.... and both parties are responsible for that.

If governments took care of everything then we wouldn't learn to be responsible and take charge and be motivated to excel. But at the same time we need good social welfare for people that can't provide for themselves, good health care, subsidized education so all can afford, good standard of living averages. The things that show we are developing as a nation and able to take care of each other but not a government to spoil us rotten. But all said and done I am 100% behind
a Obama or Hillary for President than the other side.

As long as humans run the government there are going to be errors made. The more humans involved the more mistakes made and the longer it will take to fix them. Our government makes a great many mistakes because they get involved with entirely too many things. And they take forever to get anything done. I think our government should stick to National Security, National economy and monetary systems, laws and judicial matters and the National Infrastructure. They have enough trouble keeping up with and doing these things right. Giving them more to do means nothing really gets done.

How I live my daily life is my business as long as I stay within the law. I don't need the government to tell me who to love, who to marry, how to educate my child, what I should read or eat or who I can and can not speak to, what my beliefs are or my ethics are. I do not need them to tell me what to value, what to think, what to say or what to do with my life. What I do need them to do is the job we elected them to do and not make matters in this country or the world worse then they already are.

While I say the government is needed for somethings, there are plenty of areas where it has really failed. If I had to choose between a government that took care of everything (why even live if its all taken care of?), and nothing from them... I'd be one to take nothing (or the bare minimum to be truthful).

If the governement do nothing, they should not ask taxes from us. Poeple will still fight for a good life without a powerful government, but rich people may benefit more than the poor ones.

If the government takes care of everything, world may be not so competitive as now, and it will create a lot of lazy ones.

So I wish to have a government which have a good power in army and justice, while can control the nation when a economic disaster takes place. In other places, i hepe it will do nothing.