Purposes of Government essays

Purposes of Government essays The United States Government has six main purposes. They are as follows: to form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to ensure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty. Evidence of these purposes can be found in a number of places. News articles are an example of one of these places. The first article I chose is about the conflict between Iraq and the U.S./world. The article is mainly about President Bushs speech to the U.N. He is demanding action. He said that if the U.N. wont do anything that the U.S. would move alone. He talked about how Iraq has been disobeying and disregarding the U.N. for years without consequence. Another point made by the president was the fact that Iraq has admitted to producing mass quantities of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. The Iraqi representative denied this and most other accusations. The reactions of the people there were mixed. Many totally agreed with Bush. Many agreed with what he said but disagreed with his solution. Many just needed more information. This speech got many plans into action. The U.S. is now working with many different countries to devise a plan of action. The plan is basically, as of Thursday, to try one more weapons inspection, possibly along with a military threat, and if they ref use to take action against them. To show his faithfulness to the U.N. after his challenge, Bush announced that the U.S. will rejoin the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO. This article is an example of the government promoting the general welfare. The president is trying to stop Saddam Hussein because he is a threat to U.S. people as well as all the people of the world. The other article I chose was about the conflicts in our justice system in how to try t ...