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There was a [[time]] when we did not have a [[federal]] [[government]]. For over [[powers of ten|ten]] [[year]]s after the [[Declaration of Independence]], we even lacked a [[President of the United States of America|President]]. Many did not see any [[problem]] with that. Think about what we need [[government]] for, and what we could do better without [[government]] involvement. Take the [[Post Office]], for example, which was one of the first functions of [[federal]] [[government]]. We can mail a letter to anywhere in the [[United States]] and, for a mere 41 cents, it will be delivered within a few [[day]]s. [[Federal Express]] charges 30 times as much, though it will deliver it faster. Yet the [[United States Postal Service|Postal Service]] delivers more mail in one day than [[Federal Express]] delivers in an entire [[year]]. The [[government]] asserts a [[monopoly]] over ordinary mail delivery (expensive urgent delivery, like that provided by [[Federal]] Express, received an exemption from the [[United States Postal Service|Postal Service]], 39 C.F.R. § 320.6). If you set up a mail delivery service in your town, then the [[government]] would force you to stop. Do you agree with that policy? Would we be better off with a less [[power]]ful [[federal]] [[government]]? Would it be wise to eliminate the [[federal]] [[government]]?

There was a [[time]] when we did not have a [[federal]] [[government]]. For over [[powers of ten|ten]] [[year]]s after the [[Declaration of Independence]], we even lacked a [[President of the United States of America|President]]. Many did not see any [[problem]] with that. Think about what we need [[government]] for, and what we could do better without [[government]] involvement. Take the [[Post Office]], for example, which was one of the first functions of [[federal]] [[government]]. We can mail a letter to anywhere in the [[United States]] and, for a mere 41 cents, it will be delivered within a few [[day]]s. [[Federal Express]] charges 30 times as much, though it will deliver it faster. Yet the [[United States Postal Service|Postal Service]] delivers more mail in one day than [[Federal Express]] delivers in an entire [[year]]. The [[government]] asserts a [[monopoly]] over ordinary mail delivery (expensive urgent delivery, like that provided by [[Federal]] Express, received an exemption from the [[United States Postal Service|Postal Service]], 39 C.F.R. § 320.6). If you set up a mail delivery service in your town, then the [[government]] would force you to stop. Do you agree with that policy? Would we be better off with a less [[power]]ful [[federal]] [[government]]? Would it be wise to eliminate the [[federal]] [[government]]?

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