Priority Objectives For The Government

Any person and any organization must, to run well, determine what their values are and what their priorities are.  And then they must realize there will even be conflicts among those, so they need to be clear on what is more highly prioritized than some other item.

People who are deemed "inside the organization" (including a "country") would be included to benefit from the priorities;  and we would define who is not included, and how we are to treat them based on our humanitarian and ethical values.

Let's put a set of priorities up and then discuss and modify them until we agree.  We means the "stakeholders" involved in the organization (such as the citizens of the United States).

No citizen or permitted resident shall be allowed to perish from poverty.
No stakeholder shall suffer from excessive poverty (and they shall be educated to survive on smaller income) or be deprived from adequate medical care.
The function of the government is to contribute to the well-being of its stakeholders to the extent it is affordable.
Keep adequate protection for safety and provide services that cannot be done by other than government.
Not take away rights of others, unless it does harm to too many others.
To help assure an adequate environment for individuals to be productive so that there is a larger pie for all of us to share in.
-  To have individuals be responsible for their own economic situation, but to offer assistance where needed
in terms of education and getting a job.  Able individuals will work, and those who are disabled to such an
extent they cannot provide for themselves will be adequately supported.
- To use the economies of scale of government to help education
- To assure that all people have access to education, though self responsibility should be involved for helping to cover the costs
- To not overtax to discourage what creates the bigger pie; to not steal from one for another, to use ethics without destruction; to tax in some way so that those who benefit more will pay greater taxes but not to create entitlement and lack of personal productivity.
- To adequately regulate powerful organizations so that no harm is incurred.

This is a partial list, put in some order of priority (necessary humanitarian first, in general) though you may wish to suggest a better order and to suggest added items.

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