Just like a family decides how to manage it’s monthly budget,
governments must decide how to mange their budgets as well. Just
like a family decides what the priorities must be, governments
must decide what their priorities as well. Life is a constant
struggle between what a person needs and what a person wants,
particularly when it comes to financial matters. Government is
not immune to this conflict. There are many things that it would
be nice if government could do them, but there are a few
specific things that government, particularly at the local
level, must do. Just like a family must spend a portion of its
monthly budget on food, clothing, and shelter a local government
must, at its most elemental level, provide for the rule of law.
Most school children can recite the second sentence of the
Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among
these are Life, Liberty, and