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BCPVP's argument is better when it comes to justice and the police force. Having justice and the police force on sale to those who buy it sucks. Plus, to have a true justice system, everyone needs to buy into it and have a say as to the punishments and the crimes, and this is pure government.

If Murder should be outlawed, and I think we can safely say it should, someone needs to uphold it without getting paid money from an individual to investigate it, for it is in the public good. Also, there are many crimes, like extortion and slavery that take place without a complaintant. Without a public police force, these would never be investigated.

I am saying that without government, we would not have interstate highways right now. Government can do it more easily because it has the wide range of funds and support necessary to build a road, and will not extort people to drive on these roads.

When a single combined effort is more efficient than many individual efforts, government should be used.

Space exploration is a very interesting case. While you would rather have many individual efforts, space exploration costs a lot of money, and there's no profit at the end of it. Once the private sector becomes interested enough in space exploration, the government can start pulling out. But right now, one of the very few organizations that is interested enough and has the funds to support space exploration and research is the government.