Noun

Singular government

Plural countable and uncountable; plural governments

government (countable and uncountable; plural governments)

  1. The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws for a country, land area, people, or organization.
  2. A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.
  3. The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
  4. (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
  5. The tenure of a chief of state.

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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Wed Jan 13 10:26:58 2010

A government is the body within a community, political entity or organization which has the authority to make and enforce rules, laws, and regulations..

Typically, the term "government" refers to a civil government or sovereign state which can be either local, national, or international. However, commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also governed by internal bodies. Such bodies may be called boards of directors, managers, or governors or they may be known as the administration (as in schools) or councils of elders (as in churches). The size of governments can vary by region or purpose.

Growth of an organization advances the complexity of its government, therefore small towns or small-to-medium privately-operated enterprises will have fewer officials than typically larger organizations such as multinational corporations which tend to have multiple interlocking, hierarchical layers of administration and governance. As complexity increases and the nature of governance becomes more complicated, so does the need for formal policies and procedures.

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Sat Jan 2 12:28:47 2010

What type of government creates a legal necessity to become dependent on government social programs?
Q. for their means of survival as opposed to freedom in re to Life, Liberty & Pursuits of Happiness? Would deviants in opposition to this alteration in government policy be either ill or criminal?
Asked by towwwdothello - Mon Dec 7 08:51:59 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. A government that understands that the meek need assistance or they will perish. A government backed by the majority of its citizens who believe the same.
Answered by Rob L - Mon Dec 7 08:58:24 2009

Why is the government giving exemptions promoting people to take the swine flu vaccination?
Q. I also read that the CDC is giving $50.00 for people to attend seminars about the swine flu and $50.00 to take the shot. Something does not sound right. Why would the government pay us to take a vaccination?
Asked by teebop - Wed Sep 2 21:30:44 2009 - - 2 Answers - 3 Comments

A. The last time they came up with a vaccination for H1N1 it killed more people then the H1N1 virus did (27 from the vaccine I believe). The common flu kills something like 30,000 people annually... H1N1 kills a couple hundred a decade (guessing). Knowing that is enough to know that you should stay away from any government related H1N1 anything.
Answered by Kurt - Thu Sep 3 01:25:38 2009

What about a government that allows vets to become homeless and does nothing?
Q. I've read stories of vets coming home from Iraq and ending up on the street. This seems to be true for Vietnam vets and those in World War II. It seems the government would at least help these people get into some kind of low income housing or rehabilitation and schooling. Where is the government when a vet needs help?
Asked by vietnamhelicopterpilot - Fri Oct 10 21:24:26 2008 - - 11 Answers - 1 Comments

A. As one can see from the varied responses, there are all levels of satisfaction with VA services - depending on one's own experiences. Of course it is those who have much difficulty in getting results that we hear from more loudly and more often. I would advise women whose husband's have high levels of disability, especially Vietnam vets, to do everything you can to be financially prepared for living on your own. Be familiar with what DIC is and that if you do not have additional income you will be living at close to poverty level. Lucky us who are old enough to have social security as well! If you are retirees who bought the Survivor Benefit Plan and the veteran dies of 100% service connection...are you aware that it is… [cont.]
Answered by gold star widow - Sat Oct 11 10:30:06 2008

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While the Fed's estimated $45 billion windfall is no doubt welcome, it could complicate the Obama administration'​s plan to tax banks to recoup the costs of the bail out.

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Wed Jan 13 05:17:23 2010

A government is a body that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.

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  • [Administration] covers the surface of society with a network of small complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, guided; men are seldom restrained from acting, such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to be nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which government is the shepherd.
  • A state, is called the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly lieth it also; and this lie creepeth from its mouth: “I, the state, am the people. It is a lie! Creators were they who created peoples, and hung a faith and a love over them: thus they served life.Destroyers, are they who lay snares for many, and call it the state: they hang a sword and a hundred cravings over them.
  • Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.