[Aquinasfan]

Government's main job is to protect private property.

It is? Where'd that come from?

The job of government is to promote the common good, or the "general welfare" as it's termed in the Constitution.

Why? The whole is greater than its parts. Therefore the common good is greater than the good for any single citizen.

[jmc813]

Therefore the common good is greater than the good for any single citizen.

That is the basis of socialism.

[OWK]

The whole is greater than its parts. Therefore the common good is greater than the good for any single citizen.

Karl?

Karl Marx?

Izzat you?