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== =**AK Tribune**=

__**Protection of Individual Rights**__

 * Each person is born with the rights to life, liberty, and property.
 * ex. The US Constitution and Bill of Rights says that you have these rights.
 * The US Constitution and Bill of Rights protect our rights as US citizens.
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__**Providing Public Services**__

 * To keep everything nice and to do the jobs that other people wouldn't do.
 * ex. Street Sweepers clean the streets and Health Inspectors check restaurants to make sure everything is clean.
 * ex. Garbage men keep our enviroment clean by taking away our garbage, and street sweepers and snow trucks keep the streets clean and safe to drive on.

__**Maintaining Order**__

 * The government keeps everything under control.
 * ex. Police keep everything safe and the laws punish people who do bad things.

**__Providing National Defense__**

 * Keeping the country and people like you safe.
 * ex. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Navy Seals, National Guard.
 * The Army protects our country by fighting other countries that may attack us and the US Army protects us from any attacks happen in our country.



__**Make Economic Choices**__

 * Government makes choices that effect the economy.
 * ex. The government gave money to big banks and car companies so they could stay in business.
 * The government pays farmers who make foods for us in the United States.
 * The US Government trades with other countries, so we can get better resources for cheap, and this benefits the US because the products at stores will be cheap.