Government

This week for Social Studies we are now learning about government. A Government is a person or a group of people who make official decisions for a country, state, or area. New Zealand has a democratic government. By voting we give the right to decide on things like Wars, Laws, Taxes and Treaties. The government's job is to protect the citizens in their county, state or area. Citizens vote peacefully on who they want to be the government. in return the government gives protection. citizens also give power to the government which gives them the power to make changes in the county.  We pay taxes because it gives money to the government to make changes in our country. The government spends our tax money towards making more schools, making more roads, and making buildings that can help profit our country. The government makes laws to keep its citizens safe, they also make laws so then the citizens have rules to follow to keep everyone safe. Some laws can be as small as parking in certain areas to you must be who knows how old to drink or to drive a car. We give the power to let the government to make treaties with other countries to be able to buy and import things from countries such as japan and america. We give them the right to send soldiers to war if it ever happens.