{This short book now contains two of Catherine's other political booklets - "There Ought to Be a Law" and "Notes from Frederick Bastiat's Political Economy Essays."} Are you a conservative trying to make sense of government and economics? Are you a liberal trying to figure out what makes the conservatives around you tick? Or are you a student, trying to understand the constant talk of government and economics that you hear around you? Look no further. Catherine (author of the booklet, Understanding the Electoral College) gives you short and understandable explanations of a number of those key concepts: Proper Role of Government; Cost of Government; The Foundations of Government; Separation of Church and State; Pursuit of Happiness; Individual Responsibility; Winners & Losers; Prices; Mountains of Debt; Government as Robin Hood; Class Warfare; Incentives; Property Rights;Unintended Consequences; Outsourcing; Greed/Self Interest; Profit; and more.