[Semiapies]

"Isn't the Federal Government our (the citizens of the US) representative?"

And so...?

[joubert]

Well, since the government is the representative of people, then when you say "Better not to give government that power at all", what does that imply?

[InclinedPlane]

It implies that the coercive power of the collective (as materialized in the form of "government") must necessarily be limited in order to preserve individual liberty.

[Semiapies]

I don't know where you're going. What do you mean it implies?