I was talking about how they represent us...what actions the government must take. The first necessary task of government is defense against other nations. The second necessary task is to keep the peace at home through police and the courts. All other tasks come after those two. If you don't have those two first, then you don't have government, representative or otherwise, and therefore you can't have things like government provided health care.
Regarding the nukes, you said, "I found it interesting that you say the first task is to prevent aggression by others. We do this by having 8500 nukes? Interesting." You seem to use the word "interesting" to mean "doubtful." I find that "interesting" since our nukes prevented aggression for decades. MAD worked. That seems obvious to me.
And your comments on health care do not contradict mine. It is only a recent addition to the list of government tasks. Go back in history, and it drops off the list. It is important in Europe now. Rest assured, Europe would pour more money into their militaries if we would withdraw our umbrella of protection and deterrence.
"You are so misguided that it is frightening."