Question

How does government intervention "protect people"?

Answer 1

http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Is_government_intervention_always_bad

This site shows people with different views with explanation on how government intervention is good or bad.

Answer 2

As we move away from this condition of lawlessness, proceeding up the Intervention Scale, a gradual increase in Government Intervention provides basic law, order and personal safety, followed as we progress farther up the scale by more sophisticated forms of protection such as consumer, employee and environmental protection.

http://www.theartofgoodgovernment.org/nahowmgov.html