Government topics are about intervention boundaries.

Diagnostic evidence

Without public interest, fairness, or regulation mechanism, government arguments are weak.

What to confirm before writing

Decide whether the issue involves public interest, inequality, long-term investment, or safety risk.

• Whether intervention reason is clear
• Whether public interest is concrete
• Whether limits are included

First answer why government intervention is needed

Education, transport, or the arts become government duties only when the case fits. Look for four signals: individuals struggle to afford something that benefits society, markets exclude lower-income groups, returns take many years to appear, or weak regulation creates public-safety risk. If all four are missing, “government should do more” is usually an empty position.

• Public benefit: do gains extend beyond the person paying
• Fairness: would a market-only solution exclude some people
• Long term and safety: do individuals or firms lack the incentive to act

Turn “government should do more” into a complete mechanism

A weak sentence says only that governments should spend more on public transport. A developed paragraph specifies whether the money funds more frequent services or lower fares, which commuters change their choice, and how congestion or unequal access then falls. Delete the word “government” and reread: the remaining sentences should still show who does what and whose behaviour changes; that is the mechanism.