<span>Armed forces (army, navy, air force, national guard) provide for the common defense (as the Preamble to the Constitution says). </span> They protect the country from foreign invasion, or from attacks on its trade, and domestically provide a means of suppressing rebellion, insurrection, or civil disobedience.
Based on the reading, Upton Sinclair would most likely agree that the government must have a role in regulation of the <span>meatpacking companies.</span>
