When the government produces goods and services, it always competes with producers in the private sector.
a. true
b. false

False.

It is not true that the government is in competition with the private sector especially in the production of goods and services. The production of the government must be primarily geared towards the majority of the benefit of the people that the government serve and not to compete with the private sector.

For the answer to the question above, Representative Government an electoral system where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns. Those elected meet to debate and make laws on behalf of the whole community or society, instead of the people voting directly on laws and other debates It is borrowed from British government.