national priorities

A nation's concerns

National priorities are the issues, goals, or concerns a country's government treats as most important and deserving of attention and resources.

The phrase often appears in policy debates about where to direct spending or effort: Healthcare should be a national priority, We need to reassess our national priorities.

What counts as a priority reflects political values—one administration's priorities may differ sharply from another's.

Opposites
collective vs. individual interest

national prioritiesself-interest

Concern for personal advantage

special interests · corporate interests · vested interests

urgency/importance

national prioritiesfrivolities

Unimportant amusing pursuits

distractions

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G