Exactly. Government officials are our employees, not the other way around. They owe us everything. That's why elections exist. If they don't deliver on their promises, we can fire them.
A fcking men. And yes, I feel I am entitled to my Social Security and Medicare. You're goddamn right I'm entitled. I have been paying in since I was a kid.
I don’t know; I’m more with JFK: what can I do for MY country. I have great roads, freeways, bridges, parks, internet, health care, etc. i just wanna help keep it all.
Before we had Social Security, millions of seniors lived in the most abject poverty. In the middle of the Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt threw those people a lifeline. Franklin Roosevelt was a Democrat.
And federal government personnel also pay fed/state/local taxes…contributing like all taxpayers to federal employee salaries (Think about that for a moment. I’ll wait)
I often refer to voting as renewing my Rep's contract; or hiring a new Mayor. My Federal MP gives regular updates to his constituents regarding the work he's doing on our behalf and what he's taken up per our requests. I approve of this system!
More elected officials should feel this obligation!
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There's another very greedy rich group who feels entitled to our wealth...
More elected officials should feel this obligation!
Adjusting people’s perception is all they have to maintain what they have.