We are cynical about our government these days. We see poor
leadership at the top, corruption in the cabinet and the Congress. Big money
buying legislators and elections. Taxes that are too high. Partisanship
blocking legislative progress. We all know the story.
But below the higher echelons of government, I believe there
are many, many dedicated public servants, not always paid competitively, but
believing in their work and wanting to do it well. We are seeing this in the
testimony of dedicated public servants, both civilian and military, during the
house impeachment hearings. But it is right in front of us in our mail
carriers, TSA agents, military and mid-level bureaucrats.
From this perspective, it is easier to see ours as a
government of the people, a government of us. In the end, our economy,
security, military might and services are really a consequence of the work of
this government of us.
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