kane

While I don't think everything in this country should be a "right" I think I should be allowed to expect certain things for my money. If I hire an employee to work for me and they don't preform as I want I can fire them. If I buy a product and it doesn't work I can take it back and get my money back. It is pretty common for people to expect something in return for their investment into something or someone.

I don't see an amendment in the constitution that states that I as a citizen I am required to pay about 25% of my income in federal taxes. I don't see an amendment in the constitution the requires me to pay taxes on many of the products I buy. But these things exist and in many cases I don't have a choice but to pay them. I don't pay my taxes, I go to jail. It is that simple. So if I am forced to pay taxes is it wrong of me to expect something in return for my money? I personally don't want them giving my money to companies that use that money to ship jobs overseas. I don't want them to give my money in aid to countries that don't like us. I don't want them to use my money to support "faith based" education and charity. But they do. We can pick and choose how we personally would like to see our money spent. If I had it my way they would not give money to other countries that hate us or to companies that don't support the workers of this nation or to religous whack jobs who want to "educate" people on how birth control is bad and I would rather see them use that money to create some kind of health care system so anyone who is a citizen can get at least their basic health care needs met. Call me crazy but I think investing in the health of the country is better than spending billions aiding countries that don't like us.

If the government doesn't want me to expect certain things of them that is perfectly fine with me. Just give me most of my money back and I will shut up.