Article: Politicians don’t like an informed electorate

Summary: Let Them Whine, Texas Scorecard, 08 April 2022

Politicians don’t like an informed taxpayers. They don’t like citizens keeping score ... You can search the world and not find a more sought-after or desired title than that of “citizen of the United States.”

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Despite their lofty rhetoric, politicians don’t like an informed electorate. They don’t like people asking pesky questions. They don’t like taxpayers knowing the details of their backroom dealmaking. They don’t like citizens keeping score.

Too bad!

Those seeking to undermine our republic and erode liberty don’t want witnesses to their dirty deeds. They encourage us to disengage from government, they pretend it is a virtue to be “apolitical.” They promise to tell us what we need to know about what they have done to us, er, for us.

Our system of government requires an informed and engaged citizenry. Unlike other nations, we were purposely formed as a self-governing republic. We don’t have the constitutional ability as citizens to put government on autopilot. It requires the constant care and zealous vigilance of the citizenry. It has always been that way.

The most awesome and awe-inspiring appellation in our republic is not president or governor, senator or councilman. You can search the world and not find a more sought-after or desired title than that of “citizen of the United States.”

Our sacred job as citizens, for each other and our posterity, is to help each other be as informed and as engaged as possible. Yes, it will make the power-hungry, self-serving cronies whine. Let them whine: you have a republic to save.

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