I Have A Simple Question For The Class... DO YOU... In Total... Respect Our Government/System ???

[bhikkhu]

44. Pretty much yes

in that our "government/system" is largely made up of people who have gone into public service to do good. It does take a good amount of education as well, and then it is a good job, one you can buy a house and raise a family on, and people usually stick with through to retirement.

Most of the people I have known that work in government are good people, they work hard, and they earn the pay and security they enjoy.

As far as how I respect the government functionally, its not as good as it could be. Once you are out of the administrative offices and into the political arena, its a mess.

It seems like people in general have been so brainwashed into thinking that government is full of corruption and waste, that "the government is the problem with this country", that they elect people to office who have nothing but contempt for actual governance. And then they have a mess of idiots running things, convincing them that their original belief is proven.