If I am a jerk because I care that my Country is broke and dying then I am a jerk.
If I am a jerk for caring that my money I worked hard for is being taken forcibly and given to people who can but won’t work, than again using your analogy, I am a jerk.
You just want me to shut up and be a fool. That I will not do.
I would suggest you take the old advice that it is better to have people think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
There are ways you could make your fiscal point here without being such a jerk about it. That is my point, plain and simple.