[Nemoque]

I would like to ask a fundamental question: Does the state exist to serve the people, or do people exist to serve the state? When I read JFK's statement, which so many people believe is brilliant, it is telling me that I exist for the purpose of serving and sacrificing for the state. It is a very socialistic or progressive view of the relationship between those are governed and those that govern. It seems to me that our Founding Fathers would be confused by JFK's statement. After all, the American Revolution was fought in an effort to free the individual from serving the monarchy or state. When did we Americans start deifying America as the Romans did about the Roman Republic or Roman Empire? America, with all its many blessings, is not a deity demanding to be worshiped. I don't owe the government anything, but the government exists to protect my God-given rights. I don't ask what my country can do for me, nor what I can do for my country.

[MV=PY]

Are you equating our government and our country?

Our country is our great land, its incredible founding principles, its people, and wonderful history.

The government is a group of people that work for us. At least, that’s the way the government was designed.