Allen, thank you so very, very much for posting the above link. I did not know about that inscription, but Oliver Wendell Holmes raised his boy right. His sentiments are mine.
Sadly, that is only one side of the equation. The other side is what the government does with the inflow. As we know, the United States spends half of her tax money on the military and war waging.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...y_expenditures
A pie chart says it better.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/c...united-states/
Note the amount that goes to social security; this makes me wonder why voices are raised that say that America can't afford social security and it should be privatized (to enrich the insurance companies, though no one says so in public).
The citizens are the gatekeepers of government.