On the recordMay 2, 1995
one cannot read a newspaper these days without understanding that there is a supposed war between the Government and the people. But who is the Government? These days we often hear attacks on Federal employees around their benefits, around their pay, as if they do not have mortgages to pay, as if they do not have to feed and clothe children, as if they do not pay taxes like other workers in this country. It is suggested they are nameless, faceless bureaucrats, not the people who fight our drug wars, not the people who care for sick veterans, not the people who make sure our food and water is safe. These are real people, and the tragedy in Oklahoma showed us so very well that these people bleed real blood, they cry real tears, and they lose real lives. To paraphrase a familiar saying, we have met the government, and it is us.
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