Ask a parent the following questions and record your answers and their answers in the comments section.
It is impossible to disagree with the fact that America was founded on the idea of government working for the people and not the other way around. This idea is common in many of our early foundational documents and was a consistent belief of our founding fathers and a commonly held conviction of many great leaders of our country throughout the 1800s and 1900s. One example comes from the Declaration of Independence when it says government gets "...their just powers from the consent of the governed". Another example of this idea being expressed is Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. In the Gettysburg Address Lincoln ends his speech talking about " a government of the people, by the people, and for the people".
Is our federal government currently acting like "a government of the people, by the people, and for the people"?
In what ways are United States' politicians working for the people?
In what ways are politicians not living up to their roles of representing the citizens of the United States?
