[cripplecreek]

So basically he’s saying that taxpayers exist for the sole purpose of keeping government employed?

[AuntB]

“So basically he’s saying that taxpayers exist for the sole purpose of keeping government employed?”

Looks like it!

If everyone who claims to be conservative would change their voter registration from republican, ALL this crappola would stop!

[concerned about politics]

So basically he’s saying that taxpayers exist for the sole purpose of keeping government employed?

Yes. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Politicians go to Washington as paupers, and retire as multimillionaires. How does that happen on their salaries? Are they serving us, or are we serving THEM?

(They use us as slaves. BTW, Government bonds are nothing but the buying and selling of our future labor from the time we're born.)

Any cuts should not only include government employees, but make up most of the bulk. A nation cannot survive when over half the population produces nothing and just consumes.

[SpaceBar]

So basically he’s saying that taxpayers exist for the sole purpose of keeping government employed?

Yes. And that answer isn't supposed to be funny, snarky, or tongue in cheek. Congressman Farenthold is saying precisely what you said, with a straight face, and he's serious as a heart attack. He believes the Federal government's primary function is to be an employer, funded with money extorted out of you and me. Plain, simple, and sad beyond words.