As a citizen, what do feel are your civic duties?

Question

I'm interested in answers from people who don't bring up ethics even though they may be similar in scope.

Answer 1

1) To follow our govt's decisions, regardless of who makes them. I dont have to agree and I can speak out, but in the end I go with it.

2) To own a gun, to protect my self from many threats, and to revolt against the govt if needed, the real reason we have this right. To quote Jefferson, "The beauty of the second admendment is that it wont be need until they try to take it away."

3) To vote. Voting is how you make your opinion heard. A good polictian would realize that winning by a narrow margian means alot of people dont agree with you.

4) To pay my taxes without frauding the govt. I may agree or disagree with what it goes to, our how much they are, but the reality is, it is needed.

5) To buy american as much as possible. but if we keep buying foreign, we will continue to lose american jobs.

6) To keep radical islam out of the US. These people want to destroy everything not made in the name of allah and kill anyone who does not think like them.

7) To remember that freedom isnt free, and remember all of those who have died to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. And honor those who are willing to put their lives in harms way to keep us free even today.

Answer 2

My civic duties mean that I vote for the President, and state and local government after carefully examining the issues and the candidates.

I pay my taxes on time.

I assist the police.

I obey the law even if I may personally disagree with some laws.

I am a juror when called.

I do not litter

I help people in my community when I can

I can disagree with politicians but I do not attack them personally

I keep my house clean and beat ad shovel the snow to prevent someone from falling.

I observe national holidays and fly the flag when appropriate

I read two newspapers a day so that I can jeep up with events in the US and abroad.

I contribute to charity in order to help others

I took care of my children and now my grandchildren

Now that I am retired I have time to do a great deal if volunteer work

I am proud of my flag, am loyal to my country and am proud to be an American

Answer 3

I honestly think that the most important civic duty is civil disobediance. People are so scared to question the government these days. I'm not talking about protesting the war in Iraq (although there is certainly nothing wrong with that!). I'm talking about the day to day issues, like government waste and corruption. I'm talking about a person at the D.M.V. that moves slower than a snail, and yet talks to you as if you are an idiot. I'm talking about income tax returns that are so complex you have to be an accountant to figure them out. Our government should serve us, and yet every time I deal with them, I feel as if they treat me like livestock, not a citizen.

Answer 4

civic duties:
1. vote.
2. be an informed citizen & consumer.
3. step up when called for jury duty.
4. give back to the community.
5. pay taxes.
6. be tolerant & respectful.

Answer 5

My civic duty is to be an informed citizen on the local State and National level. To participate in and vote in every local, State and National election. You can't complain if you don't vote.

Answer 6

I go to jury duty when I am called, I pay taxes, but I hear more and more that that isn't enough.

I need to now pay health care for other people who can't afford it or who are unwilling to pay it.

How is that democratic????

Tell me how that is democratic and then maybe I will pay for it, but paying some illegals wife to have a baby here, that is not justice. That is stealing from people. That is stealing from me out of what I work for to provide a home for my family.



If that man is unable to work, then fine, but coming over here and demanding the US citizens to pay for hospitals for pregnant wives is absurd. I might as well move back to Europe for that sort of Socialism.......

Answer 7

First and foremost, study the issues and candidates and Vote. Not just in presidential elections but in all elections. Local, state and federal.

Secondly, put your politicians to work. Write, call or email your elected officials and let them know how you feel about anything you feel strongly about. I contact my elected officials between 5 and 10 times a year.

Answer 8

to know as much as possible about candidates and issues, then vote for the best ones. To serve on a jury when called without making excuses to get out of it, then return a fair and just verdict. This doesn't seem to be very common anymore.

Answer 9

You are relieved of any responsibilities. Elections aren't honest, the supreme court is a pack of crooks, the churches are corrupt stealing tax money they know they aren't entitled to, the press is corrupt, forget the whole thing. Anything good you do only helps evil, so do nothing.

Answer 10

Nothing, really . When volunteers helped out at Ground Zero, they were denied health care . I only wish that Michael Moore would release a list of those insurance companies for all the world to see.