Originally Posted by
PhoenixRev
Actually, you are. Everyone is. Hence, this little ditty:
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Notice it doesn't say "you need to secure the blessings of liberty for yourself."
Then please feel free to wait for the rest of the nation, government included, to provide you with your next paycheck. Let me know how that works out.