This is False. The federal government does not allow citizens to decide how public money is used.
When citizens have this power it is called Real budget democracy. Now the budget is decided by the Congress passing through many stages. First the Departments and agencies bring on proposals to the White House for the creation of the President's budget, then the House of representatives and Senate make their resolutions and a final budget is created that must be approved for the next fiscal year, that is voted, passed and signed as law.
Empathy. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
The correct answer to this open question is the following.
I am going to take into consideration the 1st. Amendment to the United States Constitution.
It is true that the federal government must often balance protecting individual liberties and providing for order and security. We have seen how, at times, priority is given to one over the other, depending on the circumstances.
However, according to my thinking and belief systems, the federal government should always place more emphasis on protecting individual liberties. Just when the exceptional case is necessary, then the federal government must provide for order and security.
As stated in the 1st. Amendment, citizens must always have their freedom of speech and freely express what they believe is right; this includes reasonable critics of the economic and political systems, as well as to highlight positive attributes too.
Respecting the differences has always been a trademark for true democracies.
It is understandable that in times of conflict, as was the case of WWI and WWII, the government has put restrictions on certain liberties.
Some would say that the September 11 attacks justify the creation of the type of surveillance the government placed on the citizens, but that is when a fine line was crossed between protection and "espionage" without the consent of the citizens.
