When was the last time YOU did something for your country?

A couple weeks ago I gave blood. I've donated a total of roughly 4 gallons over the years. To me it's one of the simplest, and quickest ways people can help their country, and literally save lives. It takes roughly 30 minutes for the whole process and you can do it every two months. You might even get a nice freebee now and then like movie tickets or a coupon. Sadly, not everyone is capable of giving blood for various reasons, but the vast majority can.

Paying taxes is 'doing something' for your country? You do know you can voluntarily pay extra taxes right? When is the last time you, or any of your idiotic leftist friends ever paid extra taxes? Of course never. You are all hypocrites as usual.

i fought for this country with the united states armed forced. i paid taxes, too. that's it for me.

I like the question Debater but you really have to word it right or else people will just say they pay taxes and they work. Of course, that is the way the system has embedded a system so that it can thrive. If that was not even embedded I bet the majority of the country would not even do that. Its like that saying that I am sure many people here all the time from their bosses. I know I have said it many times in the past when I was in a leadership role. "If you see a problem fix it." Don't just walk by it and expect it to get fixed by itself. That is the problem with what many in our country does now. They walk by the problem and they don't fix it. Its one thing to not know how to fix the problem but at least let someone know who does know how to fix the problem. People do not seem to do even that much anymore. Then what always agitated me was when my experienced employees would just pretend they did not see the problem. The were on their way to lunch and thought it was going to take out of their lunch break. So they just let a potential catastrophic problem happen. All they had to do is come and tell us they fixed the problem because we were busy at the time and we would of made sure they still received their whole lunch break. This is pretty much the attitude of the country these days. They just do the least as possible and then b!tch about why every thing is so messed up. The last thing I did was move a fairly large tree branch out of the road. It was slowing down traffic and people would just drive around it in the other lane causing traffic to get backed up. It sounds small until an accident happens, costing people hundreds to thousands of dollars. Not to mention injuries that could of happened. I really think people just do not understand common decency anymore.

This is a good question. However I agree with crossbones up above that most people who didn't read or understand it will equate it with paying taxes and call that something they did for their country. Taxes are such a virtual thing in a sense, but that is another discussion. Everyone in America are takers at some point no matter what you do to avoid it. Anyway, I helped put together packages to send to the troops quite a few times and donated many items to that cause as well as food shelters, donated blood and plasma before my health took more of a hit, helped out some teenagers with their problems and such (mentoring), and helped cleaning up parks and highways. These things are small yes, but it is something.

i pay the taxes not only on my income but also the taxes imposed on the goods that i buy.

everyday, there is always an opportunity to do something for the country we live in. ordinary citizens can express their desire to serve their country by doing small things that can contribute to the development and security of the country. the government must facilitate this desire by citizens to participate in the decision-making and governance.

Besides voting and giving platelets from time to time, I don't think I've done anything, unless you consider not being on government assistance as doing something for your country. This was sometime back and I don't think it is original with him, but I heard Rush Limbaugh compare welfare with feeding the wild animals in the state parks. There's always a notice at the parks to "Please Don't Feed the Animals" because it causes them to lose their natural ability to hunt and forage for themselves, and the results is that they become weak and totally dependent on people. That is the same thing that has happened with the welfare recipients. I know there are some people who break free from the prison of welfare, but isn't it more likely that welfare condition is passed down from generation to generation? Wouldn't you say that these people have been conditioned, like the people fed park animals, to be weak and dependent, and wouldn't you say that that is exactly what the politicians orchestrated so the welfare recipient will feel grateful and continue to vote for them? I've heard that the dependent animals will destroy property to get the food they're after, and isn't that kind of what's been happening in some European countries by those who are no longer getting government assistance - rioting? What would you consider as doing something for your country?

I graduated from high school and had some college, so I could more easily get a job. I got a job, so I wouldn't be on welfare or food stamps. When my first job ended, I looked for and got a second job, so I was never on unemployment. As a result, I'm able to and do pay taxes. I vote for republicans who don't thinks it's government's responsibility to babysit the sick, lame, and lazy at the expense of others. And I have, on occasion, given blood.

Hi I believe the only thing I can do for my country is to help keep it clean and green by planting tree.Paying tax properly is not a good deed but its your duty and here in doing something with cash for the country is useless,Its pathetic but true. Politicians will make the best use of you if at all you come up with some initiative.

Since I started working I already did my job in my country, I'm paying taxes and my gosh.. such taxes that they are deducting from our monthly salary is high..

Of course I remember the thing I do for my country, exactly on April 2, 2013 I payed tax for my salary.Actually I didn't pay by myself because the tax automatically taken from my account ( auto debt). But that was my money, wasn't it?

In China, we pay a lot of taxes to government, while we get less response from it. I think it depends on which country you live and its culture. I agree with you that things should works in a good cycle for good developing.