'Government class' is self-serving.

• Author: Barnes, Shelby
• Position: READERS [respond] - Letter to the editor

The flip side of the people who will work hard for themselves is not so appealing ("We can get it done here," Pat Wiesner, February). We now have a "government class" consisting of people who have learned that they can provide for themselves very well without contributing a single thing substantive to our nation and world. We have them at every level of government. They just pay themselves a lot, talk a lot on talk shows, and make the rules the rest of us live by.

They also do everything they can to help any large bloc of voters (UAW, teachers union, illegal aliens, etc.) I believe all this will...