 who says the government doesn t listen to its citizens  an insightful article from john w whitehead of the rutherford institute  so if we already knew that the government was spying on us what rsquo s the big deal and more to the point as i often hear many americans ask if you rsquo re not doing anything wrong why should you care the big deal is simply this once you allow the government to start breaking the law no matter how seemingly justifiable the reason you relinquish the contract between you and the government which establishes that the government works for and obeys you the citizen mdash the employer mdash the master and once the government starts operating outside the law answerable to no one but itself there rsquo s no way to rein it back in short of revolution  read the rest https wwwrutherfordorg publicationsresources johnwhiteheadscommen 19  who says the government doesn listen its citizens  