There's a phrase that's been in use in American politics with greater frequency in the last decades that bothers me. That phrase is Taxpayer.
The use of this phrase frequently shows up in anti-Government group names which seek to limit the role of government but essentially don't like to pay taxes for anything. But I also see it popping out of the mouths of even progressive politicians (I was prompted to finally write this by seeing Jack Conway, Democratic nominee for the Senate in Kentucky, talk about how his only priorities are 'taxpayers' and 'Kentucky families').
Let's be clear here: 'taxpayers' come in many forms. They include foreign corporations, illegal immigrants, and six-year-old children. Paying taxes and being a taxpayer is not the basis for one's political and civil rights in this country. Being a Citizen of the United States is. I wish that we would return to the use of 'Citizens' when addressing the concerns of the body politic. More kvetching on the flip.