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FREEDOM
Every year on the Fourth of July we remember our founding fathers and the precious inheritance of freedom that they secured for us. Every year it seems we get further and further away from that birthright, but we still have much to celebrate.
This country was founded on principles of freedom from overbearing rulers, onerous taxation, and the right to live our lives as we see fit. Our independence was won after decades, and even centuries of abuses that unscrupulous, corrupted leaders and big governments visited upon their subjects. The Founders knew there was a better way, and they forged it here on this soil.
In the new United States of America, the rights of the individual were enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Today, government encroaches on those rights through countless provisions in numerous laws. However, how much worse off might we be had the Founders not enumerated these rights in the highest law of the land? While it is true that many aspects of those rights have been redefined and watered down, and will likely continue to be eroded, we can celebrate the wisdom of the Founders and that at our very core we, as Americans, still hold these rights dear.
The American tradition of individual liberty and self-reliance still runs deep, in spite of the increasing nanny state tendencies that government has been gradually shoving down our throats. It is sad to see government seeking to completely replace the voluntary protections through families and charities that we have relied on throughout our history. Especially disturbing is the rhetoric of community and interdependence being employed by the administration to institute government as the great middle man for all healthcare and charity for which all citizens must dutifully sacrifice. This trend is not improving quality of life for Americans, but instead is greatly enriching the government bureaucracies that take a generous cut of all transactions in the welfare state. There still remains much resistance to cradle to grave government dependence and control. This spirit of fierce independence is a tribute to our founders and is cause to celebrate.
The majority of our Founders believed in sound money, in part because they knew it kept government in check. Governments that are unable to expand the money supply and manipulate credit at will are unable to fund frivolous wars of conquest. Instead of adventurism abroad, seeking monsters to destroy, governments restrained by sound money are restricted to truly defensive wars that the people are willing to fight and to fund. Today, in spite of all the economic turmoil that fiat currency and military interventionism has caused, there is cause to celebrate. The demand to audit the Federal Reserve is quite encouraging. The truth about the fed will put us one step closer to sound money, and peace.
Public outcry against the bank bailouts and the government power grab known as cap-and-trade proves that the spirit of liberty still lives. Part of our celebration of Independence Day should include a renewed determination to keep fighting the good fight for freedom. As long as government continually seeks to take liberties away, patriots need to keep fighting this ongoing war for sustained independence.
This country was founded on principles of freedom from overbearing rulers, onerous taxation, and the right to live our lives as we see fit. Our independence was won after decades, and even centuries of abuses that unscrupulous, corrupted leaders and big governments visited upon their subjects. The Founders knew there was a better way, and they forged it here on this soil.
In the new United States of America, the rights of the individual were enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Today, government encroaches on those rights through countless provisions in numerous laws. However, how much worse off might we be had the Founders not enumerated these rights in the highest law of the land? While it is true that many aspects of those rights have been redefined and watered down, and will likely continue to be eroded, we can celebrate the wisdom of the Founders and that at our very core we, as Americans, still hold these rights dear.
The American tradition of individual liberty and self-reliance still runs deep, in spite of the increasing nanny state tendencies that government has been gradually shoving down our throats. It is sad to see government seeking to completely replace the voluntary protections through families and charities that we have relied on throughout our history. Especially disturbing is the rhetoric of community and interdependence being employed by the administration to institute government as the great middle man for all healthcare and charity for which all citizens must dutifully sacrifice. This trend is not improving quality of life for Americans, but instead is greatly enriching the government bureaucracies that take a generous cut of all transactions in the welfare state. There still remains much resistance to cradle to grave government dependence and control. This spirit of fierce independence is a tribute to our founders and is cause to celebrate.
The majority of our Founders believed in sound money, in part because they knew it kept government in check. Governments that are unable to expand the money supply and manipulate credit at will are unable to fund frivolous wars of conquest. Instead of adventurism abroad, seeking monsters to destroy, governments restrained by sound money are restricted to truly defensive wars that the people are willing to fight and to fund. Today, in spite of all the economic turmoil that fiat currency and military interventionism has caused, there is cause to celebrate. The demand to audit the Federal Reserve is quite encouraging. The truth about the fed will put us one step closer to sound money, and peace.
Public outcry against the bank bailouts and the government power grab known as cap-and-trade proves that the spirit of liberty still lives. Part of our celebration of Independence Day should include a renewed determination to keep fighting the good fight for freedom. As long as government continually seeks to take liberties away, patriots need to keep fighting this ongoing war for sustained independence.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Heidebrink on -
Um....
So like...my ATM card works....
Are they still listening to my phone conversations?
Happy 4th Jim.
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Permalink Reply by Patina Concrete on -
nice name huh, feds. patriots my friend
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Permalink Reply by brad carlisle on -
Jim , you are 100% right on this .
Brad Carlisle
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Permalink Reply by jacobkoski on -
Actually Ron Paul
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Permalink Reply by Jim Ralston URBAN CONCRETE DESIGN on -
YES!!!!
There are informed people here!
Waited to see who is awake out there!
jacobkoski said:Actually Ron Paul
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Permalink Reply by Dave McVey on -
Hear lies the misunderstanding about taxes between the parties. One party believes thar in order to increase revenue to the treasury they must raise taxes. This punishes our financial achievement. The other party realizes that taxes are based on income. To increase revenues to the treasury you must raise peoples taxable income!! The way to raise peoples income is too cut taxes. As a small business owner, reducing your taxes leaves money for tools and equipment to make your operation more efficient, hire employees, advertise and many other things which can increase your bottom line and your income. Then the government gets more revenue from increased income not increased taxes. Example: Recently did a small job that paid $1400. Had $400 in expenses, $160 social security and medicare, $225.00 Fed tax, $20 state tax leaving me with $650. Hmmm, government made almost as much as me, funny I didn;t see anyone else working on the project! Just my two cents.
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Permalink Reply by jschuler on -
Dave,
Coming from a Californians point of view (California...flat broke...a single state which is one of the largest world economies...yet broke from waistful bureaucracy)......we are sick and tired of just being asked to give up more taxes to fill money gap created by waistful spending...while the waistful spending continues in front of our eyes. Tired of, our elected officials preserving their own self interest, (who by the way are all bought and paid for by other interestes besides, us, the people who elected them), just telling us we need to give more money....give larger %'s of our earned pay. Without allowing for us to increase our amount of pay....which doesn't currently go far enough any way....what makes you think you should just keep asking for more of what we don't have in the first place.
Politics.....I do not care at all for politics. I have never been very good at it, and I can't stand to be around it. With any industry.
Jim, thanks for the post. There are always times we should reflect on what has gotten us here. Put our selfish interests asside for a minute and really look at the big picture.
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Permalink Reply by Dave McVey on
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Agree Jon, I am getting to the point where I can't watch, read or believe anything that has to do with politics. Politics is more immoral than porn. Jim is good writer, but I prefer to keep the conversation on topic.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Celebuski on -
Be careful what you wish for when you pine for "the good old days".
http://thehistorybox.com/ny_city/panics/panics_article9a.htm
Mark C
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Permalink Reply by Ben BNC www.oregondecocrete.com on -
AMEN BROTHER
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