We are approaching another Independence Day, or, as many refer to it as merely "The 4th of July". Our founders declared our independence from England on this date in 1776 when they felt that the exorbitant taxes assessed by the Monarchy was the last straw in the bale. These brave men pledged their time, talent, treasures and, if needed and in many cases, their very lives to ensure that those wanting freedom from an oppressive government, present and future, got it.
We could be nearing a similar crossroads on this Independence Day, though not as bloody a battle, by just as serious. We have an oppressive elite minority governing the majority (us). They are spending our future incomes at a rate so quickly that children being born today will have great-grandchildren who will not be able to pay off the current debt, let alone accumulated yet unforeseen debt for which their great-grandchildren will responsible.
We have an administration that takes fifty-one days to meet with the CEO of a company responsible for a huge oil leak and seventy-two days to agree to allow foreign governments to help clean up this deep water oil leak, but still hampers the coastal state governors with red tape, environmental handcuffs and drilling moratoriums and still won't suspend the Jones Act (not the one that makes Puerto Rico a U.S. territory, the other one that deals with foreign shipping vs American shipping and their legal entanglements).
This same administration demeans more than half of its citizens because we dare protest its decisions. Some of these protesters even voted this same administration into office! Maybe this Independence Day will be the beginning of another rebellion.
As we celebrate this truly American holiday, the absolute fave of my late friend and father-in-law, let us remember, not only mentally but verbally, the reason we celebrate. It is our duty and responsibility to pass this information on to the next generations. Happy Independence Day fellow patriots! Independence indeed.
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