This is a complete resume, of what is going on, refering more to the economy and social issues than anything else, it takes a while to read, but it is
very interesting, and also very informative about the actual situation.
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In spite of the difficulties facing America, there is still no other place I would rather live; however, our nation is at a crossroads, not unlike the
difficulties faced by our forefathers. Many of the same conditions that prompted the Declaration of Independence prevail in America today. Of the
indictments against the King of Great Britain, our Founders declared:
"He has erected a Multitude of new offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People and eat out their Substance."
There are literally hundreds of thousands of government employees administering various regulatory agencies with budgets in the billions of dollars.
Regulatory compliance alone exceeds $460 billion annually.
Our Founders, opposed to "taxation without representation," also declared that the King was: "...imposing Taxes on us without our Consent."
Yet, taxation with representation now sees the average American working through May to meet his or her yearly local, state, and federal tax
obligations.
Commenting on debt, Benjamin Franklin warned:
"The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest."
Our legislators have not balanced the federal budget since 1969, and the national debt has, since 1980, quadrupled to over $5 trillion. Its monthly
interest costs now exceed the yearly interest costs of just twenty years ago.
The Declaration of Independence states:
"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights."
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