Each citizen, every man, woman and child in this country owes $39,000 and climbing!
Of course, less than 100 million Americans actually pay ANY income tax, so the real story is that every American taxpayer is in debt over $117,000, and every day it gets worse!
Ever wondered what the Founding Fathers might say about this? Here's our guess.
"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and
the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of
their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and
thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the
more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too
lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven
knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange
indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly
rated."
Thomas
Paine's words in the early stages of the American Revolution may seem
irrelevant 233 years later. But, never have they been more relevant.
Freedom was precious and hard won then and it is precious and hard
maintained today. A few months prior to this quote, Mr. Paine wrote
his famous pamphlet Common Sense. He believed that Common Sense dictated that the Colonists must reject the Tyranny of Great Britain and seek their Independence.
Today
we face another Tyranny, this time the enemy comes from within. Our
leaders in Washington, regardless of their party affiliation, have
become completely disconnected from reality, especially the realities
of finance. As
in Thomas Paine's time, Common Sense dictates the
proper course of action. Our problem today is that there is a
desperate lack
of Common Sense in our populace and especially in our leadership.
Our Purpose:
To bring a Common Sense perspective to
the on-going discussion of where we've been, where we are and where we
are going in America. To remind people that they are only as free as
they act, and that if we continue to allow the Tyrannical powers in
Washington to pursue their current course of action that Freedom may
well be in jeopardy.
"...When
people are universally ignorant... they will sink under their own
weight." Samuel Adams, 1775
"I
think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many
parasites living on the labor of the industrious." Thomas Jefferson,
1816
- Imagine what he'd say today!
"Those who expect to reap the blessings of Freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." Thomas Paine, 1777
"Knowledge will forever govern
ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm
themselves with the power which knowledge gives." James Madison, 1822
"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy." Thomas Jefferson, 1802
