How are we losing our liberties? One way to look at this question is by considerng the total accumulated debt owed by the the United States Government--i.e., by the taxpayer. According to the U.S. Treasury, the total accumulated national debt as of September 2, 2010 was $13.44 trillion dollars. With almost 310 million people in the U.S., that works out to about $43,500 per man, woman, and child. And that figure grows each day as we pile on more and more debt.
It is outrageous that this and previous generations have spent trillions of dollars and sent the bill to future generations. Those future generations will rightfully view the generations that preceeded them as villans.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Liberty
We live in a remarkable time. Throughout almost all of human history, men have lived as slaves, serfs, or subjects. That began to change with the Enlightenment. The founding of the United States of America, based on the individual's inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, was the high-water mark of liberty. These days, sadly, many people take our liberties for granted and would prefer to, in effect, return to the days of yore when the government was all powerful. With this blog, I hope to let people know what liberty is, how we are losing it, and what we can do to reverse course.
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