Independence Day

When I was growing up my late father would talk with me about the meaning of this day. It never had anything to do with sales or backyard barbecues. Don't even ask about fireworks. No it was about us as a nation declaring independence from England. Moreover the king. The insanely high taxes and his authoritarian governing. Sound familiar! It should. We are experiencing this very problem today. The difference is our own government is jacking up taxes on us while giving their money masters a pass.

We no longer make the products we once did. No! We rely on China. At the same time the puppets in DC have the audacity to complain about it. No one talks about how this occurred. Then they would be moved to act against the people who caused this. Don't get me wrong. I am not against nations having open and fair trade agreements. I don't believe a nation should forsake it's citizens for those agreements.

By no means am I an isolationist or supremacist. Just the opposite. As I said above I am for open and fair trade deals. I am oppose to citizens having to give up their national culture and identity for it. There shouldn't be one big dog on the block. That's how we got into the current situation.

Now I am going to pose a question to those who read this, what independence are we celebrating? We clearly are no longer a fully free people. Last year should've shown that clearly. We were told what jobs were and weren't "essential". Those deemed nonessential were told to stay home. No you can't work because your job isn't essential, but yes, you can pay your bill's yourselves. Then we were given $1400, $600, and a final $1200 back in March. On July fifteenth some of us who qualify will start receiving $800 to $3000 a month depending on how many children they have. And there's talk about a fourth and final stimulus payment with reoccurring payments. Again to those who qualify. This fourth will be $2000 per month. At what expense will this UBI come at? How much more independence will we as a nation give up?

I have said before that I don't have a problem with UBI when it's done as needed.