Are You Really Free?

Today our American friends are celebrating Independence Day, which is commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on the 4th of July 1776.

Basically they were sick and tired of being under British rule and taxation, yes they started a war called the American revolution because of tax, let that sink in. So how much much were they being taxed that would drive them to war? Well there where so many taxes that the British put on the colonialists, it's rather tricky to get an overall rate, but is was somewhere between 5% - 15% of what they were earning. This was also long before there was anything like income tax existed.

Compared to what we pay in taxes today, it is almost insanity, and the worst part is that no one bats an eye, it is just considered perfectly just for the government to rob you of what you earn. The population is so dumb down into believing the propaganda about just sharing everything, because sharing is nice, and the government knows best. They willingly offer up all their freedoms on a silver platter. What ever happened to, "No taxation without representation" or even just standing up against government and saying no more?

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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington

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"Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality." - Ben Shapiro

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"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech." - Benjamin Franklin

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