Gots To Follow The Law......

I'm not a huge fan of receiving benefits one hasn't worked for. That being said, waggling your finger about "following the law of the land" doesn't hold much water anymore. As we sit back in our armchairs and wonder where our freedoms have gone, remember that they've been buried under a mountain of laws that we wanted....laws that require you mow your lawn to a certain height, obtain a permit for your lemonade stand, restrict who you can stick your penis in and how, how much will be taken from your paycheck before you even see it, sign your children away to military service before they even exist, proscribe your means of self defense, the type and amount of lighting you're allowed to use in your home, the size and type of lawn decoration you have, the people you can do business with, your manner of conveyance, the amount and type of food you eat not to mention who owns the right to produce it.....etc. From the beginning in this country, it was not supposed to be that way. Taxation and Federal service was to be voluntary....everything else was up to you. All attempts to bring it back to that have met with failure, cause you can't buck the system. I mean....who would build the roads? I guess we should probably stop advertising America as the "Land of the Free" and call it instead "The Land of the Comfortably Bought and Paid For". I might amend that to say The Land of the Comfortably Indentured".
I would like my taxes, if any, to be taken voluntarily so that I am in no way a slave in this "free" country, invalidating the sacrifices of those who fight. I would like to see someone wipe their ass with the flag, which itself does not do one single thing to protect our freedom, without one person raising their voice in protest. If one does not have that sort of freedom, then your sacrifices are in vain and you should reconsider what you are fighting for. If this is a free country, if soldiers are fighting and dying for the freedom of the individual in America, why do I have to obtain permission from the State to do nearly anything that sustains life, let alone anything above and beyond that? If you are fighting and dying for our "freedom" in some middle eastern hell hole, why is it you are not told that involuntary taxation is a means to Islams end, and that you are fighting this war on the wrong front? You should be fighting to end involuntary taxation and regulation on business....working to reduce the size of the Federal government first, and government at all other levels next, then dealing with outside threats as they appear. You should be demanding that people do more for themselves, rather than relying on and continuing to support a system of legalized armed robbery by proxy. You should, in short, if you want to protect your freedom, NOT be following the orders of your superiors.