07.04.07
Independence Day - A Time to Fight for True Freedom
Because today is Independence Day, I have become more contemplative than ever about our current state of freedom in America.Of course we are aware that illegal aliens are enjoying complete freedom in America – free from paying taxes, free medical care without question and freedom to live in a country and obtain benefits from it because they illegally entered it. But how are actual tax-paying citizens in America doing this Fourth of July?
First of all, let’s consider the premise of Independence Day. When Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence over two hundred years ago, freedom meant the ability for all the people in the country to be industrious so they could succeed economically. This nation was meant to be the place of independence where such freedom could embrace every American.
Is this the state of the individual American’s finances today? Unfortunately not. More than a quarter of all workers today make less than a living wage – meaning they work, but cannot afford to support themselves on what our country considers to be minimum wage. Wages, health care and education for average families in American are at the lowest level ever.
Consider that the average hourly wage for nonmanagerial employees in America has actually declined since 1973. This group of employee represents about 80 percent of the workforce in the United States and their wages have fallen 5 percent over the past three decades from $17.65 per hour to $16.79. Let’s also consider the productivity of these workers. Since 1973, productivity of workers grew 75 percent while their wages steadily declined. Basically, Americans are working harder and harder to earn less money and boost the GDP for the benefit of the few Americans in charge. They are reaping all the rewards and giving less to people they demand work harder.
Health coverage has also steadily declined and more than 45 million Americans live without any type of health insurance at all. Only 57 percent of jobs offer any type of health insurance today when over 75 percent of jobs provided health insurance back in 1979. Add to this that many insured Americans discover their insurance doesn’t cover basic necessities or certain procedures, throwing them into an unanticipated financial abyss.
Finally, if you think that a college education will advance your child’s ability to earn, consider how much you’ll have to pay for it and whether it is even an attainable goal. Even after making adjustment in consideration of inflation, the cost for a college education has doubled since the 1970’s.
Consider that the minimum wage in other nations falls around $10.50 per hour. It is far less here in American and over 40 million people work for less than $10.50 per hour – how can you support a household on that type of money, even if you work full-time?
While government leaders are worrying about the state of life in Iraq and protecting freedom for illegal aliens, they are hanging their own tax paying citizens out to dry. We need to take our country back and let government leaders know that the current state of affairs is unacceptable. We don’t belong in other countries, sweeping their stoops, when our own situation is clearly a mess.
Obviously government leaders aren’t concerned with the quality of life overseas or for illegal aliens. The hidden agenda involves profiting from war, gaining power through oil and having unlimited cheap labor that doesn’t speak English to carry out their missions without question. Also, this cheap labor doesn’t need to ask for health insurance because they get medical care with no questions asked for free. Also, employers don’t have to pay taxes because illegal aliens sure don’t - but they collect the benefits that come from them.
It seems to me that the rapid decline in American finances over the past thirty years is now a total crisis. We cannot get decent health care, earn a feasible living or even send our children for higher education in the current system. Obviously we have nothing to give to people to cross our borders and haven’t gone through legal channels to gain benefits. Why are we giving away finances when our own hard-working citizens are unable to make ends meet?
On Independence Day, let’s seriously think about the intentions of our forefathers and what they fought for. Are we fighting for those ideals? If not, it’s time to get with the program and take what is rightfully yours back. Mamasaid there’d be days like this…
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King Bushwick the Toity Toid said,
September 2, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Unlike the rest of you Dale Gribble Clones,I crawled out of my bunker a long long time ago and learned to enjoy the little things in life!!
Maybe you should do the same!!
Seriously!!Turn off Talk Radio and Fox News and learn to think for yourselves!!
As I said in a previous post,unless you can prove your’e a GreatGreatGreat Grandchild of Sitting Bull;Victorio;Chief Joseph or Satanta;your ancestors came illegally as well!!