"Government...derive their just powers from the CONSENT of the governed."
Tired of a corrupt financial system? You CONSENT to it every time you spend or accept an FRN.
Tired of a corrupt, criminal tax system? You CONSENT to it every time you file your taxes.
Tired of the destruction of the 2nd Amendment? You CONSENT to it every time you walk into a gun store and submit to an un-Constitutional background check, or when you ask permission to carry a firearm (already your right).
Tired of an out of control government? You consent to it every time you choose to participate - asking permission to build on your land, submitting to onerous regulations and other nonsense requirements.
So, in the end, we really have no one to blame but ourselves. We keep squealing about Obola and the Dumbocrats, but it's really our fault, because no matter how bad things get, we continue to CONSENT.
It's far past time to stop consenting. But there's a problem with that: It requires FAR too much sacrifice. We are not about to risk our jobs, our homes, our cars, our lives for freedom. It's just too much to ask. Somehow, we consider ourselves to be far more special than the Founders. In truth, we lack the balls and courage.
Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave? Sure it does, but over the land of the free and home of the brave? Not so much.
You nail it D.
I’ve always said that the first and foremost thing everyone can do to fight the system is to get completely out of debt and shift back over to cash/payment in full for everything.
The beast exists on debt, and it could easily be starved into submission if the working conservative classes could set aside instant credit based gratification and concentrate on eliminating their debts.
You stated it perfectly. There are a few of us out here, yet nowhere near enough. As another FReeper posts in their comments - Pray America is waking up.