[HiTech RedNeck]

If we let self-sacrifice be our moral ideal, we've given government the means of enslaving us, and liberty, to the extent it exists, will be by permission, rather than right.

A biblical Christian view doesn't treat the virtues (self sacrifice, restrained government) as an either-or.

[meenie]

And the Revolutionaries revolted over King George's three percent excise tax. You gotta be kidding. Us freedom loving patriots pay fifty percent and just love it. This shows how weak in mind and spirit the American people have become. We don't deserve freedom.