Over and over, we hear from the far-left in this country how, the rich should be paying their fair-share. And, there is this continued presumption by the left, that, the rich owe citizens more and more simply because they are rich. It is well-established that the rich in this country pay far more taxes then any other group of citizens. In fact, there is a vast amount of American citizens who are currently paying no Federal Income Tax, whatsoever. So, the logical question that should be asked, is, why are these citizens not paying their so-called, fair-share?

I recently saw this clip of Elizabeth Warren, where she says, “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.” That, in my humble opinion, and in the context of how she framed it, is not only very disturbing, but it also confirms another presumption by the left, that, business owners, who have become successful in business, are the only ones who gain from their business. Nothing could be further from the truth! For example, let’s consider a local supermarket: Every day, that supermarket works around the clock to bring fresh food products to “their communities.” This is a “luxury” that we Americans really take for granted; but, this luxury is a direct result of our mostly free-market economy, and the entrepreneur who “took the risk” and opened that supermarket.

We also need to consider the hundreds of employees that the supermarket owner employs. And, how about the thousands of companies that manufacture these food products? The supermarket owner, by buying and selling their products, has helped those companies to grow; and, by extension, has helped those respective companies to hire more people, as their needs grow.

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“Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.”

– William Penn

“None are so hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”

- Johann von Goethe

“By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By this method they not only confiscate, but they also confiscate arbitrarily; and, while the process impoverishes many, it actually enriches some.  There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.”

-  John Maynard Keynes

Sadly, once again, we are seeing, how, if fellow Americans stand up for OUR Constitution, and question the powers being exercised by our President, and Federal Government, in general, the BIG GOVERNMENT crowd automatically want to assume that you are defending the actions of  people like Al-Awlaki; which is an utterly ludicrous, and divisive, assertion! If anything is true, both The Republicans and Democrats, largely, have proven, when it comes to war, declared or not, they are NO friend to our Constitution, and are more then happy to give our Presidents unlimited and arbitrary wartime powers. History has given us more then enough examples to know, how this is a real slippery-slope; and, again, why our Founders limited our Federal Government, even (if not especially) in wartime.

When our Federal Government put these TSA people in our airports, it began to wake many Americans up to the reality that, even though we still have serious potential threats against our country, that, our Federal Government is slowly trampling all over our Freedoms and Constitutional rights.

Today, The CIA, to my knowledge, is still only allowed to operate on foreign soil; but, let’s suppose that, one of these days, Congress makes a law that allows The CIA to assassinate American citizens “suspected” of terrorism, on U.S. soil; and, if necessary, to launch predator drones. I wonder then, if the BIG GOVERNMENT enablers would be singing a different tune?

As long as we Americans remain fearful, and allow that fear to further empower our Federal Government, well beyond their Constitutional Powers, then, we will one day be asking, “who will protect us from our own Government”?

GOD help us!