An interesting quote from Thomas Jefferson appeared in my local newspaper last Friday. How did Jefferson know? His successors have done to "We The People" exactly that of which Jefferson warned.
" I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and in our amusements. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy". -- Thomas Jefferson
Having allowed our government to do exactly what Jefferson warned us about, what can we do now to rectify the situation?
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