To
many people, Labor Day seems to be one of those holidays that means
little more than a day off work. I'm sure I'm not the first one to
notice the irony in celebrating working people by having a day
without work but it is what it is.
Anyway,
I've come to view Labor Day as a day to assess our freedom. The
freedom to work for money is a sign of liberty. To choose how to
invest your time and effort , to earn a paycheck, and to spend the
money as you wish are things that free people do. Conversely, to be
forced to work and then turn over your earnings to someone else is
the very definition of slavery. I fear we're becoming a nation of
slaves.
As I
write this, our nation is $16 trillion in debt and we're adding more
than a trillion more dollars every year. The only way the debt will
ever be paid is by taxing future generations. A child born today
will bear a portion of that debt that totals more than the child will
earn in his entire lifetime so the debt is generational and will be
an immediate liability owed by our children, and their children, and
even their children. Every dime we're spending now will be taken
from our great grand children's paychecks. They will be working for
our benefit. By definition, they will be our slaves and will have to
work to pay our bills even though we'll be dead and gone.
We
should view Labor Day as a type of Independence Day. Let's make a
vow to stop deficit spending and stop feeding the leviathan that is
our federal government. Let each person enjoy the fruit of his own
labor instead of turning over a larger and larger part of his
paycheck in the form of taxes. More importantly, let our
grandchildren do the same.
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