If you like the new insurance arrangement enacted by our elected officials, then you are happy. If not, then not. But there is one thing that is undeniable, the United States of America is at a cross roads predicted 235 years ago, and which will affect the next 235 years of most of the world.
The Great American Experiment followed the sacrifice of, “lives . . . fortunes . . . and sacred honor” in defense of an idea. The idea that individuals, free from the tyranny of central command and control, protected their individual interests better than any unrelated protector, no matter how kind, caring or otherwise motivated. The Great American Experiment was funded, fought, and died for on the promise that freedom led to higher standards of living for everyone, greater innovation in business, agriculture, and every other aspect of life for everyone it touched, successful and failing alike. The government would be as limited as possible, the people as free as possible. Continue reading Lead us Mr. President, even if you must run to the cliff ahead of us.