On July 4th, everyone is expected to celebrate Independence Day. While that day used to have a true meaning, nowadays I think it would be hard to call all but a few in this country independent. Let me give you some examples:
Population of the United States: 318.9 million. Number of people Receiving Social Security: 59 million Number of people incarcerated: 2.3 million Number of people on Medicare: 49.4 million Number of people on Medicaid: 8.8 million Number of people employed by the Federal Government: 2.7 million Number of people employed by State governments: 5.1 million Number of people employed by local governments: 14 million Number of people in the U.S. military: 2.2 million Number of people receiving food stamps: 47 million Number of people receiving unemployment: 2.3 million Number of people receiving welfare:109.6 million Number of people unemployed and not receiving unemployment: 9 million Add those numbers up and that's 311 million people out of 318.9 million receiving some kind of economic benefit from our government. Granted, some of those people likely overlap, but still, it certainly says something about independence! But wait! Don't pat yourself on the back just yet. Are your children one of the 49.5 million students in the public school system? Then YOU aren't independent either. When you are truly independent, you pay for what you get. Not have others pay for you. Now, if you home school your children or send them to a private school...and you do not fit into any of the above categories, then happy Independence Day! As for the rest of you, have a nice day off in your world of dependence!
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