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I read the Declaration of Independence in school. I can’t say that I really understood the meaning or the reasons behind it until I reread it on July 4, 2014, published in The Exponent Telegram newspaper in that day’s edition.
After understanding the reasons why we needed to become independent, I started to analyze the difference between the king of Great Britain’s policies and actions to the policies and actions of the Republican majority in the House today, along with the restrictions of the Senate by the need of 60 votes controlled by the Republican majority.
They are now like the king of Great Britain was then, caring only about their self-interests, causing the obstruction of our better way of life. President Obama has had to take independent action, similar to our patriots, but without war.
President Obama has had to make his own Declaration of Independence lawfully, making policy and taking action for the benefit of the populace as a whole, because the Republicans have made it practically impossible for our democracy to prevail. We are losing our economic safeguards by allowing foreign control of trade; voting rights restrictions, especially in the southern states; immigration reform at a standstill; keeping the poor at the poverty level and the rich at a more rich level.
Giving workers benefits not much better than third-world countries, giving women their proper rights, giving gays the right to exist, giving the right for war-lovers to keep our country soliciting the world at the expense of our treasury and our soldiers’ lives.
Boy, could I go on! President Obama has not dissolved his alliance with the Republicans. They just haven’t allowed him in their house!
You don’t like what I have written? Sue me! King Boehner would.
Dennis A. Dutchess
Nutter Fort
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