CELEBRATE FREEDOM ON JULY4TH WEEKEND…

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CELEBRATE FREEDOM ON JULY4TH WEEKEND…

By Middle Wisconsin Editorial Staff

On this July4th weekend, celebrate freedom. There are different versions of “freedom” in our society, but here is our version:

“If you get cancer or break a leg and do not have health insurance, you are not free.

If you can’t get a decent education, you are not free.

If you are a woman and do not control your body, you are not free.

If you cannot marry someone you love, you are not free.

Happy Fourth of JulyIf your work largely benefits only the wealthiest of the wealthy and not you, you are not free.

If you are treated with suspicion or disdain because of your race, you are not free.

If a few billionaires determine election outcomes, you are not free.

If you cannot easily vote, you are not free.

If you are not protected from harmful products and fraudulent business practices, you are not free.

If companies are allowed to foul the air you breathe and the water you drink, you are not free.”

Get the picture? Government not as the evil enabler of a nanny state, but as an indispensable agent for freedom.”

The above excerpt is from Dr. George Lakoff (Don’t think of an Elephant! Your Values and Frame the Debate) as quoted by Paul Fanlund in The Capital Times, June 8, 2015.