Letter to the editor: Historical review for Independence Day

Another Independence Day is upon us. Here’s a short review of why we broke away from England.

It seems that Thomas Jefferson had a low opinion of King George III. The main problem was poor customer service. We oftentimes receive that same level of service now, but from our own members of Congress. Go figure.

George didn’t listen, and he had no competition. Mr. Jefferson understood that competition is the only cure for incompetence. We were forced to establish a competing governmental system.

Tom listed 18 examples of the poor service that soon-to-be American citizens had to put up with. He wrote them into our Declaration of Independence.

America was founded on the idea of God-given natural rights, enjoyed by all humans, and the main purpose of a government was to protect the citizens’ rights. But we’re being brainwashed on the idea that we have rights only to the extent the government grants them to us. And that the government is our provider of free stuff.

No government has rights. We, human beings, have rights. Governments have responsibilities to protect our rights, and the authority to carry out those responsibilities.

God has blessed America.

Don Carrera

Penn Township, Westmoreland County