Why would the government want to punish people that are just trying to work hard, become more self-sufficient and take care of their families? There are approximately 3 million preppers in the United States today, and often they appear to be singled out for punishment by bureaucratic control freaks that are horrified at the thought that there are families out there that actually want to try to become less dependent on the system. So if you use alternative methods to heat your home, or if you are not connected to the utility grid, or if you collect rainwater on your property, or if you believe that parents should have the ultimate say when it comes to health decisions for their children, you could become a target for overzealous government enforcers. Once upon a time, America was the land of the free and the home of the brave, but now we are being transformed into a socialist police state where control freak bureaucrats use millions of laws, rules and regulations to crack down on anyone that dares to think for themselves.
For example, people have been burning wood to heat their homes since this country began. And this is still very common in rural areas. But the Obama administration does not like this at all. The Obama bureaucrats at the EPA fear that our little wood stoves may be contributing to “global warming”, so they have outlawed the production and sale of 80 percent of the wood stoves that are currently in use. The following comes from a recent Forbes article…
Our Framers told us how manly men & womanly women respond to such unconstitutional dictates -- NULLIFY!
They NEVER said, “amend the Constitution” or “file a lawsuit and let federal judges decide”.
They said, spit on the unconstitutional dictate!
I was thinking about this while we were splitting wood this morning.
wood isnt taxed multiple times at state/federal levelsl like other energy sources. Loggers sell us junk wood from clear cutting that isnt good for sawmilling or we go to state forest and cut wood designated for harvesting. Or we trim fencerows back. Trees like everything else, need to be deadheaded and culled because they only grow so long and become diseased.or weakened to where they fall over.
It allows seedlings to grow and new varieties a chance. (Treehuggers will never understand this)
instead grabbermint has to have their grubby paws in everything. Not only designating what woodstoves you can use because of some environmental particulate matter bee-ess, but regulating the sale of firewood and transport of , by stores and campgrounds. Some beetle infestation or tree disease will be used as an excuse so that “certified” firewood only is sold. requiring a large bureaucracy to oversee and paperwork to keep people busy with that boot on their neck.
And while there ARE diseases like the blister beetle infestation, they never actually “solve” it because that would lead to various agencies getting less funding. Every crisis must milked to the la$t drop.
And we get to pay for it all.