A Timely Reminder

As we head in to the Fourth of July weekend, we find this reminder of just why it became "necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another..."

Taxation without representation.

For 227 years now we've fought to maintain our independence. For 227 years we've told those who wanted to control us to take a hike. For 227 years we've been our own nation, solely responsible for our choices and their consequences.

And it needs to stay that way.

We need to tell the EU in no uncertain terms where to stick their accusations of "taxation unfairness." We need to remind the WTO that without the US, it is the functional trade equivalent of the League of Nations.

We fought, in part, to end taxation without representation. It would be a tragedy to let it happen ever again.