Just by reading about these five laws the Mises Institute selected for repeal on Independence day, one will get their history lessons and insights to what liberty means all in one short article. 


Example:


The Louisiana Purchase Treaty


Thomas Jefferson announced the signing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty on July 4, 1803. Jefferson considered the Purchase to be a great victory for his un-ironically named “Empire of Liberty” scheme in which the United States would spread “liberty” by force across North America.


The Louisiana Purchase would have far reaching effects on the entire nature of the American confederation and on constitutional law. Direct Congressional control over lands in the west had always been a dream of nationalists and centralizers, and the Louisiana Purchase gave the US government access to vast new resources beyond the control of any state. Defense of these federal lands necessitated an expansion of a federal military force, and required a much larger apparatus of federal law to administer the lands.


Moreover, these new federal lands created the impression for many that the states were created out of federal lands, instead of federal powers being granted to the central government by states. The later claim by anti-secessionists that the federal government created the states, and not vice versa, owes much to the Louisiana Purchase, and to this day, the federal government directly controls and owns over 50 percent of the land in most Western states.


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Randall Covey, Russian Hacker
I find myself no longer able to celebrate the 4th.
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Redneck Angel Warrior
If you still love your country and the foundation it was built on....you should celebrate.

Don't let the enemy win! They've taken enough already!
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