How addicted is America to materialism? That’s a $64 trillion question… where are we now?

Here's the USA DEBT from its website: https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/national-debt/

 As of now… this morning… 6/24/2023:

$32,168,649,898,303

Folks… that’s 32+ trillion dollars… we’re slightly over ½ way to answering the “addicted” title question above… here’s what this gettin’ old ornery fella, goof, asks:

 

·        How does massive amounts of DEBT meet freedom’s simple need?

·         Do you know?

·         If you don’t know… sit tight…

·         … goof’ll answer what the men below knew… when it was a $64.00 question…

·         … and they didn’t fight/die for materialism… did THEY?

On an early Sunday morning some decades ago, goof visited quietly the vast… pls read the description below… I haven’t earned the privilege to say any more… we the people of America today have not earned the right to accept even one second of FREEDOM until we too meet its simple daily need as did these men:

 

The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations.

Freedom requires… INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY… 24/7… it’s our turn!

 

Borrowed words and a few more from moi… goof… gettin’ old ornery fella

Borrowed from WSJ… “It’s really pretty simple. Congress has to get serious about spending reductions,” tweeted Rep. Ken Buck (R., Colo.), another holdout, on Friday. 

My… goof’s words… I say it really pretty fundamental… America… we the people… we ain’t at war… except with ourselves.   Let's balance the budget… we'll live within (not without) our means.   So, 435/100/9/1+++ 000,000’s more… get off your fat behinds (butts) and get the job done… BALANCE THE BUDGET… SHUTDOWN (OUTHOUSE FLUSH) the SMELLYONES (see #’s above ⬆️)!  Then, take off for an unpaid 5, 6 or 8 months… we’ll see ASAP just who we really do… do... do... need in the land of the free and self/community balanced budget responsibility!!

THAT’S A FACT, JACK!

"That's just the way it is... "

 https://youtu.be/7wtQzwbenTE

How simple… how basic… how fundamental… can one get?

If and when materialism and all the crap that flows endlessly and costly from materialism runs the game of golf… male Homo sapiens have simply self-destructed. 

The Longest Day… June 6, 1944…

 … when young men from America and its allies went about meeting freedoms most fundamental need to exist... to continue…

The book 📕 that captures what freedom requires is The Longest Day written by Cornelius Ryan 1959.  Pls read and share.  Here are several words from the books Foreword:

"What follows is not a military history.   It is the story of people: the men of the Allied forces, the enemy they fought and the civilians who were caught up in the bloody confusion of D Day - the day the battle began that ended Hitler’s insane gamble to dominate the world."

America 🇺🇸… history repeats itself.

Memorial Day 2023

This special day when we the people… all of us… stand up ⬆️… kneel down ⬇️… simply because we are free… because good young men… and women… our 👵 grandmothers and 👴 grandfathers… our fathers and mothers… aunts and uncles... fought and lived and many gave all… for thee and me! 

 God Bless America  🇺🇸  Today is our day... our turn… freedom needs individual and community responsibility... everyday!