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02182020Taxation without representation. The battle cry of many during the early revolutionary days of ournation’s founding and the thought that it was the primary reasoning for launching the act of defiancethat we all know today as the “Boston Tea Party.” But it goes much deeper than that. The colonists werefed up with having to pay for the French and Indian wars the British were fighting, that in no wayrepresented their interests, being taxed at increasing rates for common goods they used, and having apremium placed on items that were considered “luxuries.” Fast forward more than two hundred yearslater and here we stand having our pocketbooks raided by greedy hands as we watch the latest inbomber technologies fly into lands for no explicable reasoning other than a nebulous statement andfalsified fears. We scrimp by for necessities, and the simplest of pleasures comes with an ever-increasingprice tag. But things are great again right?This week’s guest on The Malliard Report has had enough. Enough of the way