On July 4th 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously passed the report of the Declaration Committee. It, to paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, “placed before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain as to command their ascent.”
As I was writing this, Dr Robert Malone’s substack posted much of what there was to say directly.
To this we will add; Our founders separated from Great Britain over taxation without representation in amounts as high as 3%. Wonder what they would think today…