 That was July 4th, 1776. On July 4th, 2024, the Jeffersonian principles that animated the just war for self-government called the American Revolution have been discarded. Think about it. Do you know anyone today who has consented to the monster government we have today? A government that claims out of its own belly that it can right any wrong, regulate any behavior, tax any event, borrow any amount, and kill any person, friend, or imagined foe.