23 - This country is run by socialists! Leave me alone!

27 - Doctor, fix me! I’ll pay you anything!

If we have healthcare insurance, we can agree to whatever treatment our doctor recommends. We don’t care if the cost is unreasonable. The forces of supply and demand do not apply to medical services and products. Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon. Amazon: Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy [https://a.co/d/2JBwgvq] If this episode gets you thinking, buy me a coffee: Brian Aftanas (buymeacoffee.com/democracy) [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/democracy]

26 - You kids get off of my lawn!

We need laws and we must follow them. If a despot should gain control of our government, they get to rewrite the laws. It is never pretty. At that point, democracy ends. No citizen militia can overthrow a dictator in control of the nation’s armed forces. The only medicines for despotism are preventative ones. Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon. Amazon: Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy [https://a.co/d/2JBwgvq] If this episode gets you thinking, buy me a coffee: Brian Aftanas (buymeacoffee.com/democracy) [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/democracy]

25 - Education - My poppa tole me what to think!

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” ~ Aristotle Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon. Amazon: Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy [https://a.co/d/2JBwgvq] If this episode gets you thinking, buy me a coffee: Brian Aftanas (buymeacoffee.com/democracy) [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/democracy]

24 - What do you mean I “have to” work?

While we work, we think of the sacrifices and struggles of our forebears, how they helped us and how we wish to help our children in similar ways. Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon. Amazon: Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy [https://a.co/d/2JBwgvq] If this episode gets you thinking, buy me a coffee: Brian Aftanas (buymeacoffee.com/democracy) [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/democracy]

23 - This country is run by socialists! Leave me alone!

The “nanny state” is a symptom of a broken government system. Like in a dictatorship, other people decide what is best for us, whether we agree with them or not. Based on the book "Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy" available on Amazon. Amazon: Reclaiming Our Nation - Fixing Democracy [https://a.co/d/2JBwgvq] If this episode gets you thinking, buy me a coffee: Brian Aftanas (buymeacoffee.com/democracy) [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/democracy]