As our country works to balance itself from decades of liberal extremism, I am grateful for what this country has given me and my family over the years. Only in this country can a person without means, armed only with an idea, able to prosper and lift those around them.

The left, who often vilify the wealthy – and also align with them when they need political donations – forget that it was men of means and wealth who stood together in the face of British rule to forge a new nation. They put everything on the line, with most losing it all, to help generations after build the greatest nation man has ever known. The last line in arguably the most consequential document of human existence reads:

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

Happy Independence Day, fellow patriots! May God Bless the United States of America!