Why Is Freedom Dependent on Self-Sufficiency?

            The topic of discussion for this Constitution Monday is the importance of self-sufficiency and self-reliance in maintaining freedom and liberty. Joe Biden has proven himself to be a worse President of the United States (POTUS) than Barack Obama, and Obama proved that he was inferior to Jimmy Carter, who was previously the worst POTUS in my lifetime.

Biden has damaged the United States more than any five previous Presidents, and he did it by destroying the self-reliance of America. Joseph Edlow described Biden’s efforts as follows. 

The Biden administration continues to take America down the unsustainable path of open borders and a welfare state for noncitizens. It has proposed a new “public charge” rule that greatly expands the types of government assistance immigrant applicants may receive without becoming a public charge. The administration is breathing new life into the old adage of never letting a good crisis go to waste.

With unprecedented numbers of illegal border crossers being allowed to remain in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security’s proposed rule will ensure that most never face scrutiny as public charges, regardless of how many public benefits they receive.

Yet again, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says this policy change is consistent with our nation’s values. Apparently, the Biden administration no longer values self-reliance.

Self-sufficiency has long been a basic precept of American immigration law and policy. Since the late 19^th century, the United States prohibited entry to those deemed to be public charges. While Congress has taken actions consistent with that principle in almost every major piece of immigration legislation, the unwillingness to concretely define “public charge” has caused unresolved tumult and provided a gray area for those that administer our immigration laws. The Biden administration views this as an opportunity to now render it useless.

            Families are stronger when they are self-sufficient, and nations are stronger when they are self-sufficient. Biden has reduced America’s self-sufficiency by making us dependent on our enemies for oil. The Trump administration made us self-reliant in oil, and the Biden administration destroyed all their efforts the first week in power. If America is to remain free, we must be self-sufficient and self-reliance.