History repeats itself

What price do people pay for freedom?

In the 17th and 18th centuries as people were coming to this “new world”,

many of them couldn’t afford the boat ride.

So, to get to America, they would agree to be indentured servants. They

would commit to work for someone for  3 to 7 years, and in the end they

would be part of this new free world .. at least that was the idea.

You see, in many cases, the indentured servant would become further

indebted to their “employer” who would then agree to forgive that debt if they

would stay on … many times indefinitely … is this starting to sound familiar?

Today, we still have indentured servants … more like financial slaves really.

But instead of being obligated for 7 years, it’s 30 … or more … and that’s

assuming you actually become debt free . incidentally, many people won’t

see that day before they die.

In fact, dissect the word “mortgage” and what do you get? Well, “mort”

comes from the latin word for death, and “gage” comes from latin to mean

pledge … so a mortgage effectively is a “death pledge” … and as I’ve already

stated, that’s often the case … but it doesn’t have to be.