Off the Grid

     With the increasingly tightening grasp of government  on energy, water, gas and food resources, more and more people are choosing to live off the grid. This means living without those  resources, and being completely self sufficient. This also sometimes includes homeschooling of children, with parents choosing to educate their own kids free of government propaganda. The American Government has a history of harassment and bullying of individuals choosing to live this way. Are we truly free in America if the government has to approve of how we are living? In my opinion the government should be encouraging people to grow their own food and use solar power, unfortunately this doesn't seem to be the case. Apparently the government wants to keep track of everyone and keep us on a short leash. This is not the government's job, in fact we are seeing absurd laws popping up all over the country. Some states even have laws banning the gathering of rain water, apparently the government owns the rain now and we have to get their permission to use it. Most recently a woman in Cape Coral, Florida was hit with an eviction notice from the state after they found out she was self sufficient. She collected rain water and had solar panels to supply electricity. She is now in a battle with the state in which seems like an open and closed case to me. So what is the problem? It sounds to me that the state can't have residents serving as good examples for the public because the public may realize it is possible to live without government. A Florida couple has grown their own food for seventeen years. They have a garden in the front yard of their Miami Shores home, this has never been a problem up until neighbors started complaining and attracted the attention of the state. The couple is currently in the middle of defending themselves in court. If we lose our ability to grow our own food we are in real trouble. Can we please just leave these people alone? Nobody is being hurt or affected, their only crime is being independent. The outcome of these two cases are going to set a precedence one way or another for the future. We should be outraged at cases like this. We can't just wait for us to happen to us, Americans are all in this together. We must recognize this for what it is... the opposite of liberty!

Sources - (Google Images)
http://www.infowars.com/florida-couple-forced-to-dig-up-17-year-old-organic-garden/

http://www.infowars.com/city-cites-international-code-in-effort-to-evict-off-grid-woman/