Do you think that’s air you’re breathing?

Today I take a moment to celebrate the privilege of living in the United States of America. As an individual who was born in a 3rd world country (Philippines) and immigrated here at a very young age, I was afforded an incredible wealth of support from the USA’s social safety net. Subsidized housing, food stamps, community college, college grants, free lunch, the list goes on, but you get the idea.

246 years ago, our founding fathers declared that we are no longer subject to the rule of the Monarch of Britain, King George the 3rd, and that we are now united…