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So you don’t / didn’t = Drive, hunt, fish, marriages, gamble, pay taxes, have a professional license, think realtor, lawyer, CPA, hair stylist, get a building permit, get a passport? If ya did, you asked the Goverment for permission to do such thing... remember signing the forms? You agreed to the terms and conditions of said GOV contract... knowingly or not..
Never asked for permission...... Followed the regulations and rules and applied. Again big difference.
You seem to think having to apply for any permit is asking for permission, it's not. What if we all did whatever it was we pleased with no regard for the results or how it impacted anyone around us....
How would that work?
But thinking about it you may have a point..... I did ask for permission, that being when I served, in fact I asked for permission for a lot of things back than
Would you consider that being a "slave"