b'P RESIDENTSN OTELoyal to You, Not to ThemBY SCOTT C. TIPS, J.D. 2023 Scott C. TipsA s I prepare to leave for theright to choose our own medical careour country, even the World, is in se-upcomingCodexAlimen- previouslyunquestionedarenowrious trouble.tariusCommissionmeet- challenged daily. Ihavebeenfi ghtingthebattlefor ingtobeheldinRome,Whengovernmentagenciesandliberty since I was 12 years old. Truly. Italy at the end of November 2023, tocourts are so politicized that they be- Like many of you, I have seen many representyouthroughtheNationalcome instruments of fear, when Argen- things, both good and bad, happen since Health Federation, I am reminded oftina in its recent presidential electionthat time. One important lesson that I the monumental task ahead of, not justcancount25-30millionballotsinalearned early on is that government is me,butallofus.Likeneverbefore,matter of hours but Detroit and Phila- not your friend, and that its inevitable weareconfrontedwithattacksfromdelphia consume days to count a frac- tendency is to grow over time. This is all sides and on all issues, even sometion of that number, when governmentan example of the Second Law of Ther-thatweresuchbasictruthsthattheyschoolsandhealthcareservicescon- modynamics: In a closed system entropy were unchallenged philosophically allspiretoremoveparentalrightsover(disorder) increases with the passage of through our collective childhood andchildren,andwhenhealthcareman- time. And there is nothing more disor-youth decades ago. Such things as thedates such as lockdowns, masks, andderly or chaotic than a bloated govern-rule of law, free and fair elections, theeven coercive injections are common,ment that keeps growing until it can no sanctity and privacy of family and thethen we all know that we are in trou- longer sustain itself offthe sweat of its home,andourfundamentalhumanble.Weknowthatcitizens and its foreign adventures, par-ticularlywhileprovidingfi ve-star benefi ts for illegal aliens.When government grows, our liberties decline. We also see spe-cial interests, such as huge cor-porations, grow as government power grows, because small busi-nesses and individuals cannot cope with the increasing tangle of laws, rules, regulations, and mandates that a large corporation (with its bank of attorneys and consultants) can. Big Banks, Big Pharma, Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Media all growhand-in-handwithBig Government. Meanwhile, this 6 H EALTHF REEDOMN EWS /F ALL2023'