Independent Business Owners and Freedom

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Clik here to view. I just wanted to write a bit today about FREEDOM and INDEPENDENCE at this special time of year. When the US declared Independence from England 236 years ago - the fight had really just begun. Many "Americans" asserted themselves by saying they wanted something different than the status quo. I feel like - as an Independent Business Owner (hanging out at IBO) - that I have true freedom. But ...