Cars and Freedom

So I've had some issues with vehicles lately. My wife and I currently have 5 cars we are responsible for right now. One is totaled, the other which was given to us has a blown engine, which we intend to replace with the one from the totaled car, my truck won't move due to either transfer case issues or transmission issues, the car that was just given to us has a bad fuel pump which will cost a minimum of $360.00 to get fixed, and my wife's truck which is working just fine, but is very gutless. We are lucky to get over the mountain at about 40 mph. I know how to work on cars, but I hate it. I am more knowledgeable than my tools can equip, and there always seems to be problems that arise when you start to take on what would normally be a straight forward job. Top this with our lack of income. We make less than I did when I was on unemployment. I'm working 12 hour shifts, which means that for half of the week I'm either preparing for work, working, returning from work, or sleeping. We are in the negative financially and I am constantly disgusted with the reality that money is the deciding factor on what I can and can't do. I absolutely despise being this limited! We are being forced to deal with ever increasing gas prices that are expected to be at about $5.00 a gallon this summer, and more fees and little thorns that constantly nickel and dime us to death! It's so easy to get caught up in pessimistic bitchyness. I must admit, it's hard to be thankful when faced with all this crap and I'm finding myself wanting to be angry and pissed off at the situation in which I find myself. I keep thinking of that line in the stars and stripes song, "Land of the free and the home of the brave." In my mind I keep thinking, Bullshit! Ignorance is bliss. It sucks to have been outside of our borders to see the truth. We are not very free at all. Our founding fathers got pissed off at tax on tea. They dumped the shit in the water. They refused to stand for it. What the hell would they do now?