It was a radical idea in 1776 & it’s a radical idea today: that govts are instituted to secure “the right of all people to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Someone economically locked down in a survival mode from which they can’t escape is not free to pursue happiness

Mar 30, 2020 · 9:35 AM UTC

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Tens of millions of people work at jobs they hate just to get health benefits or pay off college loans, while govt continues to subsidize tiny portion of citizens in obscenely grandiose style. So it was already clear we had a problem. Coronavirus bailout just confirms the abuse.
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Older people don’t so much remember better days as we remember a time when people knew enough to guffaw at the idea that average Americans would be so routinely economically screwed as they are now. We knew things were supposed to be better & that it was govt’s job to make it so.
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Your an author, you must write fiction. It seem like you have done 0 of ur own research. How is a country/world run by family own owned central free to pursue happiness? In the 100+ yes since it was created in american the 1% have gained 99% of the wealth. How is this freedom?
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And the grip is tighter now for so many...
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Dying is not pursuing happiness. I have seen estimates that half of the population of California could come down with the virus.
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Please read the Declaration of Independence. It says that God gave us those rights, governments are instituted to secure those rights, and it’s the right of the people to alter or to abolish that govt if it fails to do so.
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My 35 year career is based on my clarity that ultimate happiness comes from within. But using that realization as an excuse to deny people the basic right to achieve material sustenance is a spit in the face of God.
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