The "pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration started out as "property" but got changed during the staffing process, allegedly to avoid interpretation as supporting slavery.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Max Dillon via Mercedes > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2016 5:10 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Mexicans > > Yes! Individual ownership of property is one of the key factors that has made > America (the U. S. part) very wealthy compared to the rest of the world. > > The foundation of all wealth is land; free citizens who can create as much > wealth as they like with their land and the fruits of their labor will make ANY > country wealthy. > > Taxes and regulations that infringe on that land and labor will decrease > wealth. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > > On June 7, 2016 1:08:56 PM EDT, Mountain Man via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >--R wrote: > >> ...not that it really mattered whether it was his or theirs. > > > >Does it really matter for USAmericans? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
