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To: Cyber Liberty
That's right. The founders called it: the pursuit of happiness.

The right to acquire private property is key to the generation on wealth.

11 posted on 02/08/2010 7:49:41 PM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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To: Upstate NY Guy
of wealth.
14 posted on 02/08/2010 7:51:29 PM PST by Upstate NY Guy
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The origional word was PROPERTY, but Franklin and Jefferson felt they should substitute the word HAPPINESS instead.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property was in the first draft of the Declaration of Independence.


40 posted on 02/08/2010 11:53:49 PM PST by bigoil
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