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12. this is very good stuff. thank you. and quoting the founding principles is a good talking point to stand on over and

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 11:01 PM

Sunday

over and over again.

to get us back to core values and out of greed is good, which somehow has become a mantra

greed is not good. self-interest is good and well-acknowledged in "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

but also acknowledged in the original papers is "the common good", without which we all will fall.

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