Spectral Imaging Reveals Jefferson Nixed 'Subjects' for 'Citizens'

Jamie points out this excellent piece, well timed for America's Independence Day, that says spectrographic evidence has established that the one word Thomas Jefferson fully blotted out from an early draft of the Declaration of Independence was not "resident," or "patriot," but rather "subject." This, he replaced with "citizen."

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Re:You left out the most important label

[DaveAtFraud]

I was thinking of the insolvent welfare states such as Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy.

Quite a bit of how well a welfare state works depends on the deeper ethics of the people involved. The Norse countries tend to have a "work hard and share" ethic that works for them. The countries mentioned above seem to have an ethic of "don't work and take from somebody foolish enough to work". They are now reaping the fruits of that ethic.

Before wealth can be shared, it must be created. Penalize the creation of wealth through taxation at your own risk. And, yes, the U.S. is now in the same boat thanks to politicians who can't balance a cheque book, let alone understand economics.

Cheers,
Dave

Re:Don't worry

[sumdumass]

Why wouldn't you worry about going in for your own procedure, something happening and you take a turn for the worse, and instead of the blood transfusion or expensive drug that will save your life, the doc decides to let you die because he can make money from the transplant he will be doing.

I mean healthy people do have accidents and need surgeries sometimes. Those doctors performing the surgeries perform other surgeries. A buddy of mine wrecked his motorcycle similar to what you described, but it was two or three days before he got the most invasive surgery (had 3 total in the course of a 5 days). That's plenty of time to be out of the ER and possible into the hands of someone with a transplant patient.