We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Recognize this statement?  If not then you just aren’t knowledgeable about your history.  And even those who aren’t so good at history usually know what this is.  It is part of the Constitution that was fought for and hard won by our ancestors.  Today this part of the constitution is merely a joke.  The unalienable rights have been amended so much that this statement no longer applies to this country.  Although it is definitely true that order is needed to keep life as smooth and stress free as possible for everyone, it just is not feasible that this should be so.  There is always going to be someone who is left out, whose rights will not be respected.  Happiness is a commodity, no longer a right, but something that is denied everyone in the United States due to the over-taxation of those things which help us along our way to being happy.  How can you be happy when your right to enjoy driving, boating, drinking or smoking (among others), is made so costly that most people cannot afford them?  Not only do we have to “pay” for our happiness, in many cases states also tax our “freedoms” to the extent that they are no longer free.  Nor is birth or dying free.  Nothing is free anymore, not even our freedom and our happiness.  The beliefs that the United States were founded on are now nothing more than a memory and a joke.

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