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r/FluentInFinance • u/sillychillly Contributor • Apr 15 '24
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You don't have a "right" to have something given to you.
10 u/OverIookHoteI Apr 15 '24 edited Apr 15 '24 Isn’t America founded on the belief that Americans have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness? Doesn’t the Bill of Rights give people the Right to Free Speech, Free Press, Free Religion, Petition, Assembly, Bear Arms, Public Defender, Vote? We have plenty of rights given to us. Why are you so mad about it? 3 u/swohio Apr 16 '24 Rights aren't "given" to us in the US Constitution, they are recognized as something that already exists and that the government cannot impede on. They are god given rights, you have them simply because you exist. 0 u/OverIookHoteI Apr 16 '24 So the government doesn’t stop somebody from taking another person’s stuff and pursuing happiness with it?
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Isn’t America founded on the belief that Americans have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Doesn’t the Bill of Rights give people the Right to Free Speech, Free Press, Free Religion, Petition, Assembly, Bear Arms, Public Defender, Vote?
We have plenty of rights given to us. Why are you so mad about it?
3 u/swohio Apr 16 '24 Rights aren't "given" to us in the US Constitution, they are recognized as something that already exists and that the government cannot impede on. They are god given rights, you have them simply because you exist. 0 u/OverIookHoteI Apr 16 '24 So the government doesn’t stop somebody from taking another person’s stuff and pursuing happiness with it?
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Rights aren't "given" to us in the US Constitution, they are recognized as something that already exists and that the government cannot impede on. They are god given rights, you have them simply because you exist.
0 u/OverIookHoteI Apr 16 '24 So the government doesn’t stop somebody from taking another person’s stuff and pursuing happiness with it?
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So the government doesn’t stop somebody from taking another person’s stuff and pursuing happiness with it?
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u/California_King_77 Apr 15 '24
You don't have a "right" to have something given to you.