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Should our government promote any particular values?

Seeker3CO 8 May 26
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Not electing criminals to public office?

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When I was a kid it was "truth, justice, and the America way." Today you don't find any legitimate versions of that.

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The government has no business telling anyone how to think or live!

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Yes. Democratic, egalitarian, secular values.

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Fiscal frugality.

BD66 Level 8 May 26, 2019
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Justice for all. Fairness in everything. Those are my 2 biggies.

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On paper, we do, as @LiterateHiker wrote below. In deed, we have fallen woefully short from the getgo, and continue to fall short. The list of transgressions is way too long to list here but includes Native genocide, slavery, subjugation of women’s rights, Jim Crow, Vietnam, overthrow of Democratically elected governments in Latin America and the Middle East, and so much more.

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Declaration of independence and Kennedy and MLK

bobwjr Level 10 May 26, 2019
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Of course. From the United States Declaration of Independence:

"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."

I love what President John F. Kennedy said about American values.

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Should we, the people support any values? At a basic, fair, and reasonable level. I felt my public school education did a fine job of instiling any values my immediate family did not.

Varn Level 8 May 26, 2019
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