Topic #6: Created Equal – 1990

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Life is unfair to the unequal distribution of wealth where a small percentage is wealthy at the expense of the poor majority population. Thomas Jefferson in the declaration for independence advocates that all people are equal and have certain unalienable rights as endowed by the creator among them the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Ironically Jefferson was a slave owner all his life yet he spoke about being equal.

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