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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Suarez, post: 4026451, member: 99239&quot;]Maybe better to rephrase this as a mental exercise. Suppose congress decided tomorrow to change the motto to something less controversial like &quot;America the Beautiful&quot; or whatever. They&#039;re going to approve the measure unless people make a good case for why it shouldn&#039;t be. To say &quot;well, leave it alone because it&#039;s been that way for a long time&quot; <i>isn&#039;t </i>a good argument. You can probably list off the top of your head half a dozen laws that were overturned after being on the books for a very long time. So what would be your for/against?</p><p><br /></p><p>I get that going to bat for unpopular views isn&#039;t something that comes naturally. To use myself as an example, as a homeowner I like that I can write off my mortgage interest. If the day ever comes when this tax break is eliminated you bet I&#039;m going to be upset. However, I can&#039;t exactly say that it would be <i>unfair</i>. After all, poor people don&#039;t get to write off the interest on their credit cards.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you prefer keeping the motto just as is I would think you&#039;d have a vested interest in coming up with a sound argument to make your case to a non-coin person, or one who&#039;s on the fence. History shows that let-them-eat-cake isn&#039;t a good strategy in the long run. We can probably all agree on that much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rasiel[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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