We have numbers.  We use them.  We count with them.  But why does the US government bother?
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Six years.  Six long years.  Six short years.  Hmmm… No doubt countless words will be written and spoken this day, this anniversary.  Far be it from me to attempt to add or detract from these words.  I'm certain some will be profound.  Undoubtedly most will be meaningless. 
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Sound familiar? Remember hearing about this in history class? How the colonists in that newly settled land decided they'd had enough of the King and his cronies taxing them to the point of poverty without getting any benefit from it?
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Many years ago, in a country no one has seen for a while, there were some great thinking men, who in their wisdom crafted a constitution, a rule book of sorts, to guide a new country through many unseen and perilous waters. This rule book has for the most part served this new republic fairly well. Especially the 3 branches of government part.
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