Originally Posted by
Judy
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Back to the right to drive, look at what states have done with car registrations, vehicle inspections and mandatory liability insurance. For millions of Americans, that priced them right out of the right to drive even if they have a drivers license because they can't afford to keep a car that complies with all the government requirements. Without a car, they can't look for work, they can't get to work, they can't get to the store, they're trapped, hopeless and helpless. And now what do people say to them? You're lazy, you're no good, you're worthless. With no car, they can't earn, so they eventually lose their home, now they're homeless.
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You have to say: driving is my right, driving is my horse, driving is my right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, because it is. For most Americans, the right to drive is one of our most important and vital rights of all to survive. That is not a "privilege", that is not a "peculiar benefit", that is not a "favor" from the government. It is a right by all counts and measures.