Three Rights of Citizenship

Would you like to work for the Federal government? If so, then, the first requirement is to be an American citizen. Did you know that? Well, guess what? There are exceptions! See this: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Employment_of_Non-citizens but anyone seeking employment with the Federal government needs to start here: https://www.usajobs.gov/

Right to run for elected office is exclusive right of citizenship. Do you want to run for an elected position? How do you find out what you need to know? There are many sources of information available to citizens who wish to exercise their right to run for elected office. Here are just a few that I found: http://www.wikihow.com/Run-for-Political-Office

http://www.completecampaigns.com/article.asp?articleid=13

http://lwvwra.org/Booklet.pdf I highly recommend this booklet. 

The best and most accurate place to start is with your Secretary of State. Each one has a guide book for candidates giving the latest and most accurate details. You can find contact information for your state's SOS here: http://www.nass.org/contact/sos-members/

The last right of citizenship is:  Freedom to pursue “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

What does that actually mean today? Those terms were explicitly stated in the Declaration of Independence. What do they mean to you? Here's what Founding Fathers thought: "The Declaration specifically mentions three rights which human beings possess by birth or by nature-life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. No one may rightfully deny us these things. Nor, since they are "unalienable," may we rightfully surrender them." http://www.founding.com/the_declaration_of_i/pageID.2423/default.asp

I believe we would all be better citizens if we spent some time considering what those terms meant to our Founding Fathers and what they mean to us in the 21st century. Do we still consider them to be inalienable rights? If so, what are we doing to protect and defend those rights against those who actively seek to take them away? Do you believe that those rights are slowly being eroded? Then, now is the time to get involved in politics. I know it is a dirty word to many. But, if you and I don't get involved, then we have no one to blame but ourselves when rights we take for granted are denied to others and to ourselves. Get involved and vote. 

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