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S13: We Can Protect Public Resources

We can protect America’s wealth of Public Resources. We can sustain the health of America’s people, plants, animals, land, water, and air. Counts make extreme claims on America’s Public Resources, and they shelter themselves from the damage they cause. We don’t have to let Counts abuse and deplete our Public Resources just to keep inflating their extreme Money Counts.

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Americans can say, “Enough!” to the out-of-control, extreme Money Counts of elite, entitled Counts. Contributing Americans can renew the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, free from the corruption of extreme money, as we:

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Protect the life value of all our Public Resources. Counts can afford to keep a narrow focus on the price value of our resources. They can insulate themselves from the damage they cause through waste and abuse. Americans can say “no” to this mistreatment. We can balance the life value of Public Resources against price value extremes.

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Renew the energy of the American people. The health of the American people is the ultimate measure of how well we protect the health of all our Public Resources. We can cycle America’s Public Gains to nurture healthy American bodies living in a healthy environment. We can measure success in longer lifespans and greater wellbeing.

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Hold Counts accountable for their harms. Americans don’t have to let Counts use up America and walk away. Counts take excessive water and energy for AI data mining, they wear down human bodies for cheap pay, they load up America’s land, water, and air with waste. We can make sure Counts pay for the harms they cause.

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On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Big Woods Declaration (BWD) renews the call for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, free from the corruption of extreme money.

The BWD is a First Amendment petition to the American people and our government. It is not limited to any political party or group.

The BWD is a total of 60 pages: the Core Declaration (4 pages), the 13 Notes, the 27 Dangers to America, and the 16 Solutions for America.

The BWD may be shared and reused under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. View a copy of this license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

The BWD was created without the use of any AI, opinion polling, or focus groups. The BWD draws on many core American ideas as well as the work of Thorstein Veblen, America’s visionary from the Big Woods of Minnesota.

All photos in the BWD were taken in the Big Woods. The BWD was framed by Erik Christopher Sahlin with Alyssa Beth Wulf.