"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your council or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
Poor folks in this country paning gold to survive; needing 0.3 grains of gold per day. Old people who are physically unable to dig dirt and pan are starving or have to be supported by younger persons. More reason to be thankful to be living in America, Canada, and other parts of the free world.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. – Theodore Roosevelt