2021 If You Can Keep It Edition: Welcome to the Economy Group!

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A short term topic for this edition. It refers to a famous exchange between Elizabeth Willing Powel and Benjamin Franklin.

"In September 1787, during the final days of the Constitutional Convention, the delegates set to drafting the Constitution of the United States. Powel is said to have shared an exchange with Benjamin Franklin, for which she is most often remembered. According to James McHenry, a delegate of the Convention, she asked Franklin, 'What have we got, a republic or a monarchy?' referring to the governmental structure of the newly formed United States. Franklin is said to have responded, 'A republic ... If you can keep it.'"

FROM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Willing_Powel#%22A_republic_..._if_you_can_keep_it%22

Once again American Democracy and the United States Constitution have proven to be the Will of The People.

It looks like we've earned the right to keep our Republic for a while longer. I'm sure both Powel and Franklin would be pleased.

We have also been reminded the United States is a work in progress and must be protected from enemies both foreign and domestic at all times. Eternal vigilance is the price of Democracy.

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