Barack Obama: “I want us to make stuff. I want us to sell stuff.”

The success of this experiment was never a given.

In forming our union, the founders fell terribly short of the Declaration's promise, leaving slavery intact, allowing states to restrict the franchise to white men who owned property.

Of course, we did not accomplish everything we set out to do. No administration does. Some of the exhibits reflect unfinished business, in some cases, my own shortcomings and mistakes, in some cases because - as a sign I kept on the…

The essence of Prop. 50 is to say that if you are going to play that game, then we are going to try to counteract that abuse of the system.