Yeah you misread what I meant at least. Springsteen, according to the quote, says the America he sings of has been a beacon of liberty for 250 years, which obviously isn’t an accurate depiction. The vision and ideal was liberty for all and a right to pursuit of happiness, but with some very troubling caveats that put a huge stain on those ideals.

”Beacon of liberty“ is a bit strong when you have a rich history of segregation and slavery for a big portion of the population.

Not necessarily. It does prove that it legally should be optional.

The fact that there was a high profile case might indicate that it’s not as trivially optional as you make it seem.

Or doing their job.

Would it round to the closest denomination? So $1.04 would round to $1, and it would then even out.

Edit: that’s how it works in my country at least.

Edit 2: got it wrong, $0.96 would round to nearest ¢5(assuming it’s the smallest US denomination) so $0.95, and $1.04 would round up to $1.05