First and foremost, is healthcare a basic human right that should be guaranteed by the government, or is access to such care an option? If you believe that it is a human right to be provided by the government, then who is responsible for paying for it?

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

i think she wanted to protect her children from the extreme racism of the american south.

what are you talking about