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host: 233 years ago, our founding fathers declared inpence with these words "we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain rights an among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. good morning and welcome to the "washington journal" today is july 4th, independence day. later in the program, we will talk more about the declaration of independence and how it came to be, but for the first part of the program, we want to talk about alaska governor sarah palin, who has announced that she plans to leaves office...

not letting it grow. host: our next call is from bill in virginia. caller: i want to move over to health care. can you define what a subsidy is for me? guest: a subsidy is when the government raised the cost of something either directly or indirectly. a subsidy is when the government defrays the cost of something either directly or indirectly. caller: the dictionary says it is a gift to a person or country. the other night, president obama was asked a question about the possible taxing of the premiums that employers and employees pay for health insurance. he began his answer by sayin...

she will be blind justice ginsberg, the only qualification is -- that because she is a former district judge, she probably have -- probably has more appreciation for practical consequences of legal rulings than many colleagues well, there is no simple justice who was a drive court judge, so this may temper what i think is a formalistic approach to the law, but if i had to guess, i will say that she will be where justice ginsberg has been for the last decade and a half. >> given the unpredictability of some of the appointments, i believe the high court will preserve your comments on t...

caller because i was at the same rally and i never heard anybody scream at the handicaps going in. it was not just people in wheelchairs' up front. i was up front. i think that this constant trashing of her is because they are all afraid of her. the republicans and democrats. host: alabama, a republican line, what would you like to say about the sarah palin article? caller: sarah palin -- she was the smart one of the mccain- palin ticket and he is the reason why they lost. she is not perfect, but she remains a lady. if not, [unintelligible] she is hated because she is unpretentious, ...