Moreover, the American government's validation of these land claims created property rights in average Americans that financed economic development and growth.
So the government is seeking validation elsewhere, perhaps on the model of the privately run certification programs for "fair trade" coffee, "dolphin safe" tuna or "sustainably harvested" hardwood lumber.
His statement corroborated the account of a source based in Naypyidaw, the nation's administrative capital, who spoke to me on condition of anonymity about the government's citizenship validation drive.
And he's able to meet his overhead costs very easily because that's what happens when you use a lot of free, unpaid labor with no government oversight or validation by human rights groups.
What will validation validate?
He looks upon the current bill not as a temporary fix but as "a validation" of government's role in looking after things that the private sector is reluctant or afraid to take on.
But the opposition believes that the electoral council, which is considered partial to the government, will hold up the validation process.
In Dryden, a town of 14,000 people, the decision means more than validation of local government rights.
"As an outsider coming in, having the government's investment is a validation".
When government at any level allows validation of the Confederacy, it allows aid and comfort to those who wish to participate in this race war.
