The Fifteenth Amendment<span> (</span>Amendment<span> XV) to the United States </span>Constitution prohibits<span> the federal and </span>state<span> governments from </span>denying<span> a citizen the </span>right to vote based<span> on that citizen's "</span>race<span>, </span>color, or previous condition of servitude<span>".</span>
Without continuing to expand beyond our borders to export goods to services to the rest of the world, the U.S. will not have a rising economy or have the ability to increase citizens' revenues.