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I'm actually all for that. I want a competitive third party so badly. Unfortunately, I'm pessimistic that the current structure even makes that possible.
Give us the House and we will fix it.
We gave them the House, they did not fix it.
Give us the Senate and we will fix it
We gave them the Senate, and they did not fix it.
Give us the White House and we will fix it.
We gave them the White House, and they still cannot fix it.
7 fucking years later, 7 years of promises, 7 years of show-votes, and they now admit they don't have a workable approach that they can pull themselves together for, let alone get a few vulnerable Dem's to support.
The problem with all of you - conservatives and liberals - not wanting able bodied people to live on the dole is being able bodied does not necessarily mean a job is available.
Bring manufacturing back to the inner cities and to rural small towns.
Get rid of regulations on small businesses. Get rid of regulations on big businesses. Get rid of taxes on all businesses.
Stop incarcerating people for non violent offenses.
Democrats want illegals and convicted felons to vote because they usually tend to vote for the democratic candidate. Look at Virginia re-instating voting rights for a bunch of felons last year, for example.
I haven't been through the whole database yet, but I've combed through some of it.
first thought was: only 1,000 cases? What is that, 0.0007% of the 2016 votes cast? But looking through the database, this isn't focused on the 2016 election. I see cases all the way back to 2000. It's also not fully centered on presidential elections or vote fraud. I see a case involving signatures on initiative petitions, which do not appear to be election-related or voter fraud related. It's also clear that absentee ballot fraud is one of the largest opportunities for fraud.
The article also makes a silly comment wondering whether the voter rolls are a mess, and says the commission will look into it. Uh, yeah, they're garbage, because we have an antiquated and disjointed registration system.
I agree that elections are state affairs. But if the results of those elections are going to be used to elect the President of the United States, then the people of the United States (should) have the right to know that those elections are fair and legal. Verifying that all voters are eligible to vote (according to their states rules) should be a partisan, or states rights issue.
edit: I meant to say "shouldn't be partisan..."
I'm almost centrist enough to almost somewhat, partially agree with that.
The problem is that Democrats use that as an excuse to lavish people with free stuff with little means testing and support. If you want to provide a safety net for the "truly needy", you need to draw a very firm line as to who qualifies, and for how long, and then enforce it. If you merely make benefits available to the truly needy, then everyone that doesn't own an airplane (and some that do) will make a case that they are truly needy. Personally, I NEED an air conditioner in the Bonanza.
Let them suffer the consequences of their choices. It's not just advice, it's a real-world, fixed equation for success or failure; its results can be seen just by looking around.
We have to come to the point where we're willing to stop subsidizing bad choices, even if we must let several million people suffer for a time now so that countless millions will NOT suffer later.
I take issue with that. It's just a premise, likely flawed, to justify why abortions are acceptable. That means that, at the federal level, everyone who is against abortions not only has to accept it, but has to accept that their tax dollars are being used to fund it. I understand there are laws on the books that say it's illegal, but that doesn't mean it's not happening anyway.
I've posted this before, but according to the liberal Brookings Institution, there are three simple rules that, if followed, will significantly reduce your chances at living in poverty. I would suggest that these three are probably better than providing a means to legal abortions (at the federal level) and trying to justify that it's a good way to reduce crime and poverty.
1. Graduate high school
2. Get a full time job
3. Don't have kids until you're married
That's it. Pretty simple.
https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/three-simple-rules-poor-teens-should-follow-to-join-the-middle-class/
Dems love to keep saying that, as if it removes the stigma from the fact that they were the ones that set the precedent. The Republicans would be idiots to stand back and play by some erroneous sense of fairness while the Democrats used every trick in the book. If the Dems don't think it is right, they should never had opened the door.
No, I'm not. I thought I was pretty clear about that.
Funny, the right said the same thing when the Democrats were ramming Obamacare through and they didn't seem to care. Now all of a sudden it's a big deal because it's a significant portion of the economy and will affect millions of people.
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Gettysburg is one of my favorite places. Just so much history there, and maybe a few ghosts running around. It is a beautiful place that when not crowded is very tranquil. If these Antifa types burn flags, and desecrate graves like the say they are going to they are in for a rude awakening.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/confederate-gettysburg-protests-battle-anniversary-20170627.html
Yes, I know this a straw man argument, but I'll respond anyway. Most of the problem a lot of us have with abortion other than it being akin to murder is that it is often funded by our tax dollars.
