what issues are most important to you?

i am going to stay away from boilerplate "make sure the constitution is followed" type of responses. That should be a given.

1) privacy rights in general and especially for the internet/ending nsas dragnet big brother bulshit/pardon snowden
2) end the drug war
3) end foreign interventionism and democratic/neo-con war profiteering
4) end private prisons
5) abolish taxes or substantially lower them. Ideally get rid of the income tax altogether.
6) Dismantle 2/3rds of the federal budget.
6b) Decrease military spending,
6c) abolish social security (though those that have paid in should get what they are owed),
6d) abolish medicare and medicaid
6e) Abolish obamacare and forced mandatory purchases of a product

I don't know where that gets us but I know it's a big dent.

7) localize government oversight and bureaucracy wherever possible. The further degrees of separation from those that run our lives, the worse off we are. We need our rules to be close to the people.

I think that's a good 7 points for my worldview.
 
"IT'S the economy, stupid"
Wild Bill said it best. Couple that with return to rule of law and that will address everything that matters.
 
"1) Yes."
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I would say they're neither required nor forbidden.
"2) Not on your life." #27
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I would say yes.
"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits." Thomas Jefferson
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If Social Security is such a splendid bargain, why must it be administered at gunpoint? Why not at least make participation voluntary? Why not at least allow a private sector alternative?
 
1. Create a strong Middle class.

2. Stronger organizing rights for workers.

3. Reduce health care costs.

4. Lower Medicare eligibility age. Maintain Social Security, do not raise eligibility age.
 
Billy Batts said:
1. Create a strong Middle class.

2. Stronger organizing rights for workers.

3. Reduce health care costs.

4. Lower Medicare eligibility age. Maintain Social Security, do not raise eligibility age.
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How would you propose paying for number four?
 
sear said:
I would say they're neither required nor forbidden.

I would say yes.

If Social Security is such a splendid bargain, why must it be administered at gunpoint? Why not at least make participation voluntary? Why not at least allow a private sector alternative?
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It is guaranteed income, it is also an income supplement, it does not replace a pension or 401k. You still have to "or should" save money. It also is used for state unemployment. It is very important, that why the law was passed.
 
Billy Batts said:
Raise the ceiling on Medicare withholding tax. Currently caped $200K a year. There is no free ride here.
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You uninformed dumb fuck. There is no cap on Medicare withholding. It was removed in 1993.

In fact thanks to Obama (I hope his daughter get cervical cancer) there is an INCREASE on those making over $200K

be thankful God graced you with the ability to breathe involuntarily. Now get cancer and die already
 
cawacko said:
What's following the constitution really mean? Are social security and Medicare constitutional? Should we eliminate them?
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I would add, how much would eliminating fraud and waste in education would lower annual tuition cost? Three or four dollars annually? Also, why should we favor agriculture over more important segments of the economy when it already over produces more than we can sell domestically and abroad and have to use artificial means to keep prices up? Shouldn't we focus on investing our limited resources on more important parts of the economy that are underdeveloped that would actually grow our economy as opposed to something that wouldn't like agriculture? Wouldn't that just be another government SOP for farmers or is it only socialism when government handouts are for anyone but farmers?
 
Cowgirl Up said:
To me its taking the US constitution and treating it more literally. So basically if it's not mentioned in the US constitution right now, so something like social security, then it would be left to the states to decide if they want to create a system like that. If the states went through the proper process for adding an amendment to the US constitution and it passed then I would see that as being constitutional and i'd be on board. Does that make sense?
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We tried that. It was called the articles of confederation and it was abandoned with glee as it created weak national ties, weak central government and made interstate commerce nearly impossible.

My experience with those who use the ad hom logical fallacy that our government is unconstitutional is that it is largely voiced by those who are denying others their rights to protect their privileges or the privileges of a vested interest group.
 
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