“Do they not technically live in the US? Then they should have to live (literally) with the decisions that they make and have written into law. It's ridiculous how much they've gotten to avoid by basically being this hierarchy that doesn't have to deal with what they have sown. Maybe this would help …”
“Even with the "technical seperation" of church and state, religion has already been strongly influencing a lot of decisions made by the current house and senate. It does not belong there!! The US was supposed to be a place where you could practice whatever religion you wanted (within reason) and kep…”
“I have too many friends who have retired from the military and have needed ongoing healthcare that they were supposed to be able to get from the VA and even with this supposedly enacted, they still had a very hard (damn near impossible) time getting the healthcare they deserve and were promised when…”
“We already make it "our" business what other countries are doing around the world. If we want to stay informed on at least what other countries are "claiming" to be doing, we should stay in the UN. Along with how many trade deals do we have with other countries? And also how many people do we have …”
“This would basically make the 4th (or 8th if a president is re-elected) year ineffective for any president; they could want to enact some helpful legislation to actually help the country and then Congress could stop it in its track. Technically we already have the checks and balances system we don't…”
“There are many congressmen who are blocking the way for actual progress because they have all the time in the world to drag their feet. They don't have any real motivation to stay true to their constituents and instead get influenced and paid off by big corporations. We need ways to keep them more f…”
“This isn't going to make the VA more efficient. The VA needs proper funding and proper staffing to make it run more correctly. Along with medical confidentiality issues and no accountability built in to protect our veterans. Another point being, by what system and standards would these people be cer…”
“There's already something in place that keeps federal funding from going to abortions. There are multiple studies showing that if the government cuts off federal funding to places like Planned Parenthood that women's health care will become extremely limited. The more you limit access women to healt…”