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“Government workers didn’t cause this mess, and they would certainly prefer to be back at work. They should absolutely receive back pay. We could fund the back pay by taking a few fewer Mar a Lago trips.”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Should Federal Employees Furloughed Because of the Gov’t Shutdown Get Back Pay?

“We should just not have these facilities use any internet connection. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Does Cybersecurity at U.S. Ports Need to be Improved?

“No. Unfortunately we can't pass laws to perpetually punish someone for the same crime. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Should The U.S. Track Where Child-Sex Offenders Travel?

“We're wasting time and money on the TSA. We should abolish the agency entirely, not further entrench them. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Do Existing TSA Security Reforms Need to be Made Into Law?

“No. Studies have shown that the TSA is ineffective at pretty much everything except costing money and wasting time. We should abolish the TSA entirely. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Does the TSA Need to Provide Screenings at Airports that Bring Back Passenger Flights?

“This is a regressive tax. We need to tax the wealth of those who have some at the expense of others. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Does Congress Need to Oppose the President’s Proposed $10 Per Barrel Tax on Oil?

“Any bill de-funding abortion providers should be scrapped at the outset, regardless of what else is in it. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: $81.6 Billion in Funding for the VA, Military Construction, and Zika in FY2017

“No. They work, they should get paid like the rest of us. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Do Minor League Baseball Players Need to be Exempt From Overtime and Minimum Wage Rules?

“This is a terrible idea. Most people don't understand the technologies and the legalese involved in technology agreements. In no way should we allow the government or enforcement agency to have unchecked access to data. Ever. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Creating a Voluntary Data Sharing Program Between The Government and the Private Sector

“What a stupid question. It's a flag, it has different meaning to different people. Get over it. Get over yourself while you're at it. Also, patriotism and nationalism aren't requirements, we shouldn't be basing stupid rules on these ideas. I'm already bored with this stupid question and it's entire…”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Amending the Constitution to Ban Desecrating the American Flag

“What a stupid question. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to the Americans Who Lost Their Lives At Benghazi

“What a stupid piece of shit idea. Ironically, it's entirely promoting a political bias. We need to have our existing checks and balances add a check on private corporations and lobbyists though. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Does Our System of Checks and Balances Need to Be Rebalanced?

“We should do this for everyone who's job is no longer needed. If we value work then we need to make sure people always have access to training and a job. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: If You Lose Your Job Because of a Trade Agreement — Should the Gov't Retrain You for New Jobs?

“There shouldn't be such a thing as a secret budget. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Public Disclosure of Budget Requests of the Sixteen Federal Agencies Comprising the U.S. Intelligence Community

“People who fall into this bracket don't earn their income themselves. They make their income by gleaning the proceeds created by the work of other people. By choosing to extract profits from the labor of others, you're also choosing to pay additional taxes. Those in the 1% should pay significantly m…”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Should People Not Have to Pay More Than 50% of their Income in Taxes?

“Stop the war machine. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: The Pentagon’s $575 Billion Spending Package for FY2017

“It's already illegal in most states for felons to own firearms. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Do People Convicted of Hate Crimes Need to be Banned from Buying Guns?

“No. They just shouldn't get big tax deductions. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Should Wealthy Taxpayers Have to Pass a Drug Test to Get Big Tax Deductions?

“States who have shitty programs shouldn't get that grant money. That said, you can't have a successful program without a fully scaled response. ”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Should State and Local Governments Show Their Social Programs Get Results Before Getting Grants?

“There is no such thing as an unlimited right. We are accountable for our speech, we are regulated in how we vote, but for some reason people don't think we should be accountable for exercising the Second Amendment. Gun makers should be accountable for producing a safe product, and liable for safety …”

- MICHAEL S

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In Response to: Should Gun Sellers Have to Wait for a Completed Background Check to Transfer a Firearm?