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“Neither the budgetary deficit nor the national debt are accurately expressed as a per person share. The cost of this calculations this figure to score cheap political points is a waste of money. ”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Do Presidential Budget Proposals Need an Estimate of the Deficit’s Cost Per Taxpayer?

“One president's term ends when the next president is sworn in. The GOP may not recognize Obama's legitimacy, but the people voted for him and his executive decisions stand until his departure.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Should Executive Orders be Defunded Until the Next President Takes Office?

“Preventive care reduces health care costs in the long run. Eliminating it from coverage will have the effect of raising premium costs down the road. If cutting insurance company cost outlays is the goal, let's slash healthcare CEO salaries and pass those savings along.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Do Obamacare Mandates Need to be Lifted to Reduce Premiums?

“Why the hell are we subsidizing the obesity epidemic my giving tax cuts to junk food advertisers? This is madness, and it must stop.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Do Tax Deductions for Advertising Junk Food to Kids Need to be Eliminated?

“Yes! Increase the franchise by making voting more convenient. If we're not going to make Election Day a national holiday mail-by-vote should be universal.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Should Voters Be Able to Cast Their Ballots by Mail in Federal Elections?

“Yes. Coal is too environmentally destructive to remain a part of our energy arsenal, but that doesn't mean we should turn our backs on the women and men who make their livings in the mines. Let's redeploy them in green energy fields. ”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Do States and the Feds Need to Offer Out of Work Coal Miners Retraining Opportunities?

“Yes! Of course yes! But we really should fund our schools sufficiently to make this practice unnecessary. ”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Do Teachers Need a Tax Deduction for School Supplies They Buy?

“Let's legitimize the war we're already waging. ”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Authorizing the Use of the U.S. Military Against Islamist Terror Groups

“What greater expression of patriotism is there than military service? If you risk life and limb for this country then you are a citizen. Full stop.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Giving Undocumented Immigrants Resident Status in Exchange for Armed Forces Service

“16 year-olds can't purchase beer, cigarettes, or even vote. Why would we trust them with lethal arms?”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Should People Under Age 16 be Banned From Possessing or Using Assault Weapons?

“Wearing a body cam protects the citizen and the cop: false accusations against police can be easily disproven with body cam footage, and conversely actual police misconduct is discouraged because the officer knows it will be recorded.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Should More Police Officers Have Body Cameras?

“The militarization of police is a clear and present danger to civilian safety.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Should it be Easier for Local Law Enforcement to Buy Surplus Military Gear?

“We don't need the lax gun control standards of rural states imperiling major urban centers.”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Allowing Concealed Carry Permit Holders to Carry Their Handguns in Other States

“Policing is a profession not a protected class. ”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Should Deliberate Attacks Against Police Officers be Prosecuted as Hate Crimes?

“MLB is a multibillion dollar industry. They can afford to play their employees a fair wage. They certainly don't balk at paying their stars exorbitant salaries! Why pinch pennies with the little guys?”

- BERNARD P

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

“There is no safe amount of lead exposure. Let's remove all that we can. #NoMoreFlints”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Should the EPA Update its Standards for Lead-Painted Houses?

“There virtually no evidence that in-person voter fraud occurs. The real agenda behind this legislation is the disenfranchisement of the poor and elderly.”

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In Response to: Should States be Allowed to Require Proof of Citizenship When Registering Voters?

“They're enough loopholes in the tax code for Dodgers. No need to codify another.”

- BERNARD P

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

“This effectively amounts to a tax subsidy for Advil and Pepcid AC. I don't see the need for it.”

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In Response to: Using Health Savings Accounts to Purchase Over the Counter Drugs

“Anything we can do to help vets access their hard-earned benefits we should and must do. ”

- BERNARD P

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In Response to: Does the VA Need to Host Events to Help Vets File Disability and Pension Claims?