“A raise in the minimum wage does nothing to cause people in those jobs to advance and learn new skills and make room for the high school kids those jobs are typically meant for. The focus should be on making vocational training and college education more accessible, not on making fast food jobs mor…”
“A bill to continue the patriot act in any way legitimizes the civil rights violations and unconstitutional search and seizure of private information of citizens. The patriot act needs to die unceremoniously so that a new bill which tries to address the security concerns without nullifying the fourt…”
“Waste of public resources on an issue that isn't the business of our government, and carries the potential to put lives at risk to preserve artifacts of a people because they are unwilling to expel the destructive wireless within. Our government has a spending/revenue problem and we simply can't af…”
“Requiring people to purchase health insurance does not address the issue that ACA was passed to address. It also stands on shaky ground constitutionally speaking as it represents the government requiring citizens to make a purchase from private companies. It also does not make anything more afford…”
“It would be foolish to believe that illegal immigration will stop under any current measure, and businesses will hire illegal immigrants to save money. We should punish not the workers, but the business owners who employ illegal immigrants. This would disincentive illegal immigrants from getting o…”
“The law which actually keeps marijuana illegal is misapplied and based upon bad science to boot. Much like prohibition of alcohol the only things the law against it have done are to create a market for criminal enterprises and to make criminals of people whose only offense has been recreational (or…”
“Raising the overhead of so many businesses so drastically will result in inflation. That means that those who already earn more than $13/hr will see a decrease in their purchasing power, and the purchasing power of those in the positions which are paid the new minimum wage will see diminishing retu…”
“It doesn't make sense to draw a distinction at twenty weeks. It fails the litmus test of common sense, not because abortion after twenty weeks is right but because abortion at any interval is wrong. Morality notwithstanding, it is the law that abortion is legal, and as long as that is the case the…”
“The effectiveness of the programs established under the provisions of the patriot act is not at issue, and any potential positive outcome is irrelevant. At issue is the right to privacy established in the fourth amendment which guarantee a citizen reasonable expectation of privacy of their personal…”
“Police are already accountable through the same process as any citizen who kills another. Subjecting officers to a federal court as a result of their job title is questionable from a constitutional perspective, and partisan politics should not have an opportunity to sway the handling of a trial as …”