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“Do we really want our Presidents to have to go get a job after leaving the White House? This hardly seems like the place for us to start instituting means testing.”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should Wealthy Former Presidents Have Smaller Allowances?

“No one wants to go to war with North Korea. However, if North Korea acts in a hostile fashion, it would take too long to get Congress to approve anything in a timely fashion. What message will this send to North Korea? Might it embolden him to act more rashly? This is a well intentioned idea, bu…”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should Congress Have to Approve Military Action Against North Korea?

“This sounds like micromanagement. Also, the proposed study method would seem to produce data of uncertain value. How can you compare people who call into a helpline with people who don’t? Obviously two distinct populations. What’s the real motivation behind this?”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should the VA Study the Effectiveness of the Veterans Crisis Line?

“We should strive to keep government efficient, with care to maintain its proper function. If we can eliminate redundant agency oversight and review, we should, as long as the review still happens. ”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Streamlining Permits for Hydropower Projects

“There are reasons we developed the financial regulations we have, to safeguard the system and individuals from financial scams and corruption. Even in our free society we need certain rules to protect us from each other and ourselves. Opening this box may help to mobilize capital, but will certain…”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should Small Businesses be Allowed to Sell Non-Public Stock Under Certain Circumstances?

“While I appreciate the concern and desire to protect workers, the NLRB ruling would seem to over reach their authority and results in unnecessary ambiguity over what should be a straight forward question of who actually employees the worker. The NLRB ruling seems to have extended corporate liabilit…”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: "Save Local Business Act": Changing Federal Employment Regulations of Companies That Have Franchises

“The process for allocation of organs for transplant is already established in the house of medicine. The VA status of the donor should play no roll in establishing whether a VA patient can receive the transplant or not, and VA individuals should be able to donate to those outside the VA.”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should the VA be Allowed to Provide Organ Transplants For Vets When the Living Donor is a Non-Veteran?

“The goal sounds good, but I have a hard time believing that we don’t already have rooms full of people who already do this for us against other governments- I mean to protect us from other governments? Why are we going outside what we (should) already have?”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should the Treasury Have a “Bug Bounty” Program to Expose & Fix Vulnerabilities in its Computer Systems?

“Is he the most qualified? It seems like an economist would be more appropriate (as were the previous chairs). I don’t know that his five years on the board now qualify him to run it.”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Trump Taps Jerome Powell as Next Fed Chair

“Providing transparency about the nature of tax credits given out is good for general public awareness as well as drawing attention to those who approve these tax credits, in both cases making sure that the process is being used appropriately.”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should the IRS Disclose Information About Entities Getting Special Interest Tax Credits?

“Decreasing public payment for something is not the same as violating someone’s rights. Limiting public funding for elective abortions does not take away someone’s right to have an abortion performed. Why is it the public’s responsibility to pay for it? Sooner or later we need to get out of the me…”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Will the GOP Go After Abortion Through Title X?

“CHIP provides essential benefits, and needs to be reauthorized. There is only so much money to go around, and I understand that we simply cannot spend more on everything. I would prioritize spending on children, in an effort to start them off in life in good health.”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) & the Community Health Centers Program

“While I am hesitant about how these definitions are applied to people, at the end of the day, I still believe in the country and people of the United States of America. If we have so little trust in the men and women, our neighbors and fellow citizens, who work to safeguard us from people who seek …”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Revoking the Passports of Members & Affiliates of Foreign Terrorist Organizations

“We the people can decide if we want a standardized definition of healthcare benefits, although this can happen just as readily at the state level as the federal level. I think there is a common misconception, however, in equating health insurance / benefits with being healthy. What has contributed…”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: New Rule Would Let States Decide Essential Health Benefits

“These types of overarching “support” bills that do not include more specifics on allocation seem prone to wasteful, inefficient spending. It’s not clear that the Federal government should be initiating these types of bills. It would seem to be better to have the states address this, and have the s…”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Providing $36.5 Billion in Disaster Relief for Hurricane and Wildfire Recovery

“The government should not be diverting penalties on corporations to an “approved list” of non-profits. Who approves this list? This seems like one more way for political favoritism. It’s discouraging to hear that this is currently going on. Please stop this practice. The government should not b…”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Do the Feds Need to Stop Requiring Companies to Give “Donations” to Outside Groups When Settling Lawsuits?

“Common sense legislation is needed to address the changing technology of firearms in this country. However, simply allowing liability for one persons actions, who mis-use an item, to be transferred to someone else does not address this issue. ”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Should it be Easier to Sue Gun Manufacturers and Distributors When People Misuse Guns?

“Existing law already allows for paramedics to administer narcotics per established protocols.”

- MATTHEW C

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In Response to: Do Paramedics Need to Legally be Able to Administer Narcotics to Patients?