“At least in the context of health insurance, "full time" should not be prescribed in hours logged, but in whether the person can be reasonably expected to maintain a second or third job in order to reach "full time" status. And such an expectation must include pay vs affordable housing + commute. Un…”
- STEVEN J
“If the evidence shows elected officials dictating and failing to represent all of The People, then amend our Constitution to redress that core problem, rather than to exclude parental dependents from delegated sovereignty. Well-meaning-but-out-of-touch dictation is a failure of a republic that will …”
- STEVEN J
“Yes, we should have single payer. Health is heavily impacted by environment/contexts that cross isolated markets. My neighbors do not work with the same business as myself, and my business peers do not live near me, etc. Obviously we should have government managed cost sharing. However, health syste…”
- STEVEN J
“In my opinion, concealed carry is non-sterile bandaid to a systemic problem. Federal legislation should *suggest* no firearms and open-carry over concealed-carry, but *require* local approval for either. This bill seems to cover the second part, so sure. However, federal legislators spending time on…”
- STEVEN J
“Obviously, Confederate insignia represent racism to more people than it doesn't. However, the summary for this issue is both overly specific and too general. It is "only a House resolution" but I would rather it frame things as "exclusionary iconography" and/or not weigh the nation against independe…”
- STEVEN J
“It seems that lobbyists are privatized representatives, as in a political Republic, without a constitutional contract to ensure they appropriately represent their constituents. Especially in the case of tax funded lobbyists, we should ensure that the near entirety is represented rather than simple m…”
- STEVEN J
“The focus and phrasing by countable on this issue disappoints me. The prompts employed here seem to play into "incite outrage to drive user engagement" rather than connect citizens to their democracy. "Results on hold?" Don't be ridiculous, he is in either case a nearly elected representative that i…”
- STEVEN J
“For the reps proposing and supporting this bill, if you are in need of a gun because a rational person is retaliating against your misrepresentation then be more moderate in your policy in votes. Moderate meaning centrist, not hawkish or isolationist. On the other hand, if you fear unhinged people, …”
- STEVEN J
“Build bridges, not land mines. Murder and assault are serious crimes against any person, this bill encourages a class distinction saying that citizens with the authority and power to enact grave personal "punishment" are more important than other citizens. These citizens may be at greater risk becau…”
- STEVEN J
“I'm ok with taxing imports more than domestic when the difference is to cover protection acts (e.g. Environmental and worker) that exist for domestic and otherwise evaded in foreign production. And to ensure that that is not a proxy for a different agenda, those revenues should go to the agencies re…”
- STEVEN J
“A wolf in sheep's clothing. "Irrevocable" and eliminating extreme wealth taxes. Flat tax appeals to the many on the burden of filing taxes. That burden is better addressed by providing to the tax payers a pre-filled form with the information already available to the IRS, like nearly all other nation…”
- STEVEN J
“I have not been engaged in Union activities personally, but have had family in unions. The framing of this bill (review) calls out how the majority of Union political contributions go to the Democratic Party, but conveniently omits where the employer political contributions go. Seems like this bill …”
- STEVEN J
“I support my rep in voting no on this bill. The summary for this issue implies an intention to use this bill for criminalizing-by-proxy (close the loop on a case where a rapist was found not guilty of child pornography, presumably because the sexual assault could not or would not be prosecuted direc…”
- STEVEN J
“In the market of employment that the United States governments support and encourage, it is important to set a standard for expectations. However, I'm not certain that this bill best exercises that government obligation. I'm in favor of this bill as better than its absence, but it may be better yet …”
- STEVEN J
“There is an interesting conversation to be had here regarding the symbolism of the national American flag, and the utility/effectiveness of the the half-staff procedure. Half-Staff is a great and effective tool for millions of citizens, but maybe not hundred-millions or billions. I'm inclined toward…”
- STEVEN J
“Afaik, we do not have the systems to safely maintain DNA records and prosecute misuse. Perhaps if this bill covered those procedures, such as limiting the shared and searchable data to identify (e.g. reduce to ssn, not adding RAPID collected DNA to records). Incidental collection should be segregate…”
- STEVEN J
“Please be cautious in regards to this bill, it seems likely to have tangential impact of further militarizing public service and encourage judicial process to label reasonable suspect self-defense as attempted murder. We ought to put more effort into reducing the risk to public servants, but not in …”
- STEVEN J