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“People who have been convicted of hate crimes have shown a severe lack of ethics, morals, and judgement. If weapons are to be legally available to the public, then the leash we can do is prevent these particular individuals from easy access.”

- EDWARD C

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

“This is largely a legislative stunt to bring light to an issue surrounding the way welfare recipients are treated. Of course I believe drug tests for welfare is a waste of money, and generally a bad idea. That said, this idea, if it were to actually pass, would be better than the way it is now, if f…”

- EDWARD C

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

“It is profoundly difficult to figure out paperwork already, I can only imagine what it's like for our Veterans. They have done so much for us, we can do no less than help them in every way we can.”

- EDWARD C

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

“Women should be paid the same for the same work and training/experience, period. Furthermore, the bill has protection for those legitimate reasons for pay difference. The biggest argument against it is that trial lawyers would have a bonanza. This is only true if there are endless lines of people wi…”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Mind the Wage Gap: Strengthening the Equal Pay Act

“We must be much more cautious in our trade deals (the TPP, for instance, is a disaster), but I think it's impossible to make a trade deal that is good for every American. Besides, Globalization (and eventual automation) is a force that can't be stopped in the long run. We need methods in place to he…”

- EDWARD C

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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?

“It's the common sense and right thing to do. Discrimination is never defensible, even when that discrimination is supported by religious beliefs. ”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Adding Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation to the List of Protected Classes

“Current regulations are clearly insufficient, and I think the core premise that people should be notified about health hazards like lead levels in water are simply common sense.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Do the EPA, States, and Water Utilities Need to Notify the Public About Lead Levels in Drinking Water?

“Why not? Congress is already great at avoiding "real work," so that argument doesn't fly with me. Besides, it is important that as a society we communally recognize seminal cultural icons. The arts are important.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Honoring the Life and Achievements of Prince

“Zika is an incredibly serious disease that is threatening our citizenry, and could very well be an epidemic. The Ebola money is still needed to combat that threat. We cannot slack in our fight against either threat.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Authorizing Nearly $2 Billion to Manage the Zika Crisis

“Global warming is a real existential threat to the human race, and it is mostly man-made. To the extent we can, we must overcome this threat, and ceasing our support of the industries that helped create the problem is just the first of many steps that must be taken to save ourselves.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Eliminating Subsidies for the Oil, Gas, and Coal Industries

“The United States must be a beacon of hope for all of humanity, if we are to live up to our high ideals. As people, we need to have the kind of kindness and empathy that will be required to turn this World into the kind of place we want to live in. These refugees are fleeing from the same terror tha…”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Does The U.S. Need to Expand its Programs to Help Refugees?

“The United States is too involved in the Middle East. Our involvement has enhanced the radicalization of Islamic terror groups. Furthermore, I do not believe that we have the correct interests at heart. Our foreign-policy has been based largely around fattening the wallets of rich defense contractor…”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Authorizing Ground Troops Against ISIS — Anytime, Anywhere

“If there must be a draft, and women must have the right to serve equally with men in the military, then these two realities naturally combine to mean that women should also have to register for the draft. ”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Requiring Women to Register for the Draft

“Legalize it, and tax it. Win-win for everybody.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Taxing Recreational Marijuana Sales

“Theft is theft. It's wrong and there should be some restitution options for victims. There is a caveat, though, which is that this sort of thing needs to go hand in hand with a regal of ip and copyright laws to make advancements go into public domain more quickly.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: If a Trade Secret is Stolen, Should the Owner be Able to Sue in Federal Court?

“These regulations curb the natural impulse to put the bottom line ahead of the customer. Those inclinations may be natural, but they are unhealthy for our economy, and the moral fiber of our society. If we aren't caring for each other, we don't deserve the society we have.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Does Congress Need to Block New Regulations on Financial Advisors?

“I do not like this opinion. I think that it should be in annually adjusted living wage according to economic region. Or at worst, $15. $12 an hour is simply not enough. But, it is better than nothing.”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Is it Time to (Gradually) Raise the Minimum Wage to $12?

“No other issue in the United States is as important as this one. The endless stream of money, which is not speech but a possession, is destroying our ability to have a free and fair democracy. So long as big business and multinational corporations have this kind of power over our political process, …”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Amending the Constitution to Prevent Political Spending by Corporations and PACs

“Education should be a right guaranteed by the government. Higher Education is a necessity for basic success in life in our modern world. However we decide to pay for it, it must be done. Student loans, meanwhile, are a shackle upon the next generation and what they are capable of achieving. These lo…”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Should the U.S. Eliminate Tuition for Public Colleges and Reform Student Loans?

“The president may indeed have to act upon the laws passed, but he has the power to decide the manner in which the law is enforced. By deciding that resources will not go to deporting the parents of children, he is merely saying that those resources will be used to enforce the law in other, more huma…”

- EDWARD C

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In Response to: Supporting the President’s Executive Orders on Immigration