“One day we’re going to look back at this bill and its effects and all will see it for the evil monstrosity most of us see it as now. Trickle-down doesn’t work because the people at the top aren’t into sharing, at all. Sure, they’ll make tax-deductible contributions to charities to create some semb…”
- JESSE B
“The most important issue facing the nation today is education. Financing public schools by property taxes means that children begin their lives learning their place in an unequal system. Poorer areas have fewer schools with larger classrooms. The use of standardized testing has created a system i…”
- JESSE B
“I admit I'm conflicted. I'm all for taking the federal government down a notch or two and returning more power to states. However I am also concerned about refugees finding a place here. Perhaps incentives should be offered to states for accepting refugees, if that isn't already happening. More …”
- JESSE B
“In 10 years working in the furniture industry I watched as the last bit of American manufacturing disappeared into east Asia. We desperately need to keep jobs here in the US. However we need a CORRECT bill, one that closes loopholes rather than opening new ones. Fix this bill so that it will actu…”
- JESSE B
“You can't legislate people into being nice to each other. I think rather than slapping a politically correct Band-Aid onto a broken system we should just fix the system. How about re-prioritizing our budgets to pay teachers more, shrink classroom sizes, and, while we're at it, provide healthy lunc…”
- JESSE B
“Absolutely not. The last thing we want is to add power utilities to the list of services in the hands of private companies who are not accountable to the public. Costs will rise, services and safety standards will decline. It's bad enough our medicine and education are subject to profiteering, no…”
- JESSE B
“I despise Trump and what his election says about America. However, there is no justification for psychoanalysts to diagnose someone they haven't treated. And that's if you have enough faith in psychoanalysis to believe it's an established enough science to be trusted with things like determining a…”
- JESSE B
“There isn't much detail yet on how exactly these goals will be accomplished, but I'm completely behind these goals. In particular getting high-speed internet access and incentives for vocational education can make a huge difference. Personally I have my doubts about the feasibility of raising wage…”
- JESSE B
“This bill is ridiculous! Why should we take a stand against the boycotting of ANY nation by an organization? What business is it of the federal government to intervene in such a matter? Would such a bill be put forward on behalf of any other nation? And why is time being wasted on this when we s…”
- JESSE B