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“Who is ever against more government transparency?”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should the President Have to Make Information About Pardons and Reprieves Public?

“If someone want to die for our country and served honorably, then yes for crying out loud they can stay.”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Giving Unauthorized Immigrants Resident Status in Exchange for Service in the Military

“While I am extremely nervous about secret government lists of people, these are "watch lists": it is illogical to only watch people after they are convicted--it's like saying "that towel is dry so it can't be used on a wet dish"”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should No Fly & Watch Lists Not Matter Unless a Person Has Been Convicted of Terrorism?

“Tax credits on the front end should be easier than FEMA payments on the back end”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should There be Tax Credits For Hurricane and Tornado Readiness Projects?

“"Mandatory minimum" is another way of saying that the legislature decides all cases, rather than let a judge and jury decide anything.”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should More Drug Traffickers Face Mandatory Minimums for Fentanyl and Similar Heroin Substitutes?

“Of course the Food and Drug administration should look into this. If it's a drug, it should be trialed as a drug. If it's a food, it should be safe like other foods. This applies to everything that's sold for Americans to consume. Food and drug security is fundamental to any society.”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: "Cocaine on Training Wheels": Key Senator Demands Regulation of Snortable Chocolate

“"Less than $500,000 a year" is literal pennies in the federal budget. Divided by 350 million Americans, this will cost me $0.0014 a year. A YEAR. A little over a tenth of a penny. Go for it.”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Changing How Federal Agencies Deal With Workplace Discrimination

“Federal regulations for federal labels, state regulations for state labels. Why not "Made in California" if a state wants to have stricter standards?”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should Federal Standards for “Made in USA” Labels Supersede State Regulations?

“Perhaps the only good thing about this is that if it passes all the bums who voted for it will be replaced by opponents in congress before it goes into effect.”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: New Republican Healthcare Bill: Senate Version

“Sanctions have never and will never work. Full stop.”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Expanding Sanctions on Iran for its Ballistic Missile Program and Russia for its Electoral Meddling (Among Other Things)

“We cannot memorialize a war until it has ended. Would we make a monument to WWII dead in 1944?”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should a War Memorial for the Global War on Terrorism be Built on the National Mall?

“Only if they're no longer tax exempt”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should the Johnson Amendment be Repealed to Let Churches and Tax-Exempt Groups Engage in Politics?

“Never a good idea to pay someone for not working. How well is France doing with all their vacation time?”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should Private Sector Workers Get the Choice of Comp Time Instead of Overtime?

“Sanctions don't work and never have: starve the people to make them hate their government? But they're starving already and conditioned to blame us for it. Instead, as we did with China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and as we are now doing with Cuba and even Iran, buy and sell stuff: it makes even the most di…”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should Sanctions on North Korea be Strengthened?

“Let me be clear, the idea of a border wall is inherently dumb, but it's also just a wall. Go for it with seized drug money. ”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should Money Seized From Drug Cartels Like “El Chapo” Go to Funding the Border Wall?

“CBO estimate is pocket change. Why not?”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Does the SEC Need to Consider Ways to Improve Small Businesses’ Access to Capital?

“Just about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Russia and China can veto UN action on this and that because they have a seat at the table. If we don't have a seat at the table, then what's to stop Russia and China from doing whatever unilateral action they want? What's keeping nuclear arms in check? …”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should the U.S. Leave the United Nations?

“The Congress must grant an AUMF or hold the Executive to account if he continues to act without one. Any AUMF must consider the military, geopolitical, humanitarian, and economic cost. It must also set end conditions: nobody wants a quagmire, so decide beforehand what the conditions are! Congress on…”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: What Is An AUMF and Does The President Need One?

“Most US citizens who are terrorists in foreign countries are attacking foreign governments. If we remove their citizenship, we're washing our hands of the responsibility (and international right) to track them down.”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should Americans Who Join Terror Groups Have Their Citizenship Revoked?

“Good policies are good policies, regardless of political football”

- ALLEN S

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In Response to: Should the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals be Split in Two?