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Politics, News & Issues > Political & Economic Theory Supply-side economics: Do lower taxes increase a country's economic health?: 8 of 39
Taxes, low or high, do not effect "a country's economic health" but rather it's people's economic prosperity, in a "government of the people for the people and by the people" the government neither produces nor supplies anything other than service to the PEOPLE. Simply put like it says in the constitution provide for the com... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Environmental Awareness Should oil companies pay a windfall profits tax?: 6 of 21
Well, first what exactly is a windfall profit? The answer is "An unexpected profit arising from causes not controlled by the recipient." Hmm well, do the profits the oil companies make from their product fit that definition? The last time I looked the oil companies work very hard to find new oil fields, transport the crude o... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Is the US doing enough to stop global warming?: 5 of 13
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. -Ronald Reagan Carbon is one of the most abundant elements in the universe, in fact all life on earth is carbon based, our energy is carbon ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Economy The government should be held to the same principles of good business management as a publicly held US corporation: 9 of 20
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America... More..
Politics, News & Issues > US Immigration The debate on letting immigrants in to the US: 10 of 22
"Now's the time for comprehensive immigration reform. Now's the time for members of both political parties to stand up and show courage, and take a leadership role and do what's right for America," "There's a lot of jobs here in Georgia that require people who are willing to do the work that Americans aren't doing,"-George W... More..
Health & Fitness > Substance Abuse & Addiction (Other) Marijuana: How dangerous is it?: 10 of 15
Marijuana is a very dangerous drug but not in the way that you may think it is true you can find all kind of "evidence" on the dangers of it but look closely all the "evidence" comes from government web sites and if you do the tracking they all quote each other and it goes round and round in a circle like a wild goose chase ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African & Middle Eastern Culture Do you think it's fair to profile Arabs based on their last name and ethnicity?: 8 of 12
There is nothing "fair" about life at all and if you think something is fair or unfair You need to grow up, the real question is not whether something is fair but why do some people Behave in a way that makes all the people from a racial or cultural group a "target" to what they perceive to be "unfair" treatment. Profiling h... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African-American Issues Is affirmative action fair?: 46 of 65
First I would like to say that in this complex world we live in nothing is ever fair, except the weather. The very concept of fairness infers that there should be a level playing field for all people whether it be mentally, physically, monetarily, or educationally and quite frankly this can never be true because we are all I... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Economic News Purposed consumer summer boycott of Exxon and Mobil: 3 of 4
a boycott of Exxon/Mobil, Citgo, Conoco, Shell etc. just wont work, to meet supply and demand these companies trade oil back and forth to meet their demands and bring us the product that we all depend upon so heavily. but just what are we talking about, gas prices? lets examine that for a moment. A barrel is roughly 42 gallo... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Climate change and global warming: What should we do about it: 38 of 42
Climate change, whether man made or not, is happening, I really don't know why we are arguing about it and what is causing it, that is academic, what must really be discussed is what to do about it. Now I don't mean go "carbon neutral" or some such nonsense, but what we need to do about surviving it as a civilized people. Hi... More..