If 'we the people' have to pay for a political party primary then that primary should be completely open. If the parties want a closed primary they should pay the cost of it 100%.
I like this idea a lot.
Parties get too much first-class treatment in our system. There should be zero institutional support for or respect of parties.
Really, we should go one step further. Religious institutions should have zero special exemptions, and should be forced to incorporate like any other entity following all of the rules they do.
They should be fully taxed, and then given rebates/exemptions for the money they give towards charitable works or community improvement.
Operation costs for a food bank = Tax exempt Lawyer fees for sex scandle = Fuck No
Comparing what my lawyer has charged me to what I have gotten from their services I would have to say that much of their bill should qualify as charity.
A surprisingly large chunk of the south not crazy.
Gerrymandering.
Remember: Democrats won the "popular vote" by a significant margin in all house races combined. Yet, they represent a minority of congressional districts.
We've decided to try to extend this fun game we've been playing until mid-January, where we'll host another puppet theater and play with government employee's livelihoods and the long term prospects of people literally dying for want of government funded research, to name two examples. We're also still keeping the sequester, but shhh you're supposed to have stopped talking about that by now.
We'll probably cut Social Security, because Obama is pretty hot to do that anyway, and oh yeah we'll be imposing stricter hurdles on signing up for the ACA across the board in a malicious and cynical attempt to exclude as many working poor as possible.
Is there any reliable data on treasury roll overs? If bonds are not "rolled over" how much would the government have to actually spend between interest and paying out on bonds that have matured?
We've decided to try to extend this fun game we've been playing until mid-January, where we'll host another puppet theater and play with government employee's livelihoods and the long term prospects of people literally dying for want of government funded research, to name two examples. We're also still keeping the sequester, but shhh you're supposed to have stopped talking about that by now.
We'll probably cut Social Security, because Obama is pretty hot to do that anyway, and oh yeah we'll be imposing stricter hurdles on signing up for the ACA across the board in a malicious and cynical attempt to exclude as many working poor as possible.
Correct me if I am wrong but, raising the debt limit is simply kicking the can down the road isnt it? And the can been kicked down the road since...I dunno, Iraq? The next time the problem raises its head again...well..
When something gives, it's not going to be pretty, but, seems like the only way there can ever be a change in doing things over there.
Yo, can someone explain to me why we have a debt ceiling? I get that the idea is that it will limit the amount of foreign debt we have, but it doesn't and why should it?
Correct me if I am wrong but, raising the debt limit is simply kicking the can down the road isnt it? And the can been kicked down the road since...I dunno, Iraq? The next time the problem raises its head again...well..
When something gives, it's not going to be pretty, but, seems like the only way there can ever be a change in doing things over there.
The can has been kicked for $17 Trillion. We're not paying our bills with the debt increase, we're taking on new bills.
Yo, can someone explain to me why we have a debt ceiling? I get that the idea is that it will limit the amount of foreign debt we have, but it doesn't and why should it?
Sincere question.
It started with politicians who pretended not to understand how the economy works to placate voters who didn't understand.
The problem is that some of those politicians are no longer pretending.
See ya next year. I honestly don't understand enough about the US govt. to give any real analysis but it does act as a good drama for my bucket of popcorn.
Yo, can someone explain to me why we have a debt ceiling? I get that the idea is that it will limit the amount of foreign debt we have, but it doesn't and why should it?
Sincere question.
It started with politicians who pretended not to understand how the economy works to placate voters who didn't understand.
The problem is that some of those politicians are no longer pretending.
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Parties get too much first-class treatment in our system. There should be zero institutional support for or respect of parties.
Operation costs for a food bank = Tax exempt
Lawyer fees for sex scandle = Fuck No
Remember: Democrats won the "popular vote" by a significant margin in all house races combined. Yet, they represent a minority of congressional districts.
We've decided to try to extend this fun game we've been playing until mid-January, where we'll host another puppet theater and play with government employee's livelihoods and the long term prospects of people literally dying for want of government funded research, to name two examples. We're also still keeping the sequester, but shhh you're supposed to have stopped talking about that by now.
We'll probably cut Social Security, because Obama is pretty hot to do that anyway, and oh yeah we'll be imposing stricter hurdles on signing up for the ACA across the board in a malicious and cynical attempt to exclude as many working poor as possible.
Merry Christmas!!
When something gives, it's not going to be pretty, but, seems like the only way there can ever be a change in doing things over there.
Sincere question.
Still someone I can actually vote against voted against reopening, senator Pat Toomey.
The problem is that some of those politicians are no longer pretending.