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Old 05-17-2011, 01:20 PM
 
Location: South Jordan, Utah
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Lets focus on Federal Government programs and don't list things constitutionally mandated like defense.

What are your big 5 programs you must have and what 5 things to you want to stop or things you want to ban?
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Old 05-17-2011, 01:30 PM
 
Location: NC
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Lets focus on Federal Government programs and don't list things constitutionally mandated like defense.

What are your big 5 programs you must have and what 5 things to you want to stop or things you want to ban?
Thinks I like

Social Security
Medicare
Student Loans
The EPA/Park service
DOT

Things I would like to restrict

Commodity Speculation (it adds about $.50 to gas prices)
Securities corporations (Re-institute glass-steggle let the banks be banks and brokerage houses be brokerage houses don't allow the two to combine).
Corporate monopoly trusts.
Pollution
Illegal immigration
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Old 05-17-2011, 01:43 PM
 
Location: South Jordan, Utah
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Thinks I like

Social Security
Medicare
Student Loans
The EPA/Park service
DOT

Things I would like to restrict

Commodity Speculation (it adds about $.50 to gas prices)
Securities corporations (Re-institute glass-steggle let the banks be banks and brokerage houses be brokerage houses don't allow the two to combine).
Corporate monopoly trusts.
Pollution
Illegal immigration
Thanks! That is exactly what I am looking for.

To others, please resit the urge to debate the issues on this thread, thanks!
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Old 05-18-2011, 10:52 AM
 
Location: South Jordan, Utah
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Just a few more!
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Old 06-19-2011, 01:12 PM
 
Location: South Jordan, Utah
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Random was the only one to play along. But had more of you posted you would see the problem we have. Everyone has a different list of Top 5's, so what are the odds that we will get 51% of the people to vote for 51% of the politicians that will vote only for 100% of you you want?

You will get your wants but so will everyone else.

A better solution is to push for an even playing field that protects our rights from government, individuals, criminals, corporations, etc.

To me this is the least radical goal.
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Old 06-20-2011, 12:01 PM
 
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Thinks I like

Social Security
Medicare
Student Loans
The EPA/Park service
DOT

Things I would like to restrict

Commodity Speculation (it adds about $.50 to gas prices)
Securities corporations (Re-institute glass-steggle let the banks be banks and brokerage houses be brokerage houses don't allow the two to combine).
Corporate monopoly trusts.
Pollution
Illegal immigration
There is interest like self interest. being a student, of course you like student loans.

Why should my money help you go to school?
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Old 06-20-2011, 12:06 PM
 
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Lets focus on Federal Government programs and don't list things constitutionally mandated like defense.

What are your big 5 programs you must have and what 5 things to you want to stop or things you want to ban?
ANYTHING not constitutionally mandated should be BANNED.
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Old 06-20-2011, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Reality
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Lets focus on Federal Government programs and don't list things constitutionally mandated like defense.

What are your big 5 programs you must have and what 5 things to you want to stop or things you want to ban?
There should be no federal government programs that aren't constitutionally mandated like defense.

Give rights back to the states where they belong.
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Old 06-20-2011, 12:15 PM
 
Location: PA
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5 Things it can do as per the constitution
Feeral Level only

Defense (OURS) only ( close the bases around the world)
General Welfare (Natural Disaster Relief ONLY, infects diseases and or epidenmic)
Protect our borders Immgranton Control
Protect Individual LIBERTY and restrain the power of government against the individual.
Write and enforce laws on those who use force on others.

5 things to ban.
War on drugs
War on poverty
The Federal Reserve
Welfare programs (social security, welfare, food stamps, medicare, corporate welfare)
Government attempt to manage health industry.

the list of bans needs to be longer then 5.

but if given the choice I give you 5 more
Department of transportation
Department of education
Department of labor
Department of energy
TSA!
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Old 06-20-2011, 12:16 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Things I do or would like:

Social security funded by a tax on all income from all sources.
Universal health care affordable or available to everyone
Low cost education, including medical, available for everyone qualified
Countervailing tariffs on imports to eliminate unfair pricing
Greater control of immigration and H2b visa program
Nationalization of private utility companies and exemption for nuclear generating facilities from EPA and Environmental assessment programs
Legalization and nationalization of currently illegal drugs

Things I would like to stop:

Income tax on the lowest 90th percentile of the population
Gasohol fuel program
Farm subsidies to nonresident owners and corporations
Using the US Military to protect International petroleum
Collusion between Banks and Security dealers
War on Terrorism, drugs and common sense
Elimination of the F part of BATF
Congress and Administrative critters from working for the firms they regulated

Just a small part of the “to be eliminated section”.
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