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- Sep 3, 2011
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- Political Leaning
- Centrist
I am willing to allow my democratically elected representatives in government to do the job they were elected to do.
Not me... not that I have any choice. My democratically elected representatives have proven to me that they will spend the treasury broke to keep themselves in office.
You should run Maggie. Show em who is boss.
You must mean "Run like hell." :rofl
thats pretty funny Maggie.
True story: average folks can run and can win and can make a difference. Right after Obama got elected a former student of mine in high school back from the class of 1990 called me and said he wanted to run for State Representative. He had kept in touch with me over the years and I had urged him to do such things a few times in the past but he was never ready. So 20 years later he is ready to dive into the pool and says he wants me to run his campaign for him - be the campaign manager - and advise him to to get elected. I was retired and believed in the guy so I did. And in a nine person primary we won. We both worked like dogs and on most days it was only the two of us putting in ten to fifteen hour days for months and months but we won. We even beat the hand picked designated heir of the outgoing state rep.
And now he is in the state capitol doing great things and making a difference.
You should think about running and showing them who the real boss is. I may even know somebody who can give you some campaign advice.
That story, Haymarket, is the United States of America at its very best. Good. For. You. Maybe there is still room for Mr. Smith.
Fair point, but polls are kind of hard to set-up and include every single possible variable and nuance, or else they'd be too unwieldy. By their very nature they have to be somewhat generic.The poll's a little tough to vote in because you don't know the amounts. For example, if we could solve an environmental problem and it would cost everyone 10 cents a year in extra taxes, a lot of people would probably go for it. If it were to cost half of everyone's income, they probably wouldn't.
I'd be willing to pay higher taxes in return for a balanced budget and those making more than me not being able to game the system.
Not interested, I am willing to forgo my "entitlements", in order to reduce the deficit though.
Yes, for infrastructure.
Yes, for education. (K-12)
Yes, for job creation.
Yes, for social programs.
Yes, for medical care.
Yes, for the environment.
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