I Want To Talk Politics

@npc:

"Close our borders, meaning: make then selective again, not porous"

I don't know what you mean by selective again, so I am not going to speculate. As to the "porous" part, I recall more than 20 years ago, the kids would be playing at the property we had right along the US-Canadian border. The ball would roll into Canada, and I would simply walk into Canada, pick up the ball, and then head back into the US.

Today, a fly cannot got through without setting off all sorts of alarms at the border station. Not that there's much activity these days, at least not since Washington State legalized pot.

The border is more secure these days, than it has ever been in our history. The illegal migrants issue is not new. It has always been there.

To make 100% secure would take more money than we have.

As far as deportations: the Obama administration has always under fire by liberals, for adopting an aggressive deportation policy.

"Stop over taxing the crap out of the populace"

The average person pays now less taxes than they did in the good ole days. The only difference, is that the wealthiest Americans pay 1/3 or less of what they used back when we were great. I don't need to remind you that conservatives have been in charge of both houses for the past couple of years.

"Stop the war on police"

I didn't know there was a war on police. There is a difference between asking for accountability, and a war on police.

"Stop making nice with enemies"

Enemies? Saudi Arabia? China? simple: stop buying their products, and invest in alternate energy sources. Instead of calling for the economy disadvantaged, to go back to the coal mines, where they will meet an early grave, why not invest in alternate energy sources, and give them jobs in that industry?

"Terminate Obama care"

Why? how did Obamacare hurt the country?

"Make English our nation's language"

English has never been our nation's official language. It is the defacto language. Who is forcing you to speak, or communicate in, anything other than English. If you have workers who speak Spanish only, then you should do your part, hire Americans, and pay them 3 times what you pay the Latinos. If you pull up to a drive through, and the worker on the other does not speak English, stop patronizing that establishment.


"Embrace what it means to be distinctly American"

I don't know what that means. Should I learn more about my local Native American tribe, place Dream Catchers all over the house, and work to convert my local Church/Temple into a sweat lodge?

"Strengthen our military"

We have the world's most technologically advanced military. Short of a nuclear exchange, there is no single conflict that we are not capable of winning, using our existing strength.

"Get rid of Common Core and its incestuous relationship with Sage publications"

NO comment here, and I don't know what this even means, other than: let's not have any standards for teaching our kids.

"Stop taxpayer funding of planned parenthood"

The money planned parenthood receives, cannot be used for abortions. The "misunderstanding" started out with Senator Kyle's (AZ) "hyperbole": more than 90&% of what they do is abortions. In reality, it's only 3%, the rest goes toward contraception, STDs, cancer screenings, and women's health services. Also, taxpayers money cannot be used for abortions, by law. You don't think that people should be educated about birth control and STDs?

"That's just a start"

OK, let's hear the rest.

"I'm not interested in your statistics"

Sure, let's stick with hypoerbole. It's more accurate that way.

"I've answered your question."

Thank you