Other - Politics & Government - September 2007

I see the problems every day....Gay marriage, abortion, gun control, drug laws....Why are we wasting time and money forcing the federal government to handle these problems? You cannot have the same marriage laws in Tennessee that you do California! Stop forcing all these ideological problems on the feds! Every State has different cultures and values and they should be treated as such!

2007-09-06 09:36:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

How many of you believe Healthcare is a right?

If you dont believe it is a right, then how do you account for the unfairness of a child receiving different healthcare from another child just because their parents have different insurance, or maybe no insurance at all.

And dont tell me its an extreme example that is the type of situation you are advocating if you follow your belief through to its logical conclusions

I believe that in a democracy where we are taxed a considerable amount, healthcare and education are RIGHTS. This is not a concept we move back from.

Any thoughts?

2007-09-06 09:24:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

what are the differences in political attitudes of american citzens and citzens of other countries and what are the sources of our poltical culture?

2007-09-06 09:24:04 · 11 answers · asked by Mia16 3

2007-09-06 08:48:49 · 5 answers · asked by Grinning Football plinny younger 7

Or would he still have retained his typical hypocritical stance?

2007-09-06 07:32:41 · 18 answers · asked by Rosebee 4

Does this mean the Ron Paul votes are coming from different people, and not just one spammer?

2007-09-06 07:07:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-06 06:59:20 · 4 answers · asked by Toby D 1

can you base your answers on recent things

2007-09-06 06:58:44 · 8 answers · asked by huesito 3

In the Mexico-Us war the Gringos Soldier were chanting: *Green Go* and *Go green Go*. Then the people from Mexico baptized them as Gringos(gringo is heard as greengo in Spanish).

And that's why we call you Gringos. It's not discrimination nor anything like that, it's just being realistic, because when I say *American*, I can be speaking of a Mexican, an Argentinian, a Canadian or any other nacionality within the American Continent.

2007-09-06 06:05:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

afte my brother died i Iraq my pareMy brother dies in vain and so have 3600 more troops. Please stop this.

you just dont understand what it is like to lose a family member for a lie that Bush created. Please i beg all of oyu to support the troops in life, not death.

When you lose someone it hurts. When you lose someone in vain for a lie it is unbeleivable. Please stop this war and save the lives of our troops. Once they are dead you cant bring them back.

I wish i could celebrate my brothers birthday in October. He would have been 20. He didn't even live to make it to twnety years old. Thi breaks my heart. My mother has not been able to sleep with out medication.

Did you know we have my brothers bedroom set up with all his football trophies and other stuff? We keep it in honor of him.

im sorry. itss so sasdd to think how wondeerful he

im sorry. i have to go and ake a break . i just cant stop crying when i thnk of ths and the pain in my heart. i miss my brother so much.

2007-09-06 05:52:22 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

can yall help me out. I was wunderin whats me, osama bush laden, did grate for da good ol' US of A.

didn't i get yall public vouchers fer yas to go to private schools lettin the tax payers pick up the tab?

didn't i get lucted twice even though i didnt win?

didnt i strong arm John aschorft while he was sick in da hospital? gots alberta gonzo to get that spyin bill signed?

didn't i knows about 911 befer it happened? just sit on my butt and read my pet goat to them kids and do nothins at all. Then the next day let my bin laden familie kin folk fly outta here on a jet? ber you wonder why the entire clan was here in town heh he ha

oh. did i have a repujican congress fer 6 years and fail to close da borduhs even since 911 happend? shoot we gets terrist and illegals coming across. gots to be good fer the economy.

2007-09-06 05:40:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

If a country can fund a program in the 1940's to bring together in one place, some of the greatest scientific minds in the world to create an atomic bomb, is it not possible to approach a cure for cancer in the same way, instead of asking the tax burdened public outside supermarkets to do it?

2007-09-06 05:31:12 · 19 answers · asked by Spartacus 3

2007-09-06 05:13:11 · 2 answers · asked by skint 2

Everyone who watched FOX last night knows that they reported that Ron Paul won their Presidential debate with 33% of the votes. So why can't I find this information today?

http://www.foxnews.com/polls/index.html
Polls | AP Polls | Gallup Poll | Opinion Polls - FOXNews.com

The same thing happened back in May when Ron Paul won that Presidential debate with 27% of the votes. But people noticed then that FOX was hiding that fact.


http://www.newshounds.us/2007/05/17/fox_hides_their_own_poll_results.php
News Hounds: FOX hides their own poll results

2007-09-06 05:05:14 · 10 answers · asked by GeauxJoe 2

2007-09-06 04:57:12 · 6 answers · asked by TRANSLOPEDIA 4

House and Senate negotiators reached a compromise late Wednesday on a bill that makes sweeping changes to the federal government's college financial aid programs.

The bill cuts the interest rate students pay on subsidized Stafford loans by half over four years and increases the maximum Pell grant for needy students.

Under a new program, starting in 2009 borrowers won't have to devote more than 15 percent of their discretionary income to student-loan repayments, although any unpaid amounts will be added to the loan balance in most cases.

The bill also establishes a tuition-assistance program for students who commit to teaching high-need subjects in low-income public schools and a loan-forgiveness program for other public-sector workers.

Congress intends to pay for these and other programs by cutting the subsidies it pays to private-sector lenders who make federally guaranteed Stafford and Plus loans by $20.9 billion over five years.

Lenders have said these cutbacks will force them to curb benefits they have been offering, such as waiving or discounting origination fees and reducing interest rates for borrowers who make on-time payments for three or four years. Very few borrowers qualify for the interest-rate cuts and they're not offered to students at all schools.

The bill, HR2669, incorporates provisions of bills passed earlier by the House and Senate and has been renamed the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. The compromise bill now goes back to the House and Senate for approval and then to President Bush. While Bush has endorsed most aspects of the bill, his administration has opposed certain provisions, such as reducing Stafford loan rates.

Here's a closer look at some provisions of the bill, sponsored by Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.:

Stafford loan rates: The bill would reduce the interest rate on subsidized Stafford loans by half over four years. Subsidized loans go to students who demonstrate financial need.

The rate cut would be phased in starting July 1. It would go from 6.8 percent today to 3.4 percent by 2011. In 2012, it would jump back to 6.8 percent unless Congress intervenes.

The rate cut only applies only to new subsidized Stafford loans, not ones that students have already taken out. It does not apply to unsubsidized Stafford loans, which students can take out regardless of financial need.

Income-based repayment: Starting July 1, 2009, borrowers would not have to devote more than 15 percent of their discretionary income to repaying Stafford student loans. This applies to both subsidized and unsubsidized Stafford loans, regardless of when the loans were taken out.

If a borrower is making reduced payments on a subsidized loan, the government will pay the unpaid amount for up to three years. After that, the unpaid amount will be added to the loan balance.

For unsubsidized loans, all unpaid amounts will be added to the balance.

After 25 years, all borrowers who are in this income-based repayment program will have any remaining balances forgiven.

The new program means "you don't have to hold back from taking a job teaching or being an entrepreneur" because you can't repay your loans, says Robert Shireman, executive director of the Project on Student Debt.

Pell grants: The bill would increase the maximum Pell grant, which generally goes to families making less than $40,000 or $50,000 per year. The maximum Pell grant would increase by $1,090 over the next five years, reaching $5,400 by 2012. Unlike loans, Pell grants do not have to be repaid.

Teacher tuition assistance: Undergraduate and graduate students who commit to teaching certain subjects, such as science and math, in low-income public schools for at least four years can receive up to $4,000 per year - for a total of $16,000 - in tuition assistance. Students must maintain at least a 3.25 grade point average to be eligible for this program, which would start next year. If students don't fulfill the teaching obligation, the assistance becomes a loan they must repay, according to Miller's office.

Loan forgiveness: Borrowers who work in other public-sector jobs such as the military, law enforcement, firefighting, nursing, public defenders, librarians and early childhood teachers can have any balance on their student loans forgiven after 10 years of service and loan repayment. To take advantage of this program, borrowers must have direct student loans or consolidate their loans under the government's direct-loan program. This program begins July 1.

Plus loan auction: In a controversial move that marks a big departure from current practice, starting in 2009 the government would auction the right to provide government-guaranteed Plus loans to parents. In each state, the two lenders that offer the best deal to the government would provide all parent Plus loans in that state.

Today, all qualified lenders can offer Plus loans and parents can choose any lender they wish. This change would not affect the interest rate parents pay on Plus loans, but it would limit their selection.

The auction process would not apply to Stafford loans nor to Plus loans offered to graduate students.

Net Worth runs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. E-mail Kathleen Pender at kpender@sfchronicle.com.

This article appeared on page C - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle

2007-09-06 04:45:25 · 3 answers · asked by fa$hion_guru 2

Struck me as a funny coincidence

2007-09-06 04:34:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are 100 Iraqi equivalent to 1 American? Just wondering how you would feel if you were and Iraqi. 3000 Iraqis die, life goes on. 3000 Afghanis die, life goes on. 3000 Palestinians die, life goes on. 3000 Americans die and we invade two countries. Can you see why they hate us?

2007-09-06 04:18:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Its weird I keep hoping to get an idea on what they think of a certain topic when I look up some questions here but I have never really seen a solid answer from them. Its just mostly ranting and them making a crack at someone.
To the liberals "Can you guys actually answer rather than just rant? I'd actually like to read what you think of things"

2007-09-06 04:11:48 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-06 03:36:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-06 03:02:59 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Apparently george w. bush knew FULL WELL there were no WMDs.
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BUSH KNEW - MONTHS BEFORE WAR - THAT SADDAM HAD NO WMD'S
(Salon:Exclusive Info From 2 CIA Officers)
Edited on Wed Sep-05-07 11:34 PM by kpete
Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction
Salon exclusive:
Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence,
and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq.

Sept. 6, 2007 | On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction, according to two former senior CIA officers. Bush dismissed as worthless this information from the Iraqi foreign minister, a member of Saddam's inner circle, although it turned out to be accurate in every detail. Tenet never brought it up again.

2007-09-06 02:44:07 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-06 02:05:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-06 01:58:58 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-06 01:54:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

High quality, without long wait times, beaurecratic red tape, restrictions on what is urgent and crushing taxes. that actually works!

2007-09-06 01:30:40 · 17 answers · asked by larry o 2

2007-09-06 01:22:03 · 10 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

2007-09-06 01:20:43 · 13 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7

Can anyone tell me a bit about her?

2007-09-05 23:50:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

another reason to keep up its nuclear reactors ect

acorrding to bush Nuclear power is the only way to cut down greehouse gases...

its another excuse that will pop out,"we are doing out part for the enviroment"

2007-09-05 21:25:45 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous