Other - Politics & Government - October 2007

Under the current tax system, all working americans, even those who make more than enough money to be financially secure, have the potential to recieve tax returns, the amount being based on factors ranging from family size to, in some cases, the amount of money an individual makes, as in the more you make the bigger your refund. It was previously suggested by John Kerry that the tax cuts could be eliminated for individuals who make enough money to be financially secure, and that the resulting deficit could be used to fund health care and other programs that are underfunded in the Bush administration. After hearing this from Kerry, and then voting for Bush, I think it is completely absurd for any close-minded conservative, or anyone else to suggest that non-profit health care systems such as the one being proposed by Dennis Kucinich are impossible to come by when billions are being more or less wasted (by going to individuals who do not need them) under the current tax system.

2007-10-08 17:42:10 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

Maybe after the 14th time in a week it could direct the asker to previously answered matching questions. Maybe in addition they could also have a yahoo for kids homework section.

2007-10-08 17:29:24 · 4 answers · asked by John S 4

2007-10-08 17:15:50 · 22 answers · asked by Lyle G 3

do you feel safer with big bro keeping an EYE on you?

2007-10-08 17:05:47 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

IN ORDER TO FORCE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE MARK OF THE BEAST I MEAN NATIONAL ID CARD OUR OWN USA GOVERMENT WOULD HAVE TO BRING DOWN ANOTHER BUILDING OR PERHAPS SOMETING WORSE COTROL OF MONEY AND FOOD AND THE PRESiDENT BUSH WOULD HAVE TO DECLARE MARSHAL LAW AND BEFORE THE NEXT ELECTION TOOK PLACE

2007-10-08 16:46:55 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2

2007-10-08 15:28:49 · 17 answers · asked by Reo 5

2007-10-08 14:42:19 · 5 answers · asked by Jon 1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/RZ8NM8VYDK2OB

Evidence from other countries indicates that government-supported health care leads to a healthier population, yet the US continues to spend more than twice as much per capita on health care than comparable countries while having a population that’s less healthy than Europe or Canada.

Over 50% of US bankruptcies are related to unpaid medical bills.

2007-10-08 14:41:29 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

As an Australian I have sometimes been guilty of taking easy potshots at Americas faults over the years, and I notice that a lot of Americans themselves seem discouraged with some of the current trends. Our Prime Minister, a very persistant little fellow who usually does what he thinks is right, apparently rebuked the Canadian Parliament in a speech to them for this same 'easy potshot' attitude to the USA. His point was - thank God it is the USA that is the dominant power in the world. Seeing the forest instead of the trees, the world would have collapsed into chaos at the end of WW2, but instead you put Europe back on its feet. Even so, the third world struggled on the brink of disaster and you have been the main reason why they are now in many cases, coming to prosperity. All this came from the basic goodness of your hearts & it finds recognition in hearts all around the world. Please dont thank me for saying this as it is only the truth that we all should recognise.

2007-10-08 14:38:28 · 8 answers · asked by pete the pirate 5

Israel has been fighting a war on terror for over 40 years & counting (and they didn't even start calling it a war on terror until 9/11 happened). And they are the world's experts at fighting terrorists. So if Israel can't even "win" a war on terror how is the US going to win it, other than eliminating every Muslim on the planet?

2007-10-08 14:33:44 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

What started all this incidents on Myanmar? Why are monks protesting? on what issue? to who?

2007-10-08 14:30:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

There was a chemistry professor in a large college
>> that had some
>> Exchange students in the class. One day while the
>> class was in the lab
>> the Prof noticed one of the exchange students, a
>> young man, kept rubbing
>> his back and stretching as if it hurt. The professor
>> asked the young man
>> what was the matter. The student told him he had a
>> bullet lodged in his
>> back. He had been shot while fighting the communists
>> in his native
>> country who were trying to overthrow his country's
>> government and
>> install a new communist government.
>>
>> In the midst of his story he looked at the professor
>> and asked a strange
>> question, "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?" The
>> professor thought it
>> was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young
>> man said this was no
>> joke, "You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable
>> place in the woods and
>> putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and
>> begin to come everyday
>> to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming
>> every day, you put a
>> fence down one side of the place where they are used
>> to coming. When
>> they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the
>> corn again and you put
>> up another side of the fence. They get used to that
>> and start to eat
>> again. You continue until you have all four sides of
>> the fence up with a
>> gate in the last side. When the pigs, who are used
>> to the free corn and
>> walls, start to come through the gate to eat, you
>> slam the gate on them
>> and catch the whole herd. Suddenly the wild pigs
>> have lost their
>> freedom. They run around and around inside the
>> fence, but they are
>> caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn.
>> They are so used to
>> it that they have forgotten how to forage in the
>> woods for themselves,
>> so they accept their captivity."
>>
>> The young man then told the professor that is
>> exactly what he sees
>> happening to America. The government keeps pushing
>> us toward
>> Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free
>> corn out in the form of
>> programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for
>> unearned income,
>> tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to
>> plant crops (CRP),
>> welfare, medicine, drugs, etc., while we continually
>> lose our freedoms
>> -- just a little at a time.
>>
>> One should always remember there is no such thing as
>> a free Lunch!

2007-10-08 14:16:11 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

But why can't we bear to hear a word against them from a foreigner!

2007-10-08 13:35:51 · 4 answers · asked by Yellowstonedogs 7

Will other nations in the future, when they become powerful enough, inevitably attempt to follow in the United States' footsteps and invoke their own precedent for unilateral military action against any sovereign nation they choose, and for any reason they choose?

2007-10-08 13:29:14 · 8 answers · asked by steve h 2

2007-10-08 13:13:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Two words for the part of a state a house member represents

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2007-10-08 11:11:24 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

My mail girl always comes and delivers the mail after 3.00pm which really makes me upset!! Are there any regulations regarding this?

2007-10-08 11:11:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Repulicans believe in family, self-reliance, taming of the appetites, in other words everything right and good.
Democrats believe in abortion, gay rights, and if it feels good do it. Democrats are so evil!!!

2007-10-08 10:51:41 · 10 answers · asked by jacobimmugatu 2

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/10/07/2007-10-07_no_matter_what_the_question_is_rudy_says.html

I will be very interested in hearing his responses to questions in the Republican debate tomorrow night.

2007-10-08 09:35:58 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 09:35:18 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

other countries citizens most only come in contact with spoiled wealthy Americans and never meet the real ones.

2007-10-08 09:32:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Just curious what everyone else here thinks. I can think of 5 of the most popular answers. I’d like to know which ones people agree with, and why if you like Especially if you have another reason (short and to the point please) list that as well. Or just vote.

a) stupid pointless thing that doesn’t apply today because we have no need for militias
b) stupid pointless thing that doesn’t apply today just because no one needs a gun anymore
c) so people can hunt, defend themselves…the outdoors, heritage, traditionalists point of view
d) designed so the people can always have a way if all else fails, wait for it: to overthrow the government!
e) I agree with answer D but I’m too scared to put it down because the alphabet soup gang is reading this.

2007-10-08 09:14:12 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-08 09:05:18 · 15 answers · asked by starone 3

http://www.examiner.com/a-977346~He_s_back__Sandy_Berger_now_advising_Hillary_Clinton.html

2007-10-08 08:05:35 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

Congressman Waxman wants his congressional commitee to listen to and monitor what Rush, Hanniety, and others braodcast and then hold them accountable.

Doesn't this sound like 1950's McCarthism? And should your government be involved in such activities?

2007-10-08 07:39:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

The United States is the most powerful nation in the world which often acts unilaterally . The US has 737 military bases and 2,500,000 U.S. personnel serving across the planet - but is it an Empire ? Some people insist that “ empire ” means only direct rule over large-scale conquered territory and the United States today looks decidedly imperial . The term empire has entered common usage , not only among critics but also among advocates of muscular US policy and global superiority . Economist Niall Ferguson has written about the British Empire as a lesson-book for contemporary US power . Influential Washington neo-conservatives are using the " E-word " freely , insisting that the United States is the world’s most benevolent nation and that it should use its imperial power robustly to expand " freedom " across the globe .

My Question - What limits will the U.S. empire encounter , can it sustain " full spectrum dominance " for the forseeable future or will it provoke such broad opposition that its era of hegemony and prosperity comes swiftly and decisively to a close ? You Decide .

2007-10-08 07:14:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

based on his acctions toward others will he has been in office
and has he changed his total personality since elected,was he a bait and switch?and should he beaccountable for his actions as president?

2007-10-08 07:07:08 · 13 answers · asked by sparky 1

2007-10-08 07:03:18 · 8 answers · asked by sparky 1

There has to be a better way. The fence will not keep out drug traffic, they will have the money to buy their way in ,the sea and air is a big place to fence. Bad people will always get in.

My ancestors come from Germany and England.If you are not an native American then so did yours.

2007-10-08 06:56:18 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

the heroin trade,the diamond trade and the oil trade are all in the hands of them.The 3 products loved by the western world.
therefore we are the greatest financial supporter of terrorism.
what do you think about that

2007-10-08 06:44:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous