Politics - 21 October 2007

1. Nearly 300,000 trees annually are cut down to produce the amount of required paper for all the IRS forms and instructions.
2. Taxes eat up 38.2% of the average family's income; that's more than for food, clothing and shelter combined.
3. American taxpayers spend $200 billion and 5.4 billion hours working to comply with federal taxes each year, more than it takes to produce every car, truck, and van in the United States.
4. The complete Internal Revenue Code is more than 21 megabytes in length, contains more than 7.8 million words

2007-10-21 17:00:56 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

55 million Americans don't have health insurance.

2007-10-21 16:33:58 · 25 answers · asked by Villain 6

We are supposed to have separation of church and state and many atheist are honest, upstanding citizens as well as honorable & good family people. In fact, some are better than the so called religious people. Disbelief in a god doesn't make a person bad. So, why not?

2007-10-21 16:25:49 · 19 answers · asked by The Wiz 7

Given her history of complete arrogance and hatred towards the military and her constant insults spewed at them during her last stint in the White House, I wonder how many will actually be willing to die for her?

2007-10-21 16:23:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 16:09:11 · 23 answers · asked by Kelly B 4

2007-10-21 16:03:49 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

So, is She is promising cradle to grave health care, complete with I.D. card?

2007-10-21 15:39:45 · 16 answers · asked by tom 4

vote for anyone who is not a Republican regardless of the issues? In their minds are they voting AGAINST Republicans or FOR Democrats? Frankly, given the platforms and the issues for which the Dems stand on, and what the Reps stand on, I'm inclined to vote FOR a Republican candidate.

And please no "I hate Bush" rants. He is not running.

2007-10-21 15:36:32 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 15:32:15 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

if i want them so bad, i should fund them myself.

by that philosophy -- we being able to choose where are tax money goes to -- how should i let the irs know that i don't support the iraq war, and thus do not want my tax money going towards it? this tax write off will allow me to help fund the social programs, like they mentioned. plus the conservatives will be the only ones paying the 1 trillion dollar bill that goes with the iraq war. so everyone's happy.

2007-10-21 14:37:57 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 14:22:06 · 13 answers · asked by . 1

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

2007-10-21 14:18:01 · 3 answers · asked by Elaine 3

what has caused the warming over the past century?

or do you not think there has been any warming? do the thermometers and ice core samples have a liberal bias?

if you think man is not to blame (or that co2 is not the cause), what do you think the cause is? please use experimental data to back your claim. using only "natural" factors, the earth's temp would have risen .16 centigrades. the observed temp increase was .74 centigrades. this increase is not normal and by no means gradual. when you compare solar output, co2 levels, sulfate levels, etc. (all known factors) up against the temperature increase, the only one that correlates is the co2 graph. some scientists claim that there could be another factor at play (also take note how 99% of them believe AGW is likely), but the scientists have not said what that factor might be. if you don't know the factor either, then are you in agreement with me that man made global warming (by co2) is the only current possible explanation?

2007-10-21 14:12:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 14:08:08 · 9 answers · asked by babu 2

how do u spell her name?

1. Hillary--2 L's

2. Hilary--1 L

2007-10-21 14:06:25 · 12 answers · asked by sallymander 3

1. One to deny that the light bulb needs to be changed

2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed.

3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb.

4. One to tell the nations of the world that they are either for changing the light bulb or for darkness.

5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid/cost-plus contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb.

6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a stepladder under the
banner: "Light Bulb Change Accomplished."

7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally in the dark.

8. One to viciously smear #7.

9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light bulb changing policy all along.

2007-10-21 14:02:14 · 8 answers · asked by captain_koyk 5

if its war time shouldnt we all be making sacrifices, to win the war and our troops home quickly.

2007-10-21 14:02:06 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

Or does everyone assume that if one flies a flag, he must be a conservative?

Will my liberal friends shun me?

Can I express my love for America with a symbol and still dislike the war and George Bush?

2007-10-21 13:56:35 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Undisputable proof has surfaced, china town min. wage earners are maxed on political contributions. Did Hillary really believe no one would take notice? These people earn less than 20k a year and seem to be able to afford the maximum contribution. Once again by their (democrats) own actions, they have proven they don’t care what laws are broken, what lies are told, and many other despicable unlawful and unprofessional behavior… as long as democrats regain total power. They are just fine with it.

2007-10-21 13:55:37 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

or is the whole "dems/libs are socialists" thing just a smear campaign?

2007-10-21 13:50:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

she says everyone should be a christian (i am christian but i think its up to what the individual chooses to believe right?)

she says all mixed race couples walk with a chip on their shoulder and backs her theory of this with an episode of seinfield lol

she is so stupid it's actually funny...do people take her seriously?

2007-10-21 13:46:12 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-21 13:44:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

They keep almost all the profits and that's how they are becoming financially secure.

2007-10-21 13:43:18 · 9 answers · asked by Mr.Morgan 4

What is it about a strong smart woman that causes them such terror?

2007-10-21 13:42:39 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3738348&page=1

2007-10-21 13:22:27 · 5 answers · asked by captain_koyk 5

1) Outlaw lobbyists - They are a phone call away from our government leaders but have you tried talking to your senator lately.
2) No more career politicians- let them SERVE the country with the knowlege that they are doing it to better our government, not their bank account.
3) Really cap campaign contributions- The goverment has 5,000,00 tax codes so I am sure they can come up with a way of tracking contributors.
4) Eliminate pork barrel projects- A bill must stand on its own merits, not get passage based on how much of the citizens money they are willing to waste to get some piecs of crap legislation passed.

I know we could all name 1,000 points but these are the ones I would vote hell yes for.

2007-10-21 13:18:12 · 10 answers · asked by Libsuc 3

like a little gremlin whispering in the ears of the world to "kill kill kill"?

2007-10-21 13:16:43 · 3 answers · asked by Boss H 7

2007-10-21 13:16:23 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3

why would a weaker opponent with less money and power wage war on a more powerful one? Let's say the weaker opponent has less money but has cunning. Slightly less cunning the more powerful enemy. Whats his goal in waging a war against someone who is more powerful? Does he actually think he can win?

2007-10-21 13:08:45 · 6 answers · asked by kf 3

I know its Hispanic but am looking for the specific country of origin.

2007-10-21 13:07:55 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous