also questions i should ask about this controversial topic
2006-12-09 02:38:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
How is it that Taxes are bad when the Government charges for services rendered at no profit and good when a monopoly (like a power company) charges the same or more so a maximum amount of money can go to the leaders (CEO Management etc)?
Is it still a Democracy if you can't know the vote?
Is it still a Democracy if those getting 40% of the vote, get 75% of the Representatives? (even assuming a fair vote).
Is it Ok to grab someone off the street hide them somewhere and torture them? Is it ok if they aren't American Citizens? is it only ok if they are Terrorists? Who would know, much less tell?
What is the difference between a government, or business knowing your every secret and you knowing theirs?
In what way is giving a huge contribution to a charity, that spends all of it's income hiring a congressman's relatives, different from a bribe?
Is it better that taxpayers buy their congressmen, rather than having them privately owned?
What is the value of waterfront property, when the water is lapping at your third story balcony?
How can you prove glaciers actually existed when they can no longer do so. How about Polar Bears? Any arguments cannot include arguments for Dinosaurs that folk do not believe in.
How can a company go bankrupt and discard all debts to you and still live even if they can still pay, but you cannot go bankrupt and discard your debts to them?
Would you still believe in prayer in schools, if it was lead by a Muslim 5 times a day? How about if the religion required everyone be naked to pray.
This is just a short list that comes to mind easily.
2006-12-09 04:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by No Bushrons 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Religion/evolution
2) Religion/evolution and should either/both be taught in schools.
3) Legalizing marijuana
4) Why is nicotine, the most addictive narcotic on the planet, legal in the USA, and marijuana isn't ( and marijuana is not a narcotic by the way ).
5) Cell phones being used while driving, in restaurants, etc.
6) Why are women fatter now ( in the USA ), and why don't they care about it?
2006-12-09 11:09:41 · answer #2 · answered by commonsense 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why are we taxed before we get our paychecks,then taxed again when ever we buy anything?
What happened to the morals of our Country?
Why do we spend so much money on our Defense,when we have people working for minimum wages that will never be able to buy a home?
Why do beer companies spend so much on advertising?
2006-12-09 10:45:32 · answer #3 · answered by Byron R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religon
2006-12-09 10:49:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the war in iraq:
oh so i hear the war in Iraq is going pretty bad rite now, its lasted four years
Gay marrige:
do you think that gays should be allowed to marry each other?
Abortion:
do you belive in abortion?
2006-12-09 10:48:43 · answer #5 · answered by barney 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The problems of the working poor in America.
**not being able to afford health care
**no sick time
**never being able to get ahead
**living day to day in fear
2006-12-09 12:59:31 · answer #6 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about ethics of stem cell research?
2006-12-09 10:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taxation is theft. If it's not OK for me to take your money to use for myself or my favorite cause, why is it OK for me to vote to have the government take it from you by force to give to me or my favorite cause?
2006-12-09 10:47:51 · answer #8 · answered by Faeldaz M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about the different arguments of the smoking ban....? ask if for or against.
2006-12-09 10:41:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Separation of church, or the liberal bias in the news.
2006-12-09 15:13:40 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋