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Trying to Avoid Thinking But … It's not working!

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 23 Sep 20

Sometimes I wonder if our politicians make up “busy work” to avoid doing the REAL WORK they were elected to do. There are some things you can do to make peace so that you can move on and get important...

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Can an American President be strong if Congress won't allow it?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 3 Mar 16

There is much talk at present about how the United States needs a "strong" President - the implication being that Donald Trump will be exactly that and Barack Obama has been weak. However, does the American system allow a...

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S&P credit rating reduction: Is it Unconstitutional?

BalthasarTheRat @BalthasarTheRat (656) • United States 6 Aug 11

A person well-versed in American Politics will reply that the Constitution really doesn't apply to a private entity decision like this one: but hear me out, please, anyway. When the US Constitution was written, it was designed...

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Executive-Legislative Negotiation on the Debt Ceiling was Unnecessary

RBBantiles @RBBantiles (347) • Philippines 4 Aug 11

The drawn-out negotiations and acrimonious debates on the debt ceiling between the Executive and Legislative branches of the US government succeeded too well in making the US, rightly or wrongly, a spectacle to the world of...

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bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 2 Jul 09

How many people have read the US Constitution and did you learn about it in School? Should it be required in all public schools? Why or Why not?

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I know that I know and other things...

taface412 @taface412 (3175) • United States 12 Nov 08

Since I have mentioned before that even after the heat of the election I will still do my part to keep up to date...well this also includes me re-reading documents I have been taught either in school or by my parents. See in my...

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Ever actually read the United States Constitution?

mehale @mehale (2200) • United States 5 Oct 08

With this being an election year here in the good ole U S of A, and all eyes on the political candidates and the issues facing our nation, I just wondered how many of us have ever really read the Constitution and understand it? It...

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What is the point in guns?

cynddvs @cynddvs (2948) • United States 22 Aug 08

I am asking this question honestly and want honest answers. What point do guns serve in our society and why do you think we should have the right to own guns? And I'm talking besides hunting for food, military and law enforcement....

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Is the Constituation a "living document?"

clrumfelt @clrumfelt (5597) • Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee 13 Aug 08

There are those who fully claim right to the constutional rights guaranteed the citizens of the USA in the Bill of Rights. I am one of those who does, maintianing those rights are mine and I don't want anyone messing with them....

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Would you support the elimination of the Federal Reserve Corporation?

orneryoldcuss @orneryoldcuss (144) • United States 6 Nov 06

The Federal Reserve is a PRIVATELY OWNED Corporation! In 1913 the Congress approved (unconstitutionally) the transfer of the power of minting (printing and coining) money to this private corporation. Thus began the final downfall...

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