Nowhere in the Constitution can the Fed Government decide the Minimum Wage, either. Should the states not decide it, either?

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Isaac Asimov

Article I
Section 8. The Congress shall have power to....
To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states,


Article III
Section 1. The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court,

Section 2. The judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution,

According to the supreme court the commerce clause has no problem whatsoever in reaching the minimum wage issue. MARK

Iraq: Start pulling out troops and the U.N starts moving in as a peacekeeping force.

Illegal Immigration:I would legalize all the illegal immigrants already in the country and bring up the number of green cards given out every year. I think that one of the reasons that the U.S is the only superpower left is that the amount of immigrants that come to the U.S every year make it so dynamic and that immigrant are essential for the economy. But I think that some American who take advantage of the fact that they're illegal immigrants to pay them under the minimum wage and make them do slave labor should be severely punished.

Abortions: Legal up to a determined point in the pregnancy.(Already the case)



Social Security: I think that services essential for the survival of people should always be covered by the State (Health care, everyone should get a pension from the government...)

Education: I think that universities have become businesses and that they should cost much less than they do. I also think that there should be a national standardized test at the end of 9th and 12th grades so that one states high school diploma is not worth nothing compared to another's and so that everybody has a chance to get into a good universities depending on their grades at these tests. Not everybody has the money to change states so the school system should not be run by states but by the federal government.

Gun Control: Ban the sale of assault weapons and semi-automatic pistols. Make a stringent test to get a gun license (including psychological examination) and make a law against anybody having weapons within city limits (cities over a certain population). Ban carrying weapons on the street. Crack down on the weapons black market. Have to have license to buy ammunition. License is of course automatically revoked if you commit any crime.

Gay Marriage: Make it legal but I still have a question over whether or not the marriage would permit to adopt children.

Iran Nuclear Program: Iran has the right to have civil nuclear energy being as it has signed the Non Proliferation Treaty (Israel, Pakistan and India have not). I think they should be allowed to pursue civil nuclear energy program but with frequent IAEA inspections to make sure they don't want weapons.

Environment: Sign the Kyoto agreement. Raise taxes on gasoline and on very polluting cars (Hummers...). Lower taxes on environmentally friendly cars. Put more money into to research and develop biofuels.

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"Cogito ergo sum"

That's up to the state.

Why do you want the individual states to have so much more power?

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"Cogito ergo sum"

The War in Iraq
Really I don't think that the common us citizen has enough info to pass judgment on this subject. There is probably a lot of info that we don't know about. I guess I would say that I would try to get us out as soon as possible without leaving people stranded. You can’t set a pull out date because you can’t predict the future. Just take it as it comes.

Illegal Immigration
Simple Really gather them up kick them out. You want to come into this country. Do it the right way.

Social Security
those who need it and are incapable of caring for themselves should get it. But those who are lazy and just want free money shouldn’t. Also those who put in should get some back years down the road


Public Education
Make the principals send progress reports and evaluations. Raise the salary of the better teacher. Keep close observation and be sure the teachers are doing their jobs right.

Marijuana Legalization
The one thing that really makes it dangerous today is that is not packaged and inspected. At least with cigarettes you know what’s in it but with marijuana you don’t know what’s in it because it come form a source that is not watched. I am completely against smoking it but it would be safer if it was legalized.

Minimum Wage
it should be raised but slowly. If it is raised to fast one of 2 things will happen. 1 People will loose jobs because employers can’t afford to pay everyone or, 2 Prices will rise on products thus pushing those on minimum wage back to where they started and it would actually hurt the standard of living of the upper class because they now have to pay more.

Environmental
I would have to look into more.


Gun Control
I hate gun control. There are people that thing all guns should be band and that makes me sick. May life and the lives of my mom dad and 3 have been saved because my dad was carrying a gun. Also I have 3 friends that are still alive and well because they were carrying a gun. Gun control is wrong. It infringes on the right to bare arms and gives the advantage to the criminals. Criminals Get their hands on guns illegally all the time and will continue to even if guns are ban. Also if I am backed into the corner by a bunch of gang members who want to kill me or cut me up the great equalizer is the gun that I may be carrying. Teddy Roosevelt Created the CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program) so that America and its citizens would be able to defend themselves. 3 types of people in this world Sheep wolfs and sheepdogs. What are you?


Abortion
I have the perfect plan to solve this. It’s called the Keep it in your pants plan. You don’t want a baby? Keep it in your pants! You don’t want STDs? Keep it in your pants! Abortion is murder period that’s all there is to it. I don’t stand for murder.
(Abortion) Remember it’s not just a sin it’s a felony

Don't oversimplify things. How is abortion murder if it occurs early before the brain had developed. Anti-abortion groups should stop talking in terms of whether the heart is beating. Without a developed brain, the fetus wouldn't feel any pain from the abortion. Abortion is not a felony, it is legal throughout the country. Why must sex only be for creation. What about cases of rape? Should we just walk up to the rapists and ask them to keep it in their pants? Abortion often saves the baby and the mother from a life of poverty and suffering. You should look at the other side of issues before you jump to conclusions.
And what do you think of birth control (condoms, pills, etc) instead of just simply "Keep it in your pants"?

Because power is more concentrated to the people, and that's the way the country was set up to be. Your next 'brain-buster'?

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Between states, not the commerce of the states themselves. This does not give the federal government power to dictate a "One size fits all" Minimum wage.

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Continue the surge, and allow the generals to engage in classical counterinsurgency. Also, I'd try to push for increased compensation for Iraq volunteers. Any military person with needed skills willing to volunteer for duty in Iraq for several years in a row should get either a full GI bill (meaning 4 yrs of college including living expenses) or an equivalent in savings bonds to be given to them at age 60. From what I've read, a counterinsurgency requires a continuity of soldiers. We are not doing that, due to Vietnam era regulations.
Close the border, allow all immigrants who have either a job or family to come in legally, all illegals will be imprisoned for 6 months (hard labor farm), and then deported. I would rather we have 10 million legal immigrants than 1 million legals and 1 million illegals. Legal immigrants help this country.

Go to the Fair Tax, which will keep SS going.

Take away all federal involvement in public education. Set up a voluntary consortium to set up national standards for curriculum.

I would encourage my justice department to investigate ways to make concealed carry permits follow Article IV, Section I of the Constitution as well as the 14th Amendment. A citizen should not lose a government privilege due to crossing a state line.

Leave it to Congress. I see both sides. Legalizing pot has good points and bad points, as does leaving it illegal. I don't think there's much of a net gain either way.

Tax incentives for decreased pollution and increased efficiency

Abolish it. It has no purpose in a free society.

This should be a state issue, not a federal one.

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love