Commerce is the buying and selling of products. Labor doesn't qualify as commerce.

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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

That is how our system was initially designed. We are not the United Individuals of America, but the United States. The States are supposed to do most of the day to day governing and interaction with the people. The government is most efficient and responsive to the people at the levels closest to the people.

Before the advent of the 17th amendment, the state legislatures (not the people of the state directly) selected the Two senators from the state. IMHO, we would have a better government with less unfunded federal mandates if this were the case.

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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

The definition of murder is the unlawful killing of a human being. The whole abortion debate revolves on the definition of when human life begins. If you decide on some arbitrary point like brain development, etc., then of course abortion isn't killing a human life. If you use the most logical starting point of human life, the moment of conception when a new unique set of diploid DNA is created from two parent sets of haploid DNA, then abortion is killing a human life. I prefer logic to arbitrariness. Any point beside conception is arbitrary and impossible to define completely.


Most don't. We view life as beginning at the moment of conception, not some arbitrary point of development afterwards.

Pain isn't the issue. Life is.

Nice strawman. No person I know of thinks that the only purpose of sex is procreation (which is the word you wanted). I'm Catholic. During my pre-marital counseling, it was clearly taught to me that the purpose of sex isn't only procreation. It's also pleasure and the sharing of yourself with your spouse, all in one. To divorce sex from any aspect of this is wrong. Sex for pleasure alone is as wrong as sex for procreation alone.

So few cases of rape cause pregnancy that it's almost a non-issue.

Of course. Rapists shouldn't be raping at all. We imprison them for it.

Not the baby. It kills them.

Keep it in your pants when used correctly is the most effective form of birth control.

That said, birth control should be legal.

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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

1. I agree.
2. Abolish it? What if Nebraskas voters decide they would like one? With state central government, why should they not be allowed to? As you said a few posts back, we are the United States of America. Let the States decide, no?
3. Agreed.

I commend your want to keep things state-centered.

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Isaac Asimov

Trust me I have seen the other side of the issue and been told by my friends.

Abortion is killing a potital human being. Abortion is a cowards way out so you dont have to take resposibility for your actions. The fetus is a Human and you are killing it.

and even in the case of rape the fetus is still inocent and dosnt deserve to die and has the right to life.

Eh, I would never want to be the actual president. Instead, I just want to be the arm chair president so that I can scrutinize and criticize everyone else's policies, slander their names into the mud, and gripe about how much they suck butt.

Abolish the federal minimum wage.

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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

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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

For me if i have the power to be voted this is what i will do.
The War in Iraq I will recall all troops back to the country, set up an independent council to help train and advice the new iraq goverment on politics issue and help them to maintain the country if needed. No military intervention only advice.

Illegal Immigration For this i will require a more control environment where immigrants need to register with the states and will offer equal job opportunities for those that have register. As for those that try to enter well, we need to create a special immigration council to monitor and to only allow those with certain skill that can benefit the country to pass thru.
Social Security Offer better security plan for the future of the citizen and have a special commision to monitor and make sure of the work done.
Public Education improve on the current education level, introduce more better beneficial subjects that is useful and can contribute to the country.
Gun Control only license holder will be able to handle guns and registration and application for license is a must. To stop hate crime and silly shooting from happening.
Marijuana Legalization will crack down on marijuana and all drugs that is illegal and harmful to society.
Environmental Policy take more drastic action to improve environment effect and to encourage planting of greenery in the city.
Minimum Wage will implement and enforce a minimum wage policy base on cost of living so that those with very low salary can have a chance of a better earning.
Abortion this will be a case to case basis and must have the consent of parents and the person involved.

If murder is the unlawful killing of a human being, then abortion is not murder because it is perfectly legal.
And if life is the issue, the baby is not alive yet. Should this be extended to when people decide not to have sex? Is that stopping a baby from being born when it has all the right to be? That is the same because both are just the potential for life, not life itself.
And 21% of abortions are because women can't afford a baby. And more minority women had abortions than white women (49 per 1,000). That would be a lot of babies born into poverty. What would their lives be like? At least this way, the baby feels no pain and the mother can have another baby when she's ready and the mother will have a better life and so will the baby that is born. Just because you don't like abortions, you shouldn't be able to take it away from the people that need it. Don't turn your opinion into the law.