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BiPartisan things...things we may be able to agree on... (1 Viewer)
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knowledge dropper
Footballguy
End robocalls and all spam/scam calls. Violators should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
BladeRunner
Footballguy
beef
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Before reading this thread, I would have guessed:
Legalize Weed
Less Military footprint
More infrastructure
After skimming, I see that not all of these are the case. It's really disheartening to think about it for a decent amount of time and not really come up with much that I believe most people will agree on.
Legalize Weed
Less Military footprint
More infrastructure
After skimming, I see that not all of these are the case. It's really disheartening to think about it for a decent amount of time and not really come up with much that I believe most people will agree on.
Admit more skilled legal immigrants.
There are disputes between Democrats and Republicans about what level of resources we should expend in keeping illegal immigrants out, and also about how many legal immigrants we should admit in total.
But I think both sides agree that we should welcome more doctors, physicists, economists, architects, computer programmers, chemical engineers, college professors, and so on. So let's do that.
There are disputes between Democrats and Republicans about what level of resources we should expend in keeping illegal immigrants out, and also about how many legal immigrants we should admit in total.
But I think both sides agree that we should welcome more doctors, physicists, economists, architects, computer programmers, chemical engineers, college professors, and so on. So let's do that.
Drunken Cowboy
Footballguy
I absolutely think we should do this, but the Trump administration clearly didn't. I am not sure there is consensus here.
jm192
Footballguy
Infrastructure.
End COVID.
Legalize weed (Seriously, why are we against it at this point? I can drink to my heart's desire and Alcohol causes a lot more problems than weed. And OH MY at the money making power. Tax it well. Pay for your infrastructure problems.
Term limits.
More legal immigration, less Illegal immigration.
End COVID.
Legalize weed (Seriously, why are we against it at this point? I can drink to my heart's desire and Alcohol causes a lot more problems than weed. And OH MY at the money making power. Tax it well. Pay for your infrastructure problems.
Term limits.
More legal immigration, less Illegal immigration.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Interesting article.
A little different thought. I feel that most would vote to legalize weed in general, but I like that they were against it for that that reason in OHIO, not because it's a gateway drug like was posted in here.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Don't we need to agree that it's a real threat and something that needs to be ended first? I'm not sure you could get a consensus on that first part in the country.
(or are we just talking about what this board could agree on?)
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MAC_32
Footballguy
Agreed. From what I recall at that time I believe the bill would have passed rather easily if it were done like other states. Once details started spreading the populace whiplashed and the bill was throttled (64-36).
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Here’s the thing though - we are never going to get 100% agreement on basically anything and we really shouldn’t strive for that. Also, we need to stop attributing a policy to everybody on a particular side. I imagine there’s folks (maybe a lot) who are pro-weed on the right and anti-weed on the left.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
There’s very smart people on this board from both sides of the aisle who are very much against term limits.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Their arguments convinced me. Term limits doesn't fix the lobbyist problem; it empowers them.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Fair. IMO for this topic, it should be the vast majority.
So for something like legal weed, would we have about 75% in favor of that?
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I’m still in favor myself as I think having a Pelosi or McConnell stick around for this long is not good - if they want to continue public service, fine and actually good - but don’t stay in one position this long. Move on to something else.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I’m guessing it may be higher than 75% but whatever it is it’s inevitable in the next 10 years, IMO.
Summer Wheat
Footballguy
knowledge dropper
Footballguy
Yoga pants return to FFA.
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Yes. I'm a little skeptical about the blind trusts even.urbanhack said:
timschochet
Footballguy
Yes but I doubt it will affect corruption very much. But I am in favor.urbanhack said:
jm192
Footballguy
jm192
Footballguy
Agree with this.
I think the constant focus on getting re-elected the next time around keeps us stagnant. Everything comes back to "what does this do for my re-election chances?" I don't know what the magic number is. But 30-40 years of the same people constantly trying to win re-election certainly isn't good for business.
timschochet
Footballguy
I don’t agree.
Because the President is only a 4 year term, it’s very important to have certain senators stay in office for decades, because it creates a sense of permanence with regard to international relationships and alliances. Besides, the public can always throw the bums out if they get tired of them.
jm192
Footballguy
Yeah.
Except California is sick of McConnell and can't throw him out.
Kentucky is sick of Pelosi, and we can't throw her out.
I'm not sure I buy that international relations are better because of McConnel or Pelosi.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Mentioned this in another thread, but apparently there's a provision in the new Manchin-Schumer deal that will allow taxpayers with relatively simple tax returns to have them auto-filed. (I haven't been able to find confirmation of it, but I would assume it's probably based off this proposed law by Sen. Angus King, I-ME.) People have long pointed out the ridiculousness of a system where the government sends us information which we are required to input into a form and send back to the government.
Unless anyone in this thread works as a lobbyist for Intuit or H&R Block, I would imagine this is something we can all get behind, right?
Unless anyone in this thread works as a lobbyist for Intuit or H&R Block, I would imagine this is something we can all get behind, right?
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
I honestly don't know what to think about term limits. What you identify is a huge problem, but in states that have instituted term limits on legislators they have seen the converse problem, where lawmakers are constantly plotting for their next jobs and staff/lobbyists end up amassing too much (unaccountable) power.
Maybe there's a Goldilocks solution that will allow you to avoid the worst excesses in both directions. I'm just not sure what that would be.
FairWarning
Footballguy
I guess it just depends on who it is. I’m basically against them, but Fred Upton has been a great rep for my area (14 term).
