GBR0988

Thank you. All turned out well with the health stuff. I actually do live in Nebraska. I generally vote ideas over people, because people are woefully imperfect. That being said, I have mostly voted along party lines. I would consider voting libertarian over republican if the candidate was right, but I really could never vote Democrat. I’m sure I’ll catch a lot of flack for this, but there’s no way I could vote for a party that’s generally pro-abortion, pro higher taxes and bigger government, and a party that actually booed God....that’s just me though.

It is freedom. People can choose whether or not to work for these corporations and people can choose whether or not to support these corporations. Let the market decide and keep the government out of it. That’s how you get cronyism.

Taxes for military and police are fine, the Post Office....not so much. How is the government forcing its citizens to purchase a service not overreach?

One major thing that I haven’t seen discussed here is how the ACA is massive government overreach. Making it illegal for US citizens to not purchase a service is appalling for a country that is supposed to be free. Also, while the ACA is really helpful to some people, it royally screws other people. The 1 and only year I used “Obamacare,” I had to go in for some tests. Long story short, if I would’ve paid for these tests out of pocket, I would’ve saved right around $3500 that year. I realize this is how Insurance works. You’re betting the insurance company you will get sick and they’re betting you won’t, but for the government to force me to purchase something that directly took that money out of my pocket, that’s pretty much tyranny in my book. Also, my premiums nearly doubled the next year so I didn’t renew. Oh, and since I waited until March to get insurance, I was fined $400 out of my already meager tax return. Thanks US government!

Yeah, there are creepy people in the world.... Still doesn’t excuse actual rioting.

It’s great they voted “NO.” That’s government overreach. This is supposed to be a free country. The government doesn’t own these cooperations, the people who took all the risk to start the company or the shareholders who invested their personal wealth own them.

Guess I’ll switch to this one https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/11/11/us/oregon-protest-riot/index.html

This is classic lol.

It listed accomplishments...

“A government that would try to do much the opposite of so many things that have been and are being attempted since January,” is this you saying you felt the Bern?

https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/opinion/white-house/356292-its-time-we-add-tax-reform-to-trumps-long-list-of-accomplishments%3famp

I’m not really trying to have a “circular, trolling debate.” I’m just pointing out that we had no really good options this last election. It was an indictment on this country that Hillary Clinton and Trump were our choices.

https://townhall.com/columnists/jpmoran/2015/06/25/hello-hillary-2016--goodbye-first-amendment-n2016918

Not saying you’re totally wrong, but no way the republicans were even half as bad with Obama, as the left is with Trump.

So is this better? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hacked-emails-show-extent-of-foreign-government-donations-to-clinton-foundation/2016/10/16/ce871a82-9319-11e6-a6a3-d50061aa9fae_story.html?utm_term=.72677dfa74a0

Trump saying stupid things is disconcerting, but not nearly as dangerous as people who don’t like him seem to believe. I think an uptick in the economy helps everyone. I can deal with a guy who says stupid things over a corrupt career politician who is shaky on the first and second amendments, and an actual socialist who spent his honeymoon in the Soviet Union.

2. That’s laughable. Him joking about how dishonest the media is is hardly him actually trying to shut down the free press. 3. If certain mosques want to implement sharia, I have no problem with this. Governments job is to protect its citizens. 4. See my response to #3. Also while I don’t support torture, constitutional rights only apply to Americans. 5. See my response to #s 3 and 4. 6. Didn’t Obama regularly do these things....like using the IRS to target conservatives. Not saying it’s okay for Trump to do these things, but I didnt hear anyone on the left complaining about Obama.

Asking....Saying....Asking

People who virtue signal about how great of people they are because of their political views and are so in love with democracy, want to get rid of someone who was duly elected because they don’t like him....

Examples? Not saying you’re incorrect, just wondering. Not really an answer.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-berkeley-protests-20170827-story,amp.html

Not a huge fan of Trump, the person, but I am a fan of government de-regulation and a rising gdp. This is not an original question, but what has Trump done that violates constitutional rule of law and the norms of American governance?

I guess you have to weigh pros and cons and decide what you think is best. IMO the benefits of having an abundance of oil outweighs having to clean up a few spills a year, which we are perfectly capable of cleaning. As of right now, pipelines are the most efficient way to handle the oil so we have to do our best to mitigate possible damage until we have other Cheap and Efficient forms of energy to power this modern society in which we live.

Humans and their ingenuity are forced to clean up your garbage... Are you going to stop throwing things away or know this is how modern life works and trust it to be dealt with? I guess we wouldn’t be having this conversation if there were no pipelines. Is that what you want?