BIG QUESTION ????

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  • tyrantduck
    tyrantduck Posts: 387 Member
    solve the country's obesity problem... by creating chocolate cake flavored lettuce/salad. and all vegetables made to taste like cookies or candy and all the delicious foods that we're not supposed to eat on a diet. and make the healthy foods more affordable!
  • etajr
    etajr Posts: 49
    Well correct these days--you work hard and give it away to someone who chooses not to.... thats fair isn't it?????????
    By the way I need to go shopping..... give me your credit card!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • jcpmoore
    jcpmoore Posts: 796 Member
    Implement minimum paid time off for all workers be FOUR WEEKS and paid time off for maternity leave ONE YEAR in the US.
  • vaderandbill
    vaderandbill Posts: 1,063 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)
  • I'd outlaw neon signs.
  • ShreddedTweet
    ShreddedTweet Posts: 1,326 Member
    Make sure everyone was educated....I cannot deal with stupidity! And stupid people breed stupid kids...so it would sort out a lot!

    Ironically, you forgot to capitalize the "s."

    --P

    Oh sure, that means I'm stupid and not that I'm using my iPod touch which has a tiny screen. You're a d!ck. No soup for you.
  • I would restore the "American Dream" which has been lost in socialism.....


    What do you mean, just because I work hard for something doesn't mean I should be able to keep it... right?

    Hehehe.

    lol.. You guys rock!
  • HogSandwich
    HogSandwich Posts: 146 Member
    Implement minimum paid time off for all workers be FOUR WEEKS and paid time off for maternity leave ONE YEAR in the US.

    Four weeks is standard practice in Australia :/ Sadly we're still retardedly backward in our approach to maternity leave.
  • etajr
    etajr Posts: 49
    I would restore the "American Dream" which has been lost in socialism.....


    What do you mean, just because I work hard for something doesn't mean I should be able to keep it... right?

    Hehehe.

    lol.. You guys rock!

    You work hard and give it to someone who doesn't....BTW I want to go shopping so give me your credit card.................
  • thewang
    thewang Posts: 71 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    so you are a communist?
  • jcpmoore
    jcpmoore Posts: 796 Member
    Implement minimum paid time off for all workers be FOUR WEEKS and paid time off for maternity leave ONE YEAR in the US.

    Four weeks is standard practice in Australia :/ Sadly we're still retardedly backward in our approach to maternity leave.

    Yep, I know. I researched when I was trying to get pregnant. I think it's insane to keep it so short when the bond with the family is so much more important. Why do we think so many families have so many problems these days? At least a small portion of it I think comes from this. Work sucks us away from our families and we let it.
  • HogSandwich
    HogSandwich Posts: 146 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    so you are a communist?

    Why do I get the feeling that no one REALLY knows what "communism" means anymore?
  • jcpmoore
    jcpmoore Posts: 796 Member
    Dissolve the US two-party political system entirely.
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    Ah. These same people who have this 'addiction' don't go in for treatment. ;) There is a lot of treatment options out there. Punish them... yes, punish them so they SEEK treatment; not sit on their rear all day.

    Derp de' derp.


    Right.... because our justice system and prisons are doing wonders for recovery and rehabilitation!

    It is a deterant for me. Prison/Justice System isn't just an end result. ;) Thus I have no care for those that didn't weigh the risks properly, or didn't know better at that time. Just because your 'poor', or 'less fortunate' doesn't mean you get a free card to be a junkie/etc. *snickers*
  • thewang
    thewang Posts: 71 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    so you are a communist?

    Why do I get the feeling that no one REALLY knows what "communism" means anymore?

    Who gets to dictate who can and can't have children? How would that ever be regulated, controlled? Who funds that?
    Ridiculous.....
  • joecollins9385
    joecollins9385 Posts: 355 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    what about recovering drug addicts?
  • scarlet331
    scarlet331 Posts: 42 Member
    Make going to college affordable for everyone. Unemployement is still high and if we get people trainied for careers, this country would see more economic growth and we wouldn't have to worry about how someone is going to pay their bills.
  • HogSandwich
    HogSandwich Posts: 146 Member
    Implement minimum paid time off for all workers be FOUR WEEKS and paid time off for maternity leave ONE YEAR in the US.

    Four weeks is standard practice in Australia :/ Sadly we're still retardedly backward in our approach to maternity leave.

    Yep, I know. I researched when I was trying to get pregnant. I think it's insane to keep it so short when the bond with the family is so much more important. Why do we think so many families have so many problems these days? At least a small portion of it I think comes from this. Work sucks us away from our families and we let it.

    It's all kinds of unbelievable. In Aus they're throwing money at new mums, trying REALLY BLOODY HARD to get young women to have more babies (and start younger), and yet they don't adjust the maternity leave accordingly.

    Ultimately they're REALLY hoping the lady will just give up and stay at home barefoot and pregnant. Because that's progress, apparently.
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    I would restore the "American Dream" which has been lost in socialism.....


    What do you mean, just because I work hard for something doesn't mean I should be able to keep it... right?

    Hehehe.

    lol.. You guys rock!

    You work hard and give it to someone who doesn't....BTW I want to go shopping so give me your credit card.................

    I'll be sleeping on your couch tonight; I don't shower to often, I hope you don't mind. Hehehe.
  • thewang
    thewang Posts: 71 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    Ah. These same people who have this 'addiction' don't go in for treatment. ;) There is a lot of treatment options out there. Punish them... yes, punish them so they SEEK treatment; not sit on their rear all day.

    Derp de' derp.


    Right.... because our justice system and prisons are doing wonders for recovery and rehabilitation!

    It is a deterant for me. Prison/Justice System isn't just an end result. ;) Thus I have no care for those that didn't weigh the risks properly, or didn't know better at that time. Just because your 'poor', or 'less fortunate' doesn't mean you get a free card to be a junkie/etc. *snickers*


    The problem here is that the policy discriminates against ANYONE receiving assistance! How can you stereotype like that and yet claim this provides equal rights? I'd be more concerned about your tax dollars being spent to ensure CEO's get millions in bonus, fund unjust wars, and provide substandard education.

    here's the solution - Better sex education/family planning... Better access to birth control. Our population is growing at an alarming rate. Continuted, rampant overpopulation strains our economy, food sources, living conditions, and government.
  • vaderandbill
    vaderandbill Posts: 1,063 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    so you are a communist?

    A communist because I don't think punching someone is the answer?? Or for wanting to be sure that people receiving assistance actually are in need of it?

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  • Shannon2714
    Shannon2714 Posts: 843 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    I've been saying this for YEARS
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    what about recovering drug addicts?

    That is the kicker; recovering addict means they are trying; drug tests for assistance and then a voucher stating "I'm recovering" from the agency that is helping them. Give them assistance as long as they stick with it. It isn't cut and dry, but I know my share of folks that collect assistance but don't bother to do more. :\ Nothing like $300 dollars of foodstamps on pop, candy and instant meals. *shrugs* Ah well.
  • Make sure a mass murderer, (like the nut in the Aurora Colorado killings) does not get any publicity at all, put him in a dark room where no cameras are allowed.
  • Prahasaurus
    Prahasaurus Posts: 1,381 Member
    I'll be sleeping on your couch tonight; I don't shower to often, I hope you don't mind. Hehehe.

    You need to take your dirty ### down to your local Bank of America branch and crash on their waiting room sofa. They are the ones who have gotten trillions in government assistance, with no strings attached. Poor people in America basically get screwed.

    --P
  • thewang
    thewang Posts: 71 Member
    Make drug testing essential for people on government assistance

    *punches ^ in face..... ridiculous and discriminatory policy. Since when is addiction not a treatable disease? Wouldn't that money be better spent investing in treatment programs to help those people instead of punishing them, making their problems worse, and worst of all hurting the children of those families who already struggle?

    I would imprison ^^ for wanting to solve a disagreement with punching someone. and all people receiving assistance would be on a "treatment plan" and when you stray from your plan then you don't get paid that week. Also, if you're a drug addict then you wouldn't be allowed a license to have children (yes, you'd need a license to reproduce!)

    what about recovering drug addicts?

    That is the kicker; recovering addict means they are trying; drug tests for assistance and then a voucher stating "I'm recovering" from the agency that is helping them. Give them assistance as long as they stick with it. It isn't cut and dry, but I know my share of folks that collect assistance but don't bother to do more. :\ Nothing like $300 dollars of foodstamps on pop, candy and instant meals. *shrugs* Ah well.

    Read the studies after this passed in Florida - The money they spent drug testing all applicants (because they had to reimburse those that passed) was far and beyond the money they denied to the less than 2% that failed the tests. The governor directly profited from this because the drug company contracted to do the tests was one he own stock in.

    Next question - Why aren't alcoholics targets of receiving assistance then? Along your line of reasoning this abuse would not stand either but there is no test for that even though alcoholism is far more common.
  • kiminikimkim
    kiminikimkim Posts: 746 Member
    No more human trafficking
  • xMillyLouisex
    xMillyLouisex Posts: 171 Member
    if everyone just sat back, chilled out and had a smoke everyone wud get on and it would be a happy harmonious world. lol
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    I'll be sleeping on your couch tonight; I don't shower to often, I hope you don't mind. Hehehe.

    You need take your dirty ### down to your local Bank of America branch and crash on their waiting room sofa. They are the ones who have gotten trillions in government assistance, with no strings attached. Poor people in America basically get screwed.

    --P

    Drug tests for CEO's of BoA? *laughs* :)
  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    Ban animal cruelty and make it an offense worthy of jail time (or heck, capital punishment!).