Post subject: What are the most important issues for the gov't to address?
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:48 pm
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OK, let's try to have some fun here. Below are a list of issues. I want as many of you to pick out around a top ten ranking or so of the issues in order of importance for the gov't to address. After I get enough sufficient answers, I'll compare the RM answers to polls that were given over a ten-year span, and we'll see how our priorities compare to average Americans.
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Abortion
Air Travel Safety
Budget/Government spending
Bush/president
CIA leak
Crime/violence
Disaster relief/Hurricane Relief
Domestic/social issues (non-specific)
Downsizing government
Drugs
Economy (non-specific)
Education
Election/Voter reform
Employment/jobs
Energy
Environment
Ethics in government
Family values (decline of)
FEMA
Foreign policy (non-specific)
Gas and oil prices
Healthcare (not Medicare)
Homeland/domestic security/public safety
Homelessness
Honesty/Integrity/Moral Values
Human/civil/women's rights
Immigration
Inflation
Iraq / (Saddam Hussein)
Judicial/Legal Issues
Medical research
Medicare
Middle East peace process between Palestinians and Israel
Military/defense
National security
North Korea
Not sure/refused/no issue
Other
Peace/world peace/nuclear arms
Poverty/the poor
Religion (decline of)
Same sex rights
School safety
Social security
Taxes
Terrorism
War
Welfare
Post subject: Re: What are the most important issues for the gov't to addr
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:52 pm
Needs to start paying for bandwidth
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this is merely impossible
Peace/world peace/nuclear arms
Human/civil/women's rights
Education
National security
Healthcare (not Medicare)
Medicare
Poverty/the poor
School safety
Environment
Energy
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Post subject: Re: What are the most important issues for the gov't to addr
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:22 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
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Green Habit wrote:
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Abortion Bush/president Crime/violence Drugs Ethics in government Family values (decline of) Honesty/Integrity/Moral Values Immigration Medical research Religion (decline of) School safety
I picked these as the ones where I think the federal government should back the hell off and spend money on the others listed. These can be addressed at the state level or by private agencies.
1. Less war around the globe, peace is a nice idea but a little far fetched at this time
2. World poverty and related issues, goes hand in hand with number one
3. Human right but not womens rights, which can directly contrivene human rights, goes hand in hand with number one and two
4. Making the UN functional, again goes hand in hand with numbers one, two and three
5. Environment
6. Welfare and poverty at home
7. Universal healthcare
8. Lessening the income gap between the rich and poor
9. Education
10. Campaign finance reform, getting all corporate dollars and non-eligible voters from donating money or money substitutes
Post subject: Re: What are the most important issues for the gov't to addr
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 3:56 pm
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loralei wrote:
Green Habit wrote:
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Abortion Bush/president Crime/violence Drugs Ethics in government Family values (decline of) Honesty/Integrity/Moral Values Immigration Medical research Religion (decline of) School safety
I picked these as the ones where I think the federal government should back the hell off and spend money on the others listed. These can be addressed at the state level or by private agencies.
I like your style. Especially including "Bush/president" in that list.
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Ethics in government
Election/Voter reform
Education
Healthcare (not Medicare)
Energy
Social security
Human/civil/women's rights **including same sex rights
National security
Immigration
Taxes
Some things I would have liked to see on the list are:
1: Campaign Finance Reform. I believe taking Corporate influence out of Gov't decision making would take care of many items on the list. This is why I chose Ethics first.
2: Infrastructure Improvements- Such as Levees, roads and bridges. I would have had this down around 10.
Post subject: Re: What are the most important issues for the gov't to addr
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:23 pm
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Education Election/Voter reform Energy Environment Ethics in government Healthcare (not Medicare) Homeland/domestic security/public safety Human/civil/women's rights National security Same sex rights Social security Terrorism
Well, that's 12.
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Post subject: Re: What are the most important issues for the gov't to addr
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:46 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:32 pm Posts: 4054
Green Habit wrote:
loralei wrote:
Green Habit wrote:
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Abortion Bush/president Crime/violence Drugs Ethics in government Family values (decline of) Honesty/Integrity/Moral Values Immigration Medical research Religion (decline of) School safety
I picked these as the ones where I think the federal government should back the hell off and spend money on the others listed. These can be addressed at the state level or by private agencies.
I like your style. Especially including "Bush/president" in that list.
I figure there is nothing that the federal government will do to "undermine" their mr. president. But maybe PETA can take him down.
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btw i just realized you asked for it to be in order, so let me fix that.
