gbates31

I'd challenge the gag on First Amendment grounds. "Congress shall pass no law..." seems pretty straightforward to me.

The future is impossible to predict, that's what I learned. Even with the situation in Ukraine, there doesn't seem to be any cause for a larger scale deployment like Afghanistan or Iraq. But then again, back in May of 2001 I thought the same then. While I was in boot camp 9/11 happened. Things can just happen out of nowhere.

How do you negotiate payment from the animals you help, or do you typically work pro-bono?

Me, personally? No. I was a self-destructive person back then and I, quite frankly, was abusive to others.

Though I would say the average person would if they got along well with others and took pride in what they did.

publicly finance federal campaigns.

Oh, god no. How long do you think it'll be before incumbents further entrench themselves using this system? Say what you will about money in politics, but at least donations are constrained within the limits of having to convince people to fork over money.

Taxpayer-financed elections will give each candidate (who meets a certain criteria set by incumbents, of course) guaranteed money - an amount which is sure to increase each election cycle. If politicians are ever able to borrow indirectly from the Federal Reserve, then politics will surely reach new levels of invasiveness.