Young people, is this how you want your tax dollars spent for the next 30 years?
149085
Roads, Military, and law enforcement.  Everything else is a waste of money
889848
I am totally for it, I said this time and time again. If they want to become citizens than pay up your long overdue. If they knew they had to , they would go back real quick I bet. Also the government needs to stop giving away aid to them.
730897
I agree 100%. WE should be getting the government fund first and foremost. If they want them things then their country needs to come up with them. We have homeless and jobless people right here in the US that were born and raised AMERICAN and they can't get money from the government. Look at how they are treating most of the veterans, alot of them are homeless now, because after the war, they had nothing and no where to go. We like in a broken country and it needs Jesus
294236
The rationale is that the raising of children is good for society - so must be supported by all, whether or not you have children.  That is the reason too why the tax system pays for schools, not just the parents.  Other people's children will be supporting you in your elderly years, right?
63885
My take is this.  Since they were born, they were treated like lil angels.  Then were treated like gifts of god to planet earth.  They've been lavished with every sort of play thing, article of clothing, material possession they could ever want.  They've been waited on hand and foot.  They're given EVERYTHING -- "free" education, "free" lunch, "free transportation" to/from school.  Traffic is stopped for them.  \n\nToo many parent/s / adults have "put them FIRST," and the kids have sucked it up.  Now, look at the economy -- entertainment, clothing, toys, schools, food, candy, etc.  Where is most of the money being made --- catering to the children and the teens.\n\nNow, you tell me!  Who do you think has really been in charge???\n\nI say it's all about misplace priorities.\n\nIn my book, the adults should come FIRST.\n\nWhy should adults should be reproducing when they cannot assure that doing so will be an improvement to the world?  Makes no intelligent sense the way human reproduction has been occuring for the past 100 years!
188380
Let the people decide.  Are you of voting age?
1094016
No.  Too much money to build something ridiculous like that, and the people of this country should have access to their government and their government leaders.  once you start putting our leaders even *more* into an Ivory Tower, they'll care even less what goes on with the 'little people'.
115987
Can liberals think for themselves or they just spit out the talking points the DNC gives them?\n\nSS needs to be reformed.  Any program that takes 15% of your money at gunpoint and gives you a rate of return of about 2% is just wrong.  What if you die at 58?  Your heirs get $255.  \n\nW's reform plan is a good one.  Keep most of the revenue going in to the program to pay for the retirees AND allow younger workers to start their own accounts.  Every 5-10 years increase the percentage we can put into our own accounts.  In a generation we will all have our own accounts and not have to worry about the government borrowing from SS.  Then if we die at 58 our savings go to our heirs as it should.\n\nThe only reason liberals want to keep SS is because EVERY election they threaten old people that Republicans will take away their SS if you elect them.  They have been saying that for at least 25 years (thats as long as I have been paying attention) and it hasn't happened yet.
668363
OK, so everyone says they are not mature enough.  I think he should give exampls on why are kids 13-17 NOT mature.  They spend all day playing the XBox 360, play the ball and jacking off.  They don't have a job, to appreciate a salary or wage and to recent the government for taking most of it in taxes.  They don't have a car, so they don't experience the joy of road rage and traffic that makes you get to work late and therefore get fired, lose your house to foreclosure and end up in the gutter.  I dooon't think people younger than 30 should be allowed to vote.  But I'm 35, so that's OK.
971029
I agree with you.  The idea of spending the next 2 years and countless millions is contrary to what America needs to be about.
839458
No. I want the government to spend less in other areas in order to pay for these projects. Too much money is spent on meaningless pork. Too much money is wasted in fraud, waste and abuse. The government needs to do what most families have to do, namely tighten its belt and live within its budget.
523741
We know know why some people have fungus for brains. At least the democrats contract won't contain a deficit like Bush ran up, a questionably legal war, 2,700 military dead, 18,000 wounded, cuts in most programs to include Veterans, in order to give the rich a nice little bundle while the average taxpayer got $48.00.\n\nWhat it will include is a contract with the world to stop being the bully of the world. China could be the bully, but they have more smarts. We can start including, instead of excluding people, we can make sure there is still a middle class and that all the people on the dole aren't multi-billion dollar corporations who pay no taxes while shelling out millions to their officers and stockholders.(Who by the way, didn't do 1 day of work for the money).\n\nDon't make abortion the issue because everyone in America isn't a right-wing,  Anna Coulter, neo-conservative who believe they have the right to BE God. And while they try and moralize for everyone else while they steal and abuse prescription drugs, and much like the person above, they aren't willing to put their money up when they force women to have children! Instead the demean and belittle those they want to place in dire circumstances.\n\nHate to tell you fungus, but women are not baby factories for the rich, and most "welfare" money goes to rich corporations, we just call it something else.\n\nHopefully we will get rid of the "Patriot Act" which it isn't. Its a domestic spy act. And perhaps people who are elected won't steal right in front of their constituants without a care in the world because they have too much power to touch.\n\nNeil Young began writing again because he got tired for Generation X and the ME generation to take some responsibility instead of rationalizing their one after another failure.  And I hope that any new elected president won't be crazy enough to commit High Crimes and Misdeamanors by leaking the names of CIA operatives because they didn't like what they were told by a spouse.\n\nWe are going down the wrong road and have been for years. It is time we get back on track and do what is right rather what is right for you.\n\nYou know, unless you are wealthy, and I know you aren't or you wouldn't be here, there is going to be a time in yout life when you will need help. I hope something is there for you, but if it isn't, the only person you have to blame is staring back at you through a mirror.
612066
Like the other person said, who would give if it was just voluntary? I agree more money needs to be spent on programs to help the homeless,needy,etc. Perhaps we should rethink the flat tax scenario.\n  But, is it fair to ask a person earning $35,000 a year or less to pay the same amount as a person who earns $1 mil??Perhaps we should redo the tax code..I mean..erase everything and start over.
398388
not a bad idea but if they really wanted to be citizens they should do it the old fashioned way.  they just want to work for a few years then go home and live like kings off the money they made here
525416
It will forever be this way. The way it was 30 yrs. from now, it will be in another 10. Because the youths are the results of the fuckups of the previous generations. It's a vicious cycle that never ends. Some of it's true some of it is hyped media bulls&*t. Get used to it. But know that there is plenty fact there. Youths are stupid a lot of times. They're immature listen to stupid music, are materialistic and they're just kids. I was once that way too. The fact remains, it's based on truth.
1155220
You raise some VERY valid points. My daughters kdg went on NO field trips this year because of lack of funding. But prisons and the juvy system still got their funding. It is so frusterating. How cool it would be for our schools to offer even some of the amenities you mentioned..but we would have to put our children first.\nCan I get a dig into about the money being spend to finance this invasion of Iraq also..what that could have done for the public schools of the USA!
864076
Its another way to spend the money the Government say they have not got!! Put the money into schooling and hospitals were its needed.  The kids nowadays will not listen to some super nanny!!  What will they do take the naughty children to the seaside for the day, give them a holiday, buy a new computer or game on taxpayers money!!!  I think our Goverment has gone bananas!!!