Polls

Story of a Colorado mother who states that her child's math teacher took her autistic mentally disabled child (17) and police refused to return the minor to her parent's care. I presume none of us can say what we would do for sure, but best guess what do you think you would do?

The UAW is praising Trump’s 25% tariff on auto imports as a ‘victory for autoworkers’ and a boost for American jobs. Do you agree with the UAW’s stance?

UAW praises Trump's 25% tariff on auto imports: 'Victory for autoworkers' - www.foxbusiness.com/.../...victory-autoworkers.amp

The UAW Cheers Trump’s Tariffs on Auto Imports - www.wsj.com/.../the-uaw-cheers-trump-s-tariffs-on-auto-imports-pfllnNZIBcEWSdeSuDA4

And why?

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People seem to be sending me texts, and I'm thinking more and more, what does that mean! Can we just have plain English! What do you think?

In my career as a teacher I started out being what I now consider to be a complete unreasonable prick. I would assign work over the vacation as well as frown upon parent/student chosen off days. I wouldn't even give any consideration to cuts of class when the student was having personal problems (think like crying in the bathroom, family crisis, had to work, didn't have child care - yes, I've had teen parents as students, etc). I still shudder when I think that I was that awful person.

Like everything else in life I lived and I learned. I now ENCOURAGE IF NOT DEMAND students to take a day off and I tell their parents explicitly "If adults can give themselves a day off why can't kids if they're not up to it?". I realized that there is nothing going on in my classroom that is more important than the lives that they live. The entire concept of giving school work over a break is so ludicrous to me now! It's called a "break" for a fucking reason (plus HW of ANY kind has ZERO discernable statistical difference in grades, retention, class satisfaction, etc).

How much online shopping do you do? What do you mostly buy?

I don't do as much as I used to, but when I do, it's usually a book I didn't find when I went to the actual store.

My agenda would be somewhat straight forward. As the head of the Executive branch, I'd require that all prisons and jails become self sufficient. The biggest problem we have today is the inability to enforce laws due to overcrowding. The incarceration system should not land on the back of taxpayers. The solution should be forced labor from the inmates.

Once that has been addressed, many other problems start falling into place. I don't agree with an open boarder. It needs to be controlled. At the same time, the U. S. should be a country that embraces leagal immigration. I'd work with the department of immigration and naturalization to streamline the process as much as possible. To those, however, that break our laws by crossing the boarder illegally -- they should be arrested and not sent back to the country of origin -- at least not right away. Place them within a federal prison and force them to work. Look, building a wall is just a bad idea. Make the laws accomplish what a wall cannot.

Health care has always been a concern. I like the President Obama's Affordable Care Act. There needs to be more teeth in it though. Allow there to be health care available to everyone, based upon their living wage. Then enforce it. If one is caught without health care, just as driving without insurance, allow Congress to establish punishment which may include incarceration.

The minimum wage needs to be addressed; and this is a touchy subject. We need to be a structured society that encourages growth. One should not be accepting of trying to make a living on minimum wage. They should be encouraged to better themselves. To me, raising the minimum wage just reduces the value of the dollar. We should lower the minimum wage, not raise it. Then offer student loans to encourage growth. And then don't forgive the dept -- make the student pay the loan back when they get a better job.

So what do you think of my platform? What would you do different?