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- Influences/Heroes: Thomas Paine, Abe Lincoln, Robert Reich, Dean Baker, Bernie Sanders, Russ Feingold
- Political Bent: Progressive Democrat
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- kvb1 commented on Gun Owners Refuse to Register Under New York Law 4 months ago
In US v. Miller and DC v. Heller, the Supreme Court ruled that the government has the right to limit the type of weapons that can be for sale, who can own them, and where they can be carried.... more
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- kvb1 commented on Why liberals are more intelligent than conservatives-Psychology today. 5 months ago
Just remember, all groups fall into a bell curve within their group. If the mean for IQ amount young conservatives is 94.8, there are just as many with a lower IQ as there are above. The point... more
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- kvb1 commented on Big Media Gets Bigger 5 months ago
Part of the polarization of our political system is due to the fact that there is limited ownership of media. No corporation should be allowed to own more than one media outlet in major city or...
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- kvb1 commented on What do you think about the UN's vote to grant Palestine statehood? 6 months ago
I ^+ you. But I have to ask: have we done enough for Native Americans? We owe them a lot, and now we are allowing them to be corrupted by casinos that don't create jobs for them, pay crazy... more
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- kvb1 commented on Our Collapsing Economy and Currency 6 months ago
Raising taxes is imperative in order to reduce the interest on the debt. Cutting the budget should start with DOD, where we spend more money than the next ten countries combined. Closing... more
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- kvb1 commented on Chorus of Warning Grows: 'Say No to US Austerity' 6 months ago
Austerity is the worse thing that any government can do during economic down turns. If the states had kept there employment levels the same, as they did during all other down turns, the... more
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- kvb1 commented on Screw negotiations, avoid the fiscal cliff by letting the red states secede !!!!!!! 6 months ago
Secession is not the answer. Most of the debt can be brought back under control merely by allowing the Busch tax cuts to expire. Add to that making all income (earned and unearned, with the... more
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- kvb1 commented on Report: Defense Department Spent $100,000 on Klingons 6 months ago
The DOD budget is always loaded with useless junk, from weapons systems to philosophical discussion on Klingons. This disaster needs to be brought back under control.
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- kvb1 commented on 12 new GMO crops up for USDA approval: take action 9 months ago
Why do we need GMOs? Why not plant multiple variants of a crop that exist in nature? Obviously, that would mean that chemicle companies like Monsanto, Bayer, and Dow will have to find some other... more
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- kvb1 commented on Take Mitt's 2010 figures and apply Ryan's tax plan. Mitt would have paid 0.82% rate. 9 months ago
So real people would have it pick up the rest of that tax burden. This is like Medieval Europe and we have all become the serfs
