Opinions and Responses On Social Issues

• Healthcare funding
  • Health Care Funding -- let's have same benefits as federal employees. -- Walter Cheney
    • Healthcare Now! - Or It's Our Own Fault -- George Martin
      • Full-Coverage Questions -- ans. George Martin -
        
      • The Cost of Full-Coverage for All -- George Martin
        
      • Response to Healthcare Now! - Bill Mechlinburg -
    • Health Care Funding & Other Views -- Lillian R. Swanson
      • Choices & The Cost of Enforcing Laws -- Dan Abbott -
  • Our Medical Approval Process is Flawed -- Walt Cheney --
    
  • Funding the National Institute of Health -- threatened with budget cuts.
    
  • Senior Citizens -- Save Money With HMO's!! -- replace Medicare/Medigap?
    
  • $25 Million Reward for AIDs Source -- unknown author
    • Claim for $25 Million Reward -- Dan Abbott
      
    • More on Claim -- Dan Abbot & webmaster
  
  MARIJUANA, HARD DRUGS, NICOTINE
  • Legalize Marijuana -- Mike Kessler -
    
  • Legalization of Marijuana -- Ineuville -
    
  • Smoking CAMELS -- by Harry Task -
    
  • First Admendment Rights vs Drug War -- Judge Burciaga, Chief Federal Judge of New Mexico --
    
  • Legalize Marijuana -- G. Moore -- response to article on nicotine.
    • In Response to Legal Pot -- A. H.
      
    • Opinion on Legalizing Marijuana Glenn Hawkes
      
    • Reply to G. Hawk's Legalize Marijuana -- Dan Abbott
      
    • On Legalizing Marijuanna -- Scott
  • Should nicotine be a controlled substance?
    
  • Response by Nettie Kunz
  
  FINANCES, BUDGET, FEDERAL DEBT,TAXES, EXPENDITURES
  • The Great Political Deception of 1997 -- Bill Mechlenburg --
    
  • Three Proposals for Government Reform -- Stephen Jensen -
    
  • Politics and Taxes -- by Bill Mechlenburg -
    
  • Real Tax Reform -- by Bill Mechlenburg
    
  • Do We Really Need a Balanced Budget? -- Miriam Minkowitz --
    
  • Balancing the Budget -- a response by Albert Nebeker --
    
  • Stop Washington State's Runaway Property Taxes -- David L. Wren
    
  • Who Does the Federal Government Owe? -- time to get productive then none of the political economic illusions seem to matter.
    
  • Have I Got A Deal For Senior Citizens -- the FDIC insurance racket.
    
  • The Heavy Burden of Our Tax System -- time for a fairer tax system.
    
  • The Durtiest Four Letter Word for Senior Citizens -- DEBT -- a serious problem.
    
  • Star Wars -- revisited - the $30 Billion con-job and growing.
    
  • The Old Shell Game -- The federal debt issue
  
  WELFARE
  • On Welfare Reform -- Bill Mechlenburg
    
  • Welfare Opinion - Miriam Minkowitz
    
  • Having Children Takes Two - by Lucile LaRue
    
  • Female Prejudice -- Wayne York
    
  
  POLITICS, RELATIONS
  • Western Civilization: The Story of Ourselves - Chester Low -
    
  • Race Relations -- by Bill Mechlenburg -
    
  • Apologizing For Slavery -- by Bill Mechlenburg -
    
  • Let's Begin To Fix American -- get out & vote! - Daniel J. Landry Sr. -
    
  • Campaign Finance Reform & Seniors - Project Independence --
    
  • The Silly Season -- Politics as Usual -- Bill Mechlenburg
    • Response by Bill Mechlenburg
  • Letter to President Clinton on Important Issues -- by Myron Stolaroff including a reply from the President
    • Response by G. Moore
      
    • Response by Marjory Greenlaw -
  • The Fall of Democracy in the U.S. -- our most serious problem
    • Response by Alfred Butscher
      
    • The Fall of Democracy - a response -- Bill Mechlinburg -
  • Peace At Any Price? -- Don Purvis
    
  • A Kinder More Gentler Nation -- Don Purvis
    
  • My Views -- Charles (Chet) Chesnut
    
  • The Discussion Group -- Don Purvis
    
  • A Grand Grand Jury -- an alternate to Senate and House committee hearings.
  
  LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • The World's Policemen -- it is our responsibility.
    
  • Reply by Gerald Roth
    
  • Waste, Dope, Illegal Entry -- by Robert Shackelford
    • Response by G. Moore
      
    • Reply to Moore -- Dan Abbott
      
    • Reply to Manny's Article -- Dan Abbott
  • Taking the Fifth -- eliminate law enforcement officers from taking the fifth.
    • Response by Frank E. Olschner, Jr.
      
    • Taking the Fifth -- a response - Shawn Foist -
  
  TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
  • Air Bags -- Bill Mechlenburg --
    
  • Interstate Highways are being damaged by trucking -- a fairer suggestion.
    
  • Trucks Tearing Up the Highways? -- Walter Guttenforf
    • Response by Dale Herring 19 May
  
  SOCIAL SECURITY
  • Diversion of Social Security Funds for Other Purposes -- by John Mourning
    
  • Social Security Our Last Bit of Hope -- by Don Purvis
    • Social Security & the Generations reply to Purvis post -- Dennis Tuchler
      
    • Reply to Tuchler's post -- SS is not welfare -- Don Plezia
      
    • Response to Tuchler's Post -- Margorie B. Holberg -
      
    • SS is NO "Welfare" -- response to Tuchler -- Barbara A. Larson-
  • Tax Gramps & Granny When Ever You Want -- Don Plezia -
    
  • AARP and Social Security -- organized usury???
    
  • Social Security is being robbed! -- paying new immigrants
    
    • Response by William W. Halper -- Don't Pick On Only One Nationality stop all illegal immigrants.
  

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