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  End the drug war

  The drug war is one of the most wasted efforts in America. We pay billions of dollars to throw non-violent individuals into jails for doing nothing more than exercising their Constitutionally protected freedoms. We have a President who is an admitted user of some of the hardest drugs in America. If that is the limit drug users can reach, is this not proof that we are wasting our time prosecuting these people? Drugs are ...more »

  The drug war is one of the most wasted efforts in America. We pay billions of dollars to throw non-violent individuals into jails for doing nothing more than exercising their Constitutionally protected freedoms. We have a President who is an admitted user of some of the hardest drugs in America. If that is the limit drug users can reach, is this not proof that we are wasting our time prosecuting these people?

  Drugs are not a criminal problem, they are, in the worst cases, a health issue. We should legalize all drugs in America, and allow the drug companies to sell these drugs over the counter. In return, drug companies must produce and sell all medical prescriptions at cost. This will ensure that drug companies can maintain a profit to stay in business while providing desperately needed medication at a cost even the poorest of us can afford. It will eliminate the billions we pour into funding the DEA, as well as vastly reduce the amount spent on customs and border patrols checking for drugs.

  Here is the facts: drugs users do not care about laws. If they can't do it legally, they will do it illegally. The proof is our current society. The United States screwed up. Quite spending good money on a bad idea.

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  Eliminate the polygraph

  Testing potential and current employees for the United States with a polygraph for security clearances should be eliminated. The devices have long been disproven by the scientific community for any use, and the 2003 National Academy of Sciences study directly showed its uselessness for security clearances. The money spent on the equipment, maintenance, and salaries of the polygraph administrators are wasted.

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  Congress needs to be completely restructured

  Congress approval rating is the lowest it has even been. Few to no one cares about Congress, and in response Congress is running amok, devastating the United States government, its funds, and the citizen's lives. It needs complete and immediate reform. A short list follows 1) Term limits: No individual can serve more than four years in Congress. 2) All laws must be read: To ensure every individual serving in Congress ...more »

  Congress approval rating is the lowest it has even been. Few to no one cares about Congress, and in response Congress is running amok, devastating the United States government, its funds, and the citizen's lives. It needs complete and immediate reform. A short list follows

  1) Term limits: No individual can serve more than four years in Congress.

  2) All laws must be read: To ensure every individual serving in Congress has read every law they vote on, each law must be read at least one week in advance of the vote, and then again right before the vote. No speed-readers allowed, and this can not be waived.

  3) Laws must be short: The Constitution and the Bill of Rights barely make up a few pages. The health care bill was over two thousand. Need I say more?

  4) Laws must only address one item: This goes hand in hand with number three. Riders should have never been allowed to exist. Massive bills that are changed by other massive bills are ridiculously confusing. Laws should be short and simple.

  5) All laws expire: There are far too many laws still on the books and enforced that are no longer applicable to modern society. All laws outside of the Constitution (plus amendments) and Bill of Rights should expire at the start of every new Congress. The President and Congress are wiped out every so often for a reason - the laws should also be subject to this.

  There are many more things that need to be redone in Congress, but these are the most important. Congress is the biggest failure in the American government.

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