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When officers use deadly force under the guise of a perceived deadly threat, only to find out there was no threat, it is natural to perceive the presence of an officer as a deadly threat. This vicious circle is self-defeating to all police enforcement, and must be stopped.
Fedup — 2017-07-17 19:22:51	Police	disagree     agree 0 76 Add a comment
Prosecuting attorneys and district attorneys who file charges that they know will not hold up in court, so that a criminal will walk and not be charged with a lesser charge, are guilty of obstructing justice, and place the population in harms way. This seems to happen when police shootings are tried as first or second degree murder, where the high level of proof and intent will likely fail, and manslaughter was more appropriate; when the murder charge doesn't stick, manslaughter charges are avoided.
Fedup — 2017-06-27 14:55:55	Political Process, Criminal System	disagree     agree 0 191 Add a comment
It's pretty pathetic that the president of the United States earns only $400,000 a year. We should pay the president like a CEO with a base salary closer to $10,000,000 or $20,000,000; with incentives for things like lowering the deficit, low executive order count, lowering inflation, lowering unemployment, cross-party collaboration, etc. The first lady should earn a healthy wage too, depending on her involvement.
Fedup — 2016-10-31 16:11:49	Political Process, Politicians	disagree     agree 19 236 Add a comment
In addition to reviewing that our ballots were recorded, we should have the ability to review the votes recorded to make sure they are accurate, and to avoid any possible recording errors or fraud. This should be keyed off the ballot number we each retain. Additionally, a full publication of all votes cast should be published, along with ballot numbers, that can searched as above, but also tallied independently by anyone wishing to audit the results.
Fedup — 2016-10-20 13:25:33	Elections, Political Process	disagree     agree 20 224 Add a comment
As the government works for us, and we fund the government in various forms, we should be appalled at the way the government spends our hard earned money and the debt laid on us and our progeny. Our contributions include taxes paid directly, but also include the trade deficit, the national debt, inflation, under-funding of social security, and higher interest rates; most of which affect our children.
Fedup — 2016-10-01 09:40:26	Political Process, Economy	disagree     agree 18 222 Add a comment
A jury should not be instructed to determine if laws are or aren't broken, as the intent of a jury is to decide if the common person would deem an accused offense as right or wrong. Laws are not always constructed to take every situation into consideration, which is why we're allowed to have our peers review individual cases. As some times laws are written incorrectly, or purely for political reasons.
Fedup — 2017-07-12 22:21:30	Criminal System	disagree     agree 13 242 Add a comment
Countries are responsible for their leaders actions, and must retain the ability to keep those leaders in check. Actions like genocide must be resisted before they occur. A balance between control by the people and by the government must be maintained to allow proper actions to be taken. One method governments use to tip the balance of control in their favor is gun control.
Fedup — 2016-09-29 16:32:50	Political Process	disagree     agree 4 251 Comments (1)
Presidential pardons should first be reviewed by a congressional task force, and any signs of impropriety or clear injustice should nullify the pardon and result in criminal charges against the president. Past pardons should be investigated with the same results. Releasing terrorists is treason; Bill Clinton should be in jail.
Fedup — 2016-09-28 23:19:59	Politics	disagree     agree 10 208 Add a comment
We should have a fund for candidates of each elected position, that is funded according to the number of citizens they'll represent, and that is divided equally among the candidates to use for supporting their campaign. All other campaign funding should be illegal. This could solve special interests, and level the ability for each to get their message out. It could also encourage more than just two parties.
Fedup — 2016-09-15 15:47:24	Elections	disagree     agree 8 251 Add a comment
The government should fund an independent group to run a website or other form of information sharing that can be used by candidates to submit their platform, ideals, stances, issues, promises, etc. The site should then allow for side-by-side comparison of each, and track the changes made during office and whether promises were fulfilled.
Fedup — 2016-09-15 15:40:05	Elections	disagree     agree 8 229 Add a comment
Hillary is ineligible to be president due to term limits - she's already had her 2 terms. Bill was a puppet president.
Fedup — 2016-09-09 18:37:35	Politics	disagree     agree 3 274 Add a comment
Justice isn't adequately satisfied by prison sentences. Not taken into account partially or at all are: 1. restitution to the victim(s). 2. the cost to the victim to recover mentally, physically, emotionally, etc. 3. consideration to the families of the accused and victims (sometimes they're both). 4. the cost to the authorities to prosecute. 5. the cost to the authorities to patrol, investigate, pursue, catch, etc. 6. the cost to the authorities and the accused to rehabilitate and reengage with society. Etc. Too often the prosecutors only look for a conviction without consideration for other compromises that will satisfy some of the above issues.
Fedup — 2016-09-01 12:59:31		disagree     agree 9 241 Add a comment
The TSA is completely over the line. When everyday people, and especially kids, are groped by agents in the name of national security, it's the TSA that are the terrorists. Ask yourself what value the TSA has when it's impossible to hijack a plane now that pilot doors are impenetrable.
Fedup — 2016-08-25 16:05:16	Criminal System, Politics	disagree     agree 8 254 Add a comment
No lawmaker, politician, or elected official should decide on the benefits they're paid; including perks like vacation, retirement and health.
Fedup — 2016-08-18 18:14:19	Politicians	disagree     agree 18 260 Comments (1)
All elected officials should be overseen by representatives from the body of people they represent; especially politicians. There should be an agreement before elected as to what expectations are required and what the salary will be if the expectations are or are not met. There should be perks for exceptional performance; and there should be disconnected service for bad performance.
Fedup — 2016-08-18 18:12:00	Politicians	disagree     agree 11 265 Add a comment
Real estate agents should NOT be getting 3% of the sale of a property; this is a rip-off!
Fedup — 2016-08-18 17:33:58	Real Estate	disagree     agree 12 280 Add a comment
Voting district boundaries have historically been redrawn to someone's advantage, and the system needs to be overhauled. The rules on how the boundaries are formed need to be automated such that no person makes the decision.
Fedup — 2016-08-15 11:19:13	Political Process	disagree     agree 10 269 Add a comment
Parcel taxes should be restructured such that multi-unit properties pay their fair share. Currently (in California) all multi-unit properties pay a single parcel tax, which are used to subsidize local schools. Apartments, condos, and townhouses typically have many students, but the property owners only pay one parcel tax per building or entire complex. Home owners pay an unfair portion of the taxes, and retired families pay for schools they no longer get use of.
Fedup — 2016-08-06 13:26:48	Taxes	disagree     agree 12 285 Add a comment
Many people are unaware that the tiered pricing for gas and electric by Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is a way to charge more for the same thing and put ALL of the profit back into the company. Many assume the extra charges go towards conservation efforts. They don't. The California Public Utilities Commission has allowed PG&E to abuse it's monopoly and cheat customers for years. No other company has been able to get away with such abuse, and it's amazing a lawsuit wasn't filed years ago. A glaring indication of the amount of power such a large company has over the government and all who would oppose.
Fedup — 2016-12-19 09:10:01	PG&E	disagree     agree 6 313 Comments (2)
Until an officer has properly identified him-or-herself, there can be no justification for non-compliance with an officer. Verbal identification may not be sufficient; especially with the deaf, etc. Identification must be presented when asked, as there have been too many cases of impersonation; and anyone could claim to be police with the intent of mentally disarming a potential victim.
Fedup — 2016-08-01 17:52:30	Police, Criminal System	disagree     agree 7 318 Add a comment

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