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4509 pts ยท January 14, 2013


If you want infinite paid sick leave, it should be handled by disability pay or welfare

6 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 2

It's a huge hardship on small business to have to pay for an extra employee that is not contributing

6 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 3

Assuming you actually do something useful for the conpany, they are going to have to hire another worker to replace you

6 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 3

That's not how tax write-offs work. They still have to pay taxes on all the money earned that is not donated.

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Take out the "Dad and" part to see why "me" is right. "Dad and me" are objects, not subjects, because of the implied "Photo of" before

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Any major anti-PRC activists in HK could be accused of crimes and extradited to China for a "trial"

6 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 1

She used to be a real judge though, and she doesn't seem like the type to change her opinions for the show

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Link me? Because the fund is active now, just running low on money, which is why they need a new bill

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

The fund has been continuously re-approved and funded every time it expires. They haven't been "running away from duty"

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

There is no scenario. I still think as a general principle budgets should be time limited. This one is actually limited, its just 80 years

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

I think its always a good thing for Congress to have to re-authorize spending. In this case, its not much of a question that they should

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

Much shorter than 4 to 8 years

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

You do realize that as per the Constitution the military budget is only allowed to last 2 years, and must be re-approved

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Thats not what I said. I said I support Congress re-authorizing the funding every 4 to 8 years

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 2

If it was up to me, they wouldn't be allowed to budget things for longer then 4 or 8 years

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

Call me crazy but I actually prefer when congress has to re-approve spending rather than funding something indefinitely

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

2015 when they extended the fund by 5 more years and allocated over $7 billion to it? Cool yeah

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

Well before Stewart's speech more than half of the House were cosponsors on the bill

6 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It already has 8 Republican cosponsors in the Senate. That makes a majority even if the rest of the Repubs vote no

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 1

It has over 80 Republican cosponsors, though...

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

The senate bill already has 8 Republic cosponsors, so it will pass if all Dems vote for it. The bill has a lot of bipartisan support

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 3

He doesn't. The bill was already scheduled for a vote and already had over half of the House as cosponsors.

6 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Also the bill already had well over half of of the house as cosponsors

6 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 2

Almost half of the republicans in the house are cosponsors on this bill, and were before Stewart's speech. The bill has bipartisan support

6 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 3