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So i was reading an article in Backwoods Home magazine and thought it made a lot of sense. An interesting way to deal with the housing market so messed up with people loosing houses and so many cheap houses in bank hands is for the gov to buy some of them and try a modern version of homesteading. Let folks apply to take one of these houses and if they live there and keep it in proper shape for 5 years they can keep it. Maybe with some small cost and maybe a contract to not sell for X years. People take better care of something they own than what they rent so we will have houses cared for instead of being empty bank owned squats and drug dens or rental property rotting with inhabitants that don't give a damn about it. Since a fair amount of people that would be able to use this program are already getting subsidized rent the cost would be low. What do you think?
I think we all are too quick in america to pick one political party or the other based on agreeing with some of the politics and end up compromising some of what we really believe. In this thread i would like us to talk about our political opinions with more depth than " im a (insert party here". What topics do you disagree with you own party over. This is not an attempt to argue over who has "superior" opinions or beliefs but a chance for us to explain what we stand for to better understand each other. I will start
I am pro death penalty. i believe in removing any great threat to the innocent however i do want better trials/ criteria to find someone guilty. I am pro assisted suicide. How can you tell someone they HAVE to live in pain? I am torn on abortion. It is killing potential human life but i cannot see legally forcing women to give birth (taking away control of her own body) and too hard to stop them from doing it anyway and risking injury I am for religious freedom. I am also against forcing religion on others so i oppose school prayer and the like. I am for legalizing drugs. Conversely i am against using them. I do not like the gov telling us what we can do to ourselves but still think it is dumb to wreck your brain. So what are some of your views? Again please keep this civil, i really am more interested in us knowing the little details of each others opinions not proving who is right here.
For those that insist everything can be redeemed and executions are evil, where do you put the bad guys? How about the incorporial, teleporting, just to friggin big and strong to cage? Who monitors and makes sure they remain locked up? How much time and what resources do you use to transport them?
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