Latest Answers http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/%2A/%2A/%2A/DC a view of answers sorted by date en I have always been for voting rights for the DC delegate. As a matter of fact, if it were up to me, there would be the appropriate numbers of members of the House and two Senators. There are states that are smaller than the District and have that kind of representation. A lot of excuses have been made for why we can’t do it or should not do it. Some of them based on the Constitution. Others, I think based on the fear that if we were to have, say, two democratic Senators and a democratic House member, they would be in fact Democrats, as opposed to Republicans. And a lot of people, particularly Republicans, are concerned about that. Um. I just think it’s the right thing to do. I think you ask people to pay taxes, obey the laws and do all of the things they’re supposed to do, but yet they still don’t have full voting rights. I just have a major problem with that and I think it goes against this thing we call Democracy. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-have-always-been-voting-rights-dc-delegate.-matter-fact%2C-if-it-were-me%2C-there-would-be-app Wed, 21 May 2008 17:45:00 -0500 EW Johnson 1319 at http://askyourlawmaker.org First of all, I’m opposed to public funding of political campaigns – first and foremost because most of the public is as well. It’s not a very popular system. Second, it doesn’t remove money from campaigns; it just removes it from candidates. And you see it spent through all sorts of special interest groups and organizations with every point of view. So I would much prefer that my tax dollars go to fund government, and that I contribute to candidates I support as opposed to a portion of the money that I pay to the government being diverted to people I may or may not support. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/first-all%2C-i%E2%80%99m-opposed-public-funding-political-campaigns-%E2%80%93-first-and-foremost-because-most- Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:49:40 -0500 EW Johnson 1225 at http://askyourlawmaker.org I can guarantee you the entire west does not look like Grand Teton National Park, and I think some of these Congressmen think the entire west looks like Grand Teton National Parks. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-can-guarantee-you-entire-west-does-not-look-grand-teton-national-park%2C-and-i-think-some-th Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:08:22 -0500 1162 at http://askyourlawmaker.org We know that many of those from whom we import oil are not our friends, so we should be able to have our own resources developed for our own energy, and one of those is nuclear power. It’s clean, it’s reliable and it’s abundant. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/we-know-many-those-whom-we-import-oil-are-not-our-friends%2C-so-we-should-be-able-have-our-own Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:58:31 -0500 1160 at http://askyourlawmaker.org Nuclear power is part of the answer to meet our growing needs and the fact that we need to cut down on CO2 emissions. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/nuclear-power-part-answer-meet-our-growing-needs-and-fact-we-need-cut-down-co2-emissions. Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:56:49 -0500 1158 at http://askyourlawmaker.org The technology is safe, the supply of energy is clean, and it will replace fossil fuel, which is sometimes dirty and pollutes the environment. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/technology-safe%2C-supply-energy-clean%2C-and-it-will-replace-fossil-fuel%2C-which-sometimes-dirty Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:44:31 -0500 1156 at http://askyourlawmaker.org I think it is democracy. We are a democratic republic. The way the system is set up provides a slight advantage a slight boost to smaller states. I don’t think they would ever vote to give them up. The smaller states would resist, correctly, because that is one of the commitments they were given when they entered the Union. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-think-it-democracy.-we-are-democratic-republic.-way-system-set-provides-slight-advantage-s Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:41:03 -0600 1105 at http://askyourlawmaker.org I think the electoral college has a good reason that its in place. Its to make sure every state has the ability to decide who are next representatives are, that it’s not just dominated by the most populated states. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/i-think-electoral-college-has-good-reason-its-place.-its-make-sure-every-state-has-ability-d Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:39:18 -0600 1087 at http://askyourlawmaker.org