Jordie0587 wrote:
I'm a pretty staunch libertarian.  I keep nixing ideas for my Tx govt class because I talk myself out of them as infringing on people's rights.

Soooo, if you guys don't mind....  Have you ever thought to yourself "there should be a law about that?"  What are some things you'd put in a bill to your state legislature about?

I'm not sure how it works out, but my most brilliant idea so far is requiring community service for those who accept unemployment/TANF benefits/foodstamps.  Hopefully to help mitigate the cost of paying for certain state functions.  Instead of paying people to pick up trash, why not have those who are able bodied and unemployed pick up trash until they find a job? 

My mom thinks any parent with a child enrolled in a public school should have to volunteer 8hrs of their time per year to school functions.

I'm blanking out on the rest.  I'm like, THE worst brainstormer ever so any help would be awesome... plus this could make for some interesting conversation

This over and over. I've had this idea a lot, and if I can have it, I'm astounded why any high-level govt. employee can't have it ('cause obviously they haven't!). I think this would end most "welfare moms" types who want just push out babies and reap the benefits; I also think it would help morale as far as having a job, any job. If you have six kids and can't afford a babysitter to go to work, why don't you watch other kids so those moms can work? If you can't watch kids (I couldn't, in this scenario), then the rate is 50 cents or a buck an hour, so you can go do some other job, like the ones no one else wants to do--picking fruit, or washing porta-potties, or being candy stripers?)

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Why do most liberal political arguments boil down to someone shoving their pointy little nose in my face and saying "Well, you see, we've decided that personal responsibility, self-reliance, and independent thinking are old-fashioned and very passe'--not to mention dangerous and problematic!--so we insist you desist on all of the above at once!"