Susan Buchser-Lochocki

Strongly Disagree

The most WOMANLY things: get PREGNANT, be PREGNANT, Birth & RAISE CHILDREN it's what our bodies are designed for. SADLY we ARE NOT PAID for this important job of raising the next generation of humans. The most MANLY things: have SEX, defend their FAMILIES, TERRITORY & THEMSELVES. WE PAY THEM TO DO THAT with TAX MONEY, it's called the US MILITARY & POLICE. Currently, my TAXES ARE being used for KILLING people.

Strongly Agree

In today's USA we are more HUMANE to ANIMALS, then we are Humane to HUMANS. If someone in severe pain, has mental illness or dementia & decide they no longer want to live it's HUMANE to let them die, in a safe & clean environment, pre planned, perhaps with loved ones around. Rather than have them blow their brains out for the police or some loved one to discover them & then it has to be cleaned up. My Religion says it's okay to decide to die, it's FREEDOM of RELIGION.

ALL, a full grown person is not birthed after a 9 month pregnancy, there is the next 20-30 years that's needed to be a full functioning adult. CHOICE is the only HUMANE WAY. You have the choice to keep it, the choice to give it away, the choice to abort, every woman should follow her conscience. Since a WOMAN'S LIFE is at risk for the ENTIRE PREGNANCY & BIRTH, up until the child is out of the womans body & no longer attached to her, SHE HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE. Even today women die during pregnancy and child birth. HER LIFE HER CHOICE. WE dont send men into battle without a way to defend themselves, so we cannot send women into pregnancy/birth without CHOICE. Truthfully, NO woman or man wants to get an abortion with a PLANNED PREGNANCY, but often with an unplanned pregnancy MEN CAN & DO WALK AWAY, AT ANYTIME leaving the woman to fend for herself & the unborn baby. Deciding to have an abortion is not an easy decision, even if its an unwanted pregnancy, I know this from MY OWN 2 ABORTIONS. I met a nice guy we were dating & we decided eventually to make love. He explained you feel less with a condom during intercourse, so we decided I would go on some form of birth control, because neither of us were wanting to have a baby at this time of our lives. I went to MY PRIVATE GYN & was recommend a DIAPHRAGM & SPERMICIDEL JELLY, they were said to be between 88-93% effective against pregnancy, so we used it for a few months & then I got pregnant. We were both not ready, but he especially did not want to BE TRAPPED, so with no support from him, I went to a nearby PLANNED PARENTHOOD, they sat down with me, told me all the choices, adoption, raising it on my own, etc. I had to wait a few days, before they would DO the abortion. After the abortion, they gave me advice about OTHER BIRTH CONTROL OPTIONS, but I decided, no I'll stay with the DIAPHRAGM & JELLY, I was STILL CONVINCED it gives good protection. Then a few months later I was pregnant again. It was clear the DIAPHRAGM was not working, so I went to PLANNED PARENTHOOD got a 2nd abortion, the reasons had not changed, NOT READY, NOT TRAPPING, my life being AT RISK during the pregnancy/birth. Then they advised me VERY STRONGLY to go on THE PILL its 99.9% effective against pregnancy. I decided to switch & after that I only got pregnant WHEN I WAS READY to take on THAT IMPORTANT JOB, to become a MOM. RECENTLY, I came across some BIRTH CONTROL STATISTICS & it stated that the diaphragm used with spermicidel jelly is actually only at about 30% effective against pregnancy or in some cases I saw that it was only 3 to 5% effective. It makes me wonder how much research was done in the beginning & how many other women have a similar story. Eventually, me & this boyfriend broke up. But then I met my future husband & we eventually had children together, but that's another story.

Agree

It would be the Humane thing to do. Is the USA ready for such a project? That is the real question. I recommend then we come up with some solutions & then send THE VOTE TO THE PEOPLE, DIRECT DEMOCRACY. My recommendations get rid of loopholes, churches start paying taxes & people earning less than $100k dont pay any taxes Federal, State or Local.

Strongly Agree

Yes, cut spending abroad, we need to fix & invest in the USA. I think it's time to get people involved in their government in their communities. A community service perhaps, with training but certainly utilizing everyones skills to complete work needed for the town. Then we'ed have better roads, bridges & buildings. Clean towns, closer communities and little to no cost.

It's about becoming WE THE PEOPLE of your Community, your Town, your State & the United States. Instead of taxes we should become our own keepers our own Militia, our own repair & rebuild community, everyone should get one day off from regular work & that will be their taxes, to spend time in their on that day to Community volunteering & helping. Working on roads, bridges, buildings, landscaping, practicing military maneuvers, helping out in the old folks home, taking care of new mothers & families helping with Little League, helping with Girl Scouts, & naturally Boy Scouts too, driving people from one place to the other, working in the local hospital helping with patients. There is something for everyone to do in their communities. Your time is the new way to pay taxes...

Disagree

There is no threat at this time to RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE USA it is a FREEDOM WRITTEN INTO the CONSTITUTION you can follow any religion as long as it doesn't hurt anyone.

Disagree

People working for the GOVERNMENT, MILITARY, the TOWNHALL, DMV or in ANY LOCAL STATE or FEDERAL JOB including TEACHERS at the PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUSDRIVERS or POLICE OFFICERS, when dealing with the public, they MUST PERFORM THEIR JOB WITH PROFESSIONALISM TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON. If your religion restricts you from doing your job and duties in that role, then you will need to find a different job. For jobs in the PRIVATE SECTOR the EMPLOYER can MAKES THE RULES as he/she wishes.

We live in a MULTI RELIGIOUS COUNTRY, NO ONE RELIGION has more right to exist than the next one. THEREFORE, on PUBLIC and GOVERNMENT PROPERTY/ BUILDINGS all religion needs to be inclusive more than 3 religions in a blessing or non religious MOMENTS of SILENCE type. In general RELIGION shouldn't interfere with Government and vice versa. Currently the church going person pays taxes on his income and interest on his money and then he give money to the church...the church pays NO TAXES CURRENTLY...since so many people are struggling, would it not be fair, wise and helpful AND CHRISTIAN THING TO DO, TO TAX THE CHURCHES and not the little guy struggling to get by? Churches have the money to pay the taxes.

Employers, Landowners and Governments always have the right to decide what rights their employees, visitors have while on the job or on the property. If an employees or visitor does not follow the rule they run the risk of loosing the job or being asked to leave. There is something called CIVIC DUTY. with that said with a doctors note and special masks there will be exceptions, but not every where. For example: people working in a cancer department. those people need to get vaccinated or wear special protection, because people with cancer under going treatment have weaken immune systems and could easily catch diseases, therefore every protection must be done to help them survive their treatment. If a worker wont follow the rule they could get fired.

B our current system.

C at the moment...as we focus on the USA for a while. Its normal for a country to turn inward once in awhile, to fix its problems, before trying to go out to the world and save every country out there. I think the moment for focusing on the United States is here, it's now. We need to take care of ourselves first, USA first.

Strongly Agree

Israel has enough space they need to accept the limits. ITS TIME for PEACE TALKS AGAIN.

Strongly Disagree

No They are too busy bettering their best.. HOWEVER, China is a big country with lots of people the individual people in China might do things...but China as a whole, I am not afraid of.

Draft all men between the age of 18-26 AND TRAIN THEM to be a strong self discipline military...let them walk around the streets in uniform so the terrorists see them... then stop globalization as we know it today, its been the cause of most of the hostility to date...focus on us the U.S. and BETTER OUR BEST. WAR BRINGS NOTHING but DESTRUCTION, PEACE brings BALANCE & HAPPINESS...and LOVE

Agree

The current WALL is doing its job, it was needed to keep the GANGS OUT but there are NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, they have rituals where they have to walk and they have to cross the border into Mexico sometimes, so we need the WALL to keep out illegal people when possible, but we also need to HONOR RELIGION and BELIEFS, they have FREEDOM to follow their faith. DOORWAYS need to be set up where people doing PILGRIMAGES can CROSSOVER and do their TRADITIONS and RITES.

Agree

We have legal ways to come into the USA people need to use those ways to come in. Mexico is NOT AT WAR...there is NO EXCUSE for the illegal crossings.

All people are welcome, but we do need to do a background check on the person before they come in the country. So people with certain types felonies should not be let into the country.

Strongly Agree

Discrimination for any reason is wrong. Diversity is normal. Humans are diverse creatures

Strongly Disagree

Fundamentally NO. Are people working at them racist? YES, not all, but too many are.

My MEANING of LIFE: to laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate Beauty to find THE BEST IN OTHERS to LEAVE THE WORLD A BIT BETTER, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even ONE LIFE HAS BREATHED EASIER because I have lived. This is to have lived a MEANINGFUL LIFE. By Ralph Waldo Emerson adapted by Susan Buchser-Lochocki and I like to focus on... LEAVING THE WORLD A BIT BETTER. I'm a UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST. I was born Catholic but changed in my 20s as I started to search for God. I like to believe I'm about INTEGRITY, walking my talk, and bettering my best. I try not to worry about the competition too much and just FOCUS ON ME my thoughts, my ideas, MY GOALS FOR THE USA and try to bring them to you, the public, with the hope of bringing a PEACEFUL CHANGE to the world. And finally, In GOOD I TRUST. dont you?

Strongly Disagree

With our CURRENT VOTING SYSTEM, VOTING should be allowed ONLY WITH a PHOTO ID PROOF of IDENTITY. ALL CITIZENS should be able to go to the local DMV and get an OFFICIAL RESIDENCY CARD, it's FREE for all residents. but I'm hoping to bring a change to the way people vote which would be better cleaner and less middle man way of voting. See my next response.

Direct DEMOCRACY/ DIRECT VOTING, 4 times a year a voting ballot comes to you home. It would have ISSUES for you to VOTE ON from the TOWN STATE and FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS. It would be on new rules and laws and regulations that the US Congress or your local legislators could not get a clear yes or no on... SO THEY SEND THE ISSUE to YOU, THE PEOPLE, and you would vote. With paper and pen in the privacy of your own home. You would then put your answers into the envelope that's provided. Then you take it to the TOWNHALL to the local clerk that's there and you sign the envelope and you show your ID so that the clerk knows it's you. THEY mark in their book that you voted and you put your voting envelope into the voting slot and it goes then into a box that is sealed that will be open at the end of election day and the votes will be counted. You will.have a whole month to turn in your ballots. At least for the first two or three votes will have to do it this way eventually once the towns are set up and people are familiar with signatures then there will be a new way of voting introduced where you can just drive by the town hall day or night and drop it in the voting drop box without having to show your ID but you will still have to sign the document inside the envelope with your signature. THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT YOU THE PEOPLE REALLY WANT FROM YOUR COUNTRY. DIRECT DEMOCRACY, bringing more power to you the people...

Disagree

The UNION gave slaves FREEDOM & set up ways to employment. Sadly we had States & Local GOVERNMENTS that UNDERMINED the African American newly freed people & refused them their rights. This was discovered, the Civil Rights LAWS WERE PASSED to FULLY PROTECT RIGHTS of African Americans & other non European Americans.The malicious behavior of individuals does not represent the behavior or the belief of, the United States of America. For me, ALL MEN* ARE CREATED EQUAL. *meaning women too.

YES, because we STILL HAVE PEOPLE insisting on creating a DIVIDE & PROMOTING HATE, where there is NO DIVIDE, just a human, like you, trying to pursue happiness. We are ONE race, THE HUMAN RACE. We just have different SKIN COLOR, we are a colorful species after all, ...VIVA THE VARIETY!

Strongly Disagree

We have enough environmental issues /hazards currently all over the United States let's clean those up first and use the gasses that we already have access to. Rebuild reuse upcycle no more fracking.

B.) We've only got the ONE EARTH, luckily we have a big country, we have all sorts of resources right here in the USA, we don't have to import anyting that I know of. WE have to be gentle with MOTHER NATURE. Around me, there are lakes and rivers that you're not supposed to go swimming in. Why? we have to be tough on enforcing environmental laws and regulations. UNTIL CORPORATE GREED GOES AWAY. When CORPORATIONS START TO BE MORE HUMANE about their conduct with nature, then we can discuss easing the regulations. What WE CAN DO is EDUCATE PEOPLE to do the controls, to be the controllers of the environment.

Moderate

I like to say a LOGICAL RED! or another way, I'm a RED/GREEN or a GREEN/RED...

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No not so far.

Cleaning the house out ... GETTING RID of FRIVOLOUS LAWS, it's time to RESCIND LAWS, NOT JUST MAKE NEW ONES. We need a task force on this to. THEN getting ready for OUR 250th BIRTHDAY. More special Community meetings needed...REBUILD, REUSE, and remember UNITED WE STAND.

Agree

Yes police officers because they must follow departmental policy, are acting on our behalf by our requests it's our policy we created it they are not responsible personally following the police policy. However if they step outside of those policies and follow their own will, then they are to be held responsible for their actions .

Disagree

We need to educate policeman on mental health issues. So if there is excess money they should be able to use it on training themselves and new people and satellite policeman in their communities ect...

You must be of sound mind. People who have access to your guns must be of sound mind. You must go to the local ARMY Service Branch near you and show them you are capable of using your weapons at the shooting range. We will provide the ammunition. 3 times a year. And sit in one gun violence class per year. After the 3 checks are completed you can have a gun license that says you are capable and mentally sound. This needs to be U.S. WIDE, city and suburbs and rural. There is a difference between having a gun in the city and having a gun in the suburbs or in rural areas.so one size does not fit all. You must be over 16 in rural and over18 in city and suburbs. Once a year drug testing will be necessary too.

Agree

Dealers yes if they sold it to someone who was not mentally okay / firearms makers no Lastly, GUNS DONT KILL, people do.