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JANUARY 2013 OPEN ENDED RESPONSES The Reason8Rupe January 2013 Poll interviewed 1000 adults on both mobile (500) and landline (500) phones, including 228 respondents without landlines from January 17 to 21, 2013. The margin of sampling error is +/8 3.8%. The margin of error increases for open8ended questions asked of subsets of the survey sample. Princeton Survey Research Associates International (PSRAI) conducted the survey. Interviews were done in English by Princeton Data Source LLC. Statistical results are weighted to correct known demographic discrepancies. When feasible, answer choices within questions were rotated. For more methodological information, please visit http://reason.com/reason8rupe8poll8methodology. The poll questionnaire, crosstabs, and analysis can be found at reason.com/poll.

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JANUARY'2013''

OPEN'ENDED'RESPONSES'

The'Reason8Rupe'January'2013'Poll'interviewed'1000'adults'on'both'mobile'(500)'and'

landline'(500)'phones,'including'228'respondents'without'landlines'from'January'17'to'

21,'2013.'The'margin'of'sampling'error'is'+/8'3.8%.'The'margin'of'error'increases'for'

open8ended'questions'asked'of'subsets'of'the'survey'sample.'Princeton'Survey'

Research'Associates'International'(PSRAI)'conducted'the'survey.'Interviews'were'

done'in'English'by'Princeton'Data'Source'LLC.'Statistical'results'are'weighted'to'

correct'known'demographic'discrepancies.'When'feasible,'answer'choices'within'

questions'were'rotated.'For'more'methodological'information,'please'visit'

http://reason.com/reason8rupe8poll8methodology.'

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The'poll'questionnaire,'crosstabs,'and'analysis'can'be'found'at'reason.com/poll.!!!

CONTENTS!!

!1. What-one-word-would-you-use-to-describe-Congress?-

!2. In-just-a-few-words…what-do-you-think-should-be-President-Obama’s-TOP-

priority-for-his-second-term?-!

3. What-one-or-two-things-in-particular-do-you-think-the-government-spends-too-much-money-on?-

!4. In-your-opinion,-what-is-the-MOST-important-thing-that-should-be-done-to-

reduce-the-national-debt?-!

5. In-just-a-few-words…why-do-you-feel-taxes-should-be-increased-on-wealthier-households?--

!6. In-just-a-few-words,-what,-if-anything,-should-be-the-government’s-reaction-to-

the-school-shooting-that-occurred-in-Newtown,-Connecticut-last-month?-!

7. If-the-federal-ban-on-assault-weapons-that-expired-in-2004-were-still-in-effect,-how-would-it-have-helped-avoid-the-Newtown-tragedy?-

!8. In-just-a-few-words,-how-would-you-describe-an-assault-weapon?--

!

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!419!respondents!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"What!ONE!word!would!you!use!to!describe!Congress?"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!interviewers,!are!presented!below.!!

What%ONE%word%would%you%use%to%describe%Congress?

A!BUNCH!OF!ASSHOLES!WHO!ARE!JUST!LOOKING!OUT!FOR!THEMSELVESA!BUNCH!OF!LACKEYSA!MESSABUSIVEABYSMALADEQUATEADEQUATEADEQUATEAFRAIDAMBITIOUSANTAGONISTICAPPROVEARGUMENTATIVEARGUMENTATIVEARROGANTARROGANTASSEMBLYASSHOLESASSHOLESAWFULBADBIASBICAMERALBIG!BUSINESSBORDERLINEBOTTLENECKBREAKING!THE!COUNTRYBUMSCARINGCAUTIOUSCHALLENGINGCHAOTICCHAOTICCHAOTIC

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

CHARACTERSCHILDISHCHILDISHCHILDISHCHILDISHCHILDRENCHILDRENCHILDRENCIAOSCLUELESSCOMBATIVECOMBATIVECOMPETENTCOMPLACENTCONFLICTEDCONFUSEDCONFUSEDCONFUSEDCONFUSEDCONFUSINGCONFUSIONCONGRESSCONTENTIOUSCORRUPTCORRUPTCORRUPTCOWARDLYCRY!BABIESDEDICATEDDEMORALIZINGDISAPPOINTINGDISAPPOINTINGDISAPPOINTINGDISAPPOINTINGDISAPPOINTINGDISASTROUSDISGUSTINGDISRESPECTFULDIVIDEDDIVIDEDDIVIDED

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

DIVIDEDDO!NOTHINGDOING!THE!BEST!THEY!CAN!DODOING(THEIR(BESTDON'T!APPROVE!OF!CONGRESS!AND!REPUBLICANS!BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!NOT!WORKING!TOGETHER!WITH!THE!PRESIDENT,!NO!UNITYDREADFULDUMBDUMBDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALDYSFUNCTIONALEFFICIENTEFFICIENTEFFICIENTEFFICIENTELITISTENTITLEDENTRENCHEDEXCELLENTEXTREMEFAILINGFAILINGFAILINGFAILUREFAILUREFAILURE

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

FAILUREFAILUREFAILURESFAIRFIGHTINGFILIBUSTERFIREWALLFLAKESFOOLSFOOLSFRUSTRATEDFRUSTRATEDFRUSTRATINGFUCKED!UPFUNKYGETTING!BETTERGOOD!JOBGOOD(OLD(BOY!GROUPGREEDGREEDGREEDYGREEDYGREEDYGREEDYGREEDYGREEDYGREEDY,!SELFISH!AND!DON'T!CARE!ABOUT!THE!PEOPLEGRIDLOCKGRIDLOCKGRIDLOCKGRIDLOCKGUTLESSHAMPEREDHARD!WORKINGHARD!WORKINGHEARTHELPFULHONESTHONORABLEHORRIBLEHORRIBLE

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

IDIOTSIDIOTSIDIOTSIDIOTSIDIOTSIDIOTSIDIOTSIMMATUREIMMATUREIMMATUREIMPOTENTIMPOTENTINACTIVEINADEQUATEINADEQUATEINADEQUATEINCOMPETENTINCOMPETENTINCOMPETENTINCOMPETENTINCOMPETENTINCOMPETENTINCOMPETENTINCOMPETENTINCOMPLETEINDECISIVEINDECISIVEINDECISIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTIVEINEFFECTUALINEFFICIENT

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

INEFFICIENTINEFFICIENTINEFFICIENTINEFFICIENTINEFFICIENTINEFFICIENTINEFFICIENTINEPTINEPTINEPTINEPTINEPTINOPERATIVEIRRATIONALIRRESPONSIBLEIRRESPONSIBLEIRRESPONSIBLEIRRESPONSIBLEIRRESPONSIBLEIRRESPONSIBLEIRRESPONSIBLEJACKASSESJERKJOKELACKADAISICALLAID!BACKLANDING!DUCKSLAWMAKINGLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLAZYLIARLIBERAL

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

LIKE!A!ZOOLISTENLOUSYLOUSYMAKING!DIFFERENT!DECISIONSMARVELOUSMEDIOCREMEDIOCREMESSMESSMISSINGMIX!EMOTIONMIXEDMONEY!HUNGRYMOVING!FORWARD!WITH!POSSIBLE!POTENTIALNARROW(MINDEDNEGLIGENCENO!GOODNO!GROUPNON!ACCOUNTABILITYNON!EFFECTIVENON(DISCRIMINATORYNOT!BOLD!ENOUGHNOT!CLEAR!IN!THEIR!THINKINGNOT!COOPERATINGNOT!LOOKING!OUT!FOR!THE!PEOPLE!THAT!THEY'RE!REPRESENTINGNOT!UNITEDOBSTINATEOBSTRUCTIVEOKOKOKOLD(FASHIONEDON!THE!TAKEONE(SIDEDORGANIZEDOUT!OF!TOUCHOUT!OF!TOUCHOVER!PAIDOVER!SPENDINGOVERPAID

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

OVERPAIDOVERPOWERINGOVERWHELMEDPARASITESPARTISANPARTISANPATHETICPATHETICPATHETICPETTYPLACE!TO!FIGHT!LEGALLYPOLARIZEDPOLITICALPOLITICALPOLITICIANSPOORPOORPOORPOORPOORPOOR!JOBPOORLYPRIOR!CIVIL!RIGHTSPRO(WEALTHYPROCRASTINATORSPROMISE!ONE!THING!AND!DO!SOMETHING!ELSERACISTRE!ELECTIONRECALCITRANT(MEANING!STUBBORNREPREHENSIBLE!!ARROGANTSCREWED!UPSELF!CENTEREDSELF!CENTEREDSELF!CENTEREDSELF!SERVINGSELF(SERVINGSELF(SERVINGSELF(SERVINGSELFISHSELFISHSELFISH

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

SELFISHSELFISHSELFISHSELFISHSHADYSHITHEADSSLACKINGSLOPPYSLOWSLOWSLOWSLOWSLOWSLOWSLOWSOLD!OUTSORRYSORRYSPENDINGSPITEFULSTALEMATESTIFFSTINKSTINKSSTRUGGLINGSTUBBORNSTUBBORNSTUBBORNSTUBBORNSTUBBORNSTUCKSTUCK!IN!POLITICSSTUPIDSTUPIDSTUPIDSUCKSUCKSSUCKSSUCKSSUPERFLUOUSTERRIBLE

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

TERRIBLETERRIBLETERRIBLETERRIBLETERRIBLETHE!INABILITY!TO!PERFORMTHEY!CAN!A!BETTER!JOB!THEN!WHAT!THEY!ARE!DOINGTHEY!LIKE!TO!SPEND!A!LOT!OF!MONEYTHEY!MUST!ALL!BE!ASLEEP!OR!DEADTHEY!SUCKTHEY!WON'T!WORK!TOGETHERTHIEVESTHIEVESTOO!BIGTRAITORSTRYINGTWO!FACEDUNBALANCEDUNCARINGUNCOMMITTEDUNCOMPASSIONATEUNCOMPROMISINGUNCOMPROMISINGUNCOMPROMISINGUNCONSTITUTIONALUNCOOPERATIVEUNCOOPERATIVEUNCOOPERATIVEUNCOOPERATIVEUNDECIDEDUNINSPIREDUNITEDUNKNOWN!TO!MEUNMENTIONABLEUNORGANIZEDUNPATRIOTICUNPRODUCTIVEUNPRODUCTIVEUNSATISFACTORYUNTRUSTWORTHYUNTRUTHFUL

!!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

USELESSUSELESSUSELESSUSELESSUSELESSUSELESSUSELESSUSELESSWASTEFULWEAKWHINERSWIMPYWORTHLESSWORTHLESS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!505!

respondents!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"In!just!a!few!

words…what!do!you!think!should!be!President!Obama’s!TOP!priority!for!his!second!

term?"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!interviewers,!are!presented!below.!!

In#just#a#few#words…what#do#you#think#should#be#President#Obama’s#TOP#priority#for#his#second#term?

A!LITTLE!LESS!OF!FOREIGN!POLICY

A!LOT!OF!THINGS!TO!DO!WITH!THE!ECONOMY!AND!JOBS

ABIDING!BY!THE!CONSTITUTION!AND!PASSING!A!BUDGET

ADHERING!TO!THE!WORD!AND!THE!SPIRIT!OF!THE!UNITED!STATES!CONSTITUTION!IN!

EVERYTHING!HE!DOES;!HE!SHOULD!STOP!ISSUING!SO!MANY!EXECUTIVE!ORDERS

ALCOHOL!DISTRIBUTION

AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS!RESTRICTIONS

BALANCE!THE!BUDGET!AND!JOBS

BALANCING!THE!BUDGET

BALANCING!THE!BUDGET

BALANCING!THE!BUDGET!AND!GETTING!OF!DEBT,!REDUCING!THE!DEFICIT

BE!A!WHISTLE!BLOWER!LET!PEOPLE!KNOW!WHAT!SENATORS!AND!CONGRESSMEN!ARE!

TAKING!UNDER!THE!TABLE

BEING!IMPEACHED

BETTER!THE!ECONOMY

BOOST!THE!ECONOMY

BREAKING!UP!BIG!BANKS

BRING!JOBS!BACK

BRING!PROSTITUTION!LEGAL!AND!TAX!IT

BRINGING!ALL!OF!OUR!PEOPLE!HOME!THAT!IS!FIGHTING!OVERSEAS

BRINGING!OUR!KIDS!HOME!FROM!WAR.

BRINGING!THE!ECONOMY!BACK!TO!LIFE!AND!CREATING!MORE!JOBS

BUDGET:!BALANCING!IT,!AND!REDUCING!THE!MIDDLE!INCOME!TAXES

BUILD!JOBS

CLIMATE!CHANGE

CLIMATE!CHANGE,!JOBS,!EDUCATION!MAKING!MATH!AND!SCIENCE!A!PRIORITY

CLOSE!GUANTANAMO;!TAKE!CARE!OF!GETTING!ECONOMY!UP!AND!RUNNING!LONG!

TERM!DEBT!AND!DEFICIT

CONTINUE!TO!BE!RESPONSIVE!TO!THE!PEOPLE

CONTINUE!TO!BUILD!THE!ECONOMY

CONTINUE!WORKING!ON!THE!ECONOMY

CONTINUED!ECONOMIC!RECOVERY

CONTINUING!TO!STAND!HIS!GROUND

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

COOPERATION(!TOGETHER!TO!MAKE!THE!COUNTRY!A!BETTER!PLACE!FOR!MY!CHILDRENCREATE!JOBSCREATE!MORE!JOBSCREATING!JOBSCREATING!JOBS!&!IMPROVING!THE!ECONOMY.CREATING!JOBS!FOR!PEOPLECUT!DOWN!OUR!DEBT!FROM!CHINACUT!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!TAXESCUT!THE!NATIONAL!DEBTCUTTING!MILITARY!SPENDINGCUTTING!SPENDINGCUTTING!SPENDINGCUTTING!THE!NATIONAL!DEBTDEBTDECREASE!THE!SPENDING!HE!HAS!BEEN!DOING!FOR!4!YEARSDEFICITDEFICITDEFICITDEFICIT,!ECONOMYDO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!GUN!VIOLENCEDOING!SOMETHING!ABOUT!THE!WORKING!PEOPLE!SUPPORTING!ASSISTANCE!PROGRAMS!FOR!POORER!PEOPLEDOMESTIC!ISSUESECONOMIC!ISSUES!THE!MONEY,!PRICES!OF!STUFFECONOMICS,!IMMIGRATIONECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMYECONOMY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ECONOMYECONOMYECONOMY!AND!BRING!TROOPS!HOME!FROM!AFGHANISTANECONOMY!AND!EMPLOYMENTECONOMY!AND!GETTING!OVER!THE!FISCAL!CLIFFECONOMY!AND!HEALTH!CAREECONOMY!AND!HEALTH!REFORMECONOMY!AND!STOP!MAKING!CUTS!IN!THE!MILITARYECONOMY!AND!THE!DEBT!WE!ARE!INECONOMY!AND!UNEMPLOYMENTECONOMY!BACK!ON!TRACKECONOMY!GETTING!TROOPS!OUT!OF!WARECONOMY!JUST!KEEP!DOING!WHAT!HE'S!BEEN!DOING!TO!GET!ECONOMY!BACKECONOMY!NOT!ALIENATED!PEOPLEECONOMY(!INCREASING!JOBS!AND!TRADE!WITH!OTHER!COUNTRIES!MAKING!OUR!EXPORTS!VALUABLEECONOMY(FIND!WAYS!TO!FREE!THE!REGULATORY!PROCESSECONOMY(INSURANCE(!SCHOOLECONOMY,!JOB!CREATIONECONOMY,!MORE!ON!THE!JOB!IMPACTECONOMY;!JOB!CREATIONECONOMY;!JOBSECONOMY;!JOBSECONOMY;!STOP!FILIBUSTER,!THE!REPUBLICATIONS!OUTNUMBER!DEMOCRATS,!AND!ARE!BY!MAJORITY!ARE!STOPPING!PROGRESS.!STOP!FILIBUSTERING!AND!DO!SOMETHING.!JOBS(:!CREATE!MORE!JOBS.ECONOMY;!TAXES,!HEALTH!CAREEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATIONEDUCATION!AND!MENTAL!HEALTHEDUCATION!I!DON'T!WANT!TO!MEDICARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITY!OR!MEDICAID!CUTEMPLOYMENTENERGYEQUALITY!AS!ECONOMIC!PLATFORMEVERYTHING!SHOULD!BE!DROPPED!LIKE!TAXES,!OBAMA!CARE!AND!WHATEVERFINANCIAL!SITUATION!OF!THE!USFIND!A!WAY!TO!SEND!ALL!THE!REPUBLICANS!TO!CANADAFINDING!A!WAY!FOR!CONGRESS!TO!WORK!ON!A!BI!PARTISAN!LEVEL!TO!WORK!TOGETHERFINDING!JOBS!IN!AMERICA

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

FIRE!CONGRESSFIX!THE!ECONOMYFIX!THE!ECONOMYFIXING!CONGRESSFIXING!CONGRESSFIXING!THE!ECONOMYFIXING!THE!ECONOMY,!JOBSFIXING!WHAT!HE!MESSED!UP,!RETHINKING!THINGS!AND!IMPROVING!IT,!ESPECIALLY!THE!GUN!CONTROL!THINGFOCUS!MORE!ON!INTERNATIONAL!JOBSFOLLOW!THE!CONSTITUTIONFOR!HIM!TO!GET!OUTFOREIGN!POLICYFORGET!THE!GUN!CONTROL!AND!TAKE!THE!GAMES!THAT!PORTRAYS!MURDER!AND!SHOOTING!OFF!THE!MARKET.!SHOULD!NOT!BE!CREATED.FOSTERING!AN!ENVIRONMENT!TO!BRING!BUSINESS!BACK!TO!THE!USFULFILL!EVERYTHING!HE!SAID!HE!WAS!GOING!TO!DO!IN!HIS!FIRST!TERMGAS!TOO!HIGH!AND!GROCERIESGAY!RIGHTSGET!ALL!PEOPLE!THAT!ARE!GUILTY!OF!TREASON!OUT!OF!CONGRESS!AND!SENATEGET!ALL!THE!SOLDIERS!BACK!HEREGET!COUNTRY!OUT!OF!PROBLEMS!IT!IS!INGET!DEMOCRATS!AND!REPUBLICANS!UNITEDGET!ENTITLEMENTS!WHERE!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!TO!CUT!THEM!ANYGET!GOVERNMENT!OUT!OF!THE!WAY!AND!LET!BUSINESSES!CREATE!JOBSGET!HIS!ACT!TOGETHER!AND!GET!DOWN!TO!OUR!DEFICIT!AND!JOBSGET!MONEY!OUT!OF!POLITICSGET!MORE!JOBS!IN!THE!US,!KEEP!OUR!JOBS!IN!THE!US,!GET!OUR!JOBS!BACKGET!MORE!PEOPLE!WORKING!THAT!ARE!ON!WELFARE,!AND!STIMULATING!THE!ECONOMY!AND!TAKING!A!DRUG!TEST!TO!RECEIVE!BENEFITSGET!OFF!THE!GUN!ISSUE!AND!GET!ON!THE!UNEMPLOYMENT!ISSUEGET!OUR!BOYS!AND!GIRLS!HOMEGET!OUT!OF!OFFICEGET!OUT!OF!OFFICEGET!OUT!OFFICE!AS!SOON!AS!POSSIBLEGET!OUT!THE!WARGET!PEOPLE!TO!WORK!TOGETHERGET!RID!OF!BASELINE!BUDGETINGGET!RID!OF!HALF!OF!THE!REPUBLICANS!IN!CONGRESS..GET!RID!OF!THE!CORRUPTION!IN!HIS!CABINET,!AND!THE!MONEY!HE!TAKES.GET!SOME!JOBS!GOING!GET!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORK!DECENT!PAYING!JOBSGET!THE!BUDGET!UNDER!CONTROL

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

GET!THE!DEBT!DOWNGET!THE!ECONOMY!BACK!ON!TRACKGET!THE!ECONOMY!GOINGGET!THE!ECONOMY!GOINGGET!THE!ECONOMY!ROLLING!AGAINGET!THE!ECONOMY!ROLLING!AND!JOBS!RETURNEDGET!THE!HOUSE!AND!SENATE!HAVE!TERM!LIMITS!AND!WORK!FOR!THE!PEOPLE!AND!NOT!THEMSELVES;!THAT!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!BE!THINKING!ABOUT!THE!ECONOMY;!IF!WE!HAVE!ANOTHER!BIG!DROUGHT!!HOW!WILL!THIS!AFFECT!THE!ECONOMYGET!THE!YOUNG!KIDS!OUT!THE!STREETSGET!US!OUT!OF!AFGHANISTANGET!US!OUT!OF!DEBTGET!US!OUT!OF!THE!NATIONAL!DEBT!AND!JOBSGETTING!DOWN!NATIONAL!DEBTGETTING!HIS!AGENDA!THROUGH!CONGRESSGETTING!JOBS!BACK!HEREGETTING!JOBS!IN!AMERICAGETTING!JOBS,!GOING!AFTER!THE!FINANCIAL!COMMUNITYGETTING!MORE!BALANCED!BUDGETGETTING!MORE!JOBSGETTING!OUT!OF!DEBT;!LOWERING!TAXESGETTING!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORKGETTING!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORK!AND!NOT!CREATING!MORE!DEBTGETTING!RID!OF!OBAMA!CAREGETTING!RID!OF!THE!CORRUPT!POLITICIANS(!GETTING!THE!ECONOMY!BACK!ON!TRACK!AND!MORE!JOBSGETTING!THE!COUNTRY!BACK!ON!ITS!FEETGETTING!THE!COUNTRY!OUT!OF!DEBTGETTING!THE!ECONOMY!IN!SOMETHING!WE!CAN!ALL!AFFORD!TO!LIVEGETTING!THE!NATIONAL!DEBT!DOWN!AND!BUDGET!UNDER!CONTROLGETTING!THE!PRICE!TAG!OFF!THE!COUNTRYGETTING!THE!UNITED!STATES!BACK!WHERE!IT!NEEDS!TO!BEGETTING!THE!US!OUT!OF!DEBTGETTING!THIS!MEDICARE!STRAIGHTENED!OUT!RIGHT.GETTING!UP!THE!UNEMPLOYMENT!RATE!INSTEAD!OF!INTERNATIONAL!PROBLEMSGETTING!US!OUT!OF!DEBTGETTING!US!OUT!OF!DEBTGIVING!WOMEN!MORE!POWER!IN!OFFICEGLOBAL!WARMING,!GUN!CONTROL,!WOMEN'S!HEALTH!INTERESTGUN!CONTROLGUN!CONTROLGUN!CONTROL!AND!BALANCING!THE!BUDGET

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

GUN!CONTROL!AND!LOWER!TAXESGUN!CONTROL!AND!MORE!JOBSGUN!CONTROL;!WORK!ON!HIS!OBAMACAREGUN!ISSUE!AS!FAR!AS!MAKING!SURE!YOU!HAVE!TO!HAVE!BACKGROUND!CHECKSHANDGUN!CONTROL!MEASURES!AND!THE!ENVIRONMENT.!MORE!POSITIVE!DIPLOMATIC!EFFORTS!AROUND!THE!WORLD.HARDCORE!PORNHAVE!MORE!JOBSHE!HAS!TO!STOP!THE!HEAVY!GOVERNMENT!SPENDING!AND!REDUCE!THE!FEDERAL!SPENDINGHE!IS!ADDRESSING!ALL!THE!ISSUESHE!NEEDS!TO!BE!LESS!INVOLVED!IN!CONTROLLING!EVERYTHING,!TOO!MUCH!RED!TAPE!WITH!CONGRESS!STOP!SPENDING!MONEYHE!NEEDS!TO!GET!CONGRESS!ON!THE!SAME!LEVEL!AS!THE!AMERICAN!PEOPLEHE!NEEDS!TO!GET!OFF!ALL!THIS!OTHER!JUNK!AND!START!AT!WHERE!PEOPLE!CAN!HAVE!JOBS!WITHOUT!GOING!UP!ON!TAXESHE!NEEDS!TO!GET!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORK;!PRIVATE!INDUSTRY!NEEDS!TO!HIRE!MORE!PEOPLEHE!NEEDS!TO!GET!THIS!MEDICAL!STRAIGHTENED!UP!AND!CLEARED!UPHE!SHOULD!BE!MORE!FOCUSED!ON!THE!COMMUNITY!AND!HELPING!PEOPLE.HE!SHOULD!NOT!BE!IN!OFFICEHE!SHOULD!STOP!TRYING!TO!BREAK!UP!THE!UNITED!STATES.!HE!SHOULD!PUT!PEOPLE!TOGETHER.HE!SHOULD!TRY!TO!FIX!THE!MIDDLE!EAST!A!LITTLE!BIT;!JOB!CREATION,!ALL!THE!THINGS!THAT!MAKE!FOR!A!STRONG!ECONOMYHE!SHOULD!TRY!TO!GET!THE!ECONOMY!BACK!TO!WHERE!IT!BEHE'S!DOING!A!GREAT!JOB!AS!FAR!AS!TRYING!TO!MAKE!SURE!THE!ELDERLY!ARE!TAKEN!CARE!OF!AND!NEEDY!CHILDREN!THAT!DON'T!HAVE!INSURANCE!AND!PEOPLE!THAT!CAN'T!AFFORD!INSURANCE!I!THINK!HE'S!DOING!A!GREAT!JOBHE'S!GOT!TO!BALANCE!THE!BUDGET!AND!NOT!KEEP!RAISING!THIS!CRAZY!DEBT!CEILINGHEALTHHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CARE;!HELP!SINGLE!MOTHERSHEALTH!CARE:!MAKE!SURE!IT'S!AFFORDABLE!FOR!EVERYONEHEALTH!INSURANCE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

HEALTH!INSURANCE!COSTSHELP!FIX!THE!UNEMPLOYMENT!RATEHELP!THE!AMERICAN!PEOPLEHELPING!CREATE!MORE!JOBSHELPING!LOWER!INCOME!FAMILIESHELPING!THE!ECONOMYHELPING!THE!ECONOMY!RECOVERHELPING!THE!ELDERLY!PEOPLEHIGHER!EDUCATIONHIS!TOP!PRIORITY!OUGHT!TO!BE!FAMILYI!DON'T!CAREI!THINK!IT!SHOULD!BE!SEEKING!MENTAL!STABILITY!OF!THE!PEOPLE!WHO!LIVE!IN!THIS!COUNTRYI!THINK!THEY!NEED!TO!GET!THEIR!ACT!TOGETHER!AND!FOR!THE!PEOPLE!OF!THIS!COUNTRYIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION!REFORMIMMIGRATION,!NATIONAL!DEBT!AND!JOBSIMMIGRATION:!CITIZENSHIP;!GUNS:!BANNING!ASSAULT!WEAPONS;!ECONOMY:!GETTING!IT!BACK!ON!TRACKIMPEACHING!HIMSELFIMPROVE!THE!ECONOMYIMPROVING!ECONOMYIMPROVING!ECONOMY!AND!JOBSIMPROVING!THE!ECONOMYIMPROVING!THE!ECONOMY!IN!THIS!COUNTRYIMPROVING!THE!ECONOMY,!EMPLOYMENT,!CEASING!WAR!AND!BRINGING!BACK!TROOPS.INCREASING!MORE!PRODUCTION!INSIDE!THE!U.S.JOB!CREATIONJOB!CREATIONJOB!CREATIONJOB!GROWTHJOB!GROWTHJOB!OPPORTUNITIES;!EDUCATIONAL!FUNDING;!HEALTH!CARE!REFORM!AND!IMMIGRATION!LAWSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

JOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBSJOBS!AND!CUTTING!EXPENSESJOBS!AND!ECONOMYJOBS!AND!GETTING!PEOPLE!TO!WORK!CREATING!JOBSJOBS!AND!LOOKING!AT!THE!GUN!AND!MEDICAL!ISSUES.JOBS!AND!THE!DEBTJOBS!AND!THE!DEFICITJOBS!AND!THE!ECONOMYJOBS!FOR!AMERICAJOBS(MORE!MANUFACTURING!JOBS,!INSTEAD!OF!SMALL!BUSINESSJOBS;!TAX!CUTSJUST!FIXING!UP!THE!ECONOMY,!GETTING!US!BACK!ON!TRACKJUST!WORKING!ON!IMPROVING!THE!ECONOMYKEEP!DOING!WHAT!HE'S!DOINGKEEP!ON!GOINGKEEP!TAXES!DOWNKEEP!US!OUT!OF!WARSKEEPING!HIS!NOSE!OUT!OF!PEOPLE'S!BUSINESS!AND!WORK!ON!HE!BUDGETLAW!PASS!TO!FEEL!SAFE!IN!OUR!COUNTRYLEARN!HOW!TO!BE!A!BETTER!PRESIDENTLEAVE!GUN!POLICY!ALONE!AND!HEALTH!CARELEAVE!OFFICELEAVE!THE!CATHOLIC!CHURCH!ALONE.LEAVING!OFFICELIMITING!HANDOUTS:!TOO!MUCH!WELFARELONG!TERM!BUDGET!RESOLUTION

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

LOWER!TAXES!ON!BUSINESSESLOWERING!TAXESLOWERING!TAXESLOWERING!THE!DEBTLOWERING!THE!DEFICITMAKING!SURE!THE!MEDICAL!PLAN!THAT!WAS!PASSED!GET!IMPLEMENTED.MAKING!SURE!WE!HAVE!MORE!JOBSMAKING!THE!MIDDLE!INCOME!FAMILIES!MORE!PROFITABLEMEDICARE!AND!JOBSMEDICARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITYMENTAL!HEALTHMORE!HELP!FOR!PEOPLE(!NOT!JUST!BROKE!PEOPLE!BUT!RICH!PEOPLE!TO..!GUN!CONTROLMORE!JOB!AVAILABILITY,!AND!HEALTH!CARE!AVAILABILITY,!ESPECIALLY!FOR!THOSE!THAT!HAVE!JOBS!AND!CAN'T!AFFORD!IT.MORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBS!AND!THE!ECONOMYMORE!JOBS;!LESS!REGULATIONSMOSTLY!HEALTH!ISSUES!FOR!THE!POORNATIONAL!DEBTNATIONAL!DEBTNEEDS!TO!IMPROVE!THE!ECONOMY,!PAY!OUR!DEPTNEEDS!TO!STOP!TAXING!SO!MUCH!AND!NEED!TO!GET!A!HOLD!OF!WHY!PEOPLE!DIED!IN!LIBYAOBAMACAREOUT!OF!OFFICEPAYING!MORE!ATTENTION!ON!THE!NATIONAL!DEBT!AND!HOW!THE!MONEY!IS!BEING!SPENT!AND!WHAT!IS!BEING!CUT!SET!PRIORITIESPEACE!IN!THE!MIDDLE!EASTPEACE!WITHIN!THE!UNIVERSEPEOPLE!THAT!ARE!IN!THE!UNITED!STATESPROBABLY!THE!ECONOMYPROTECTING!OUR!BILL!OF!RIGHTSPUT!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORKPUT!THE!COUNTRY!ON!A!PATH!TO!A!BALANCED!BUDGETPUTTING!AMERICANS!BACK!TO!WORK!IN!THEIR!OWN!COUNTRY!AND!GETTING!RID!OF!FREE!TRADEQUIT!GIVING!AWAY!FREE!MONEY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

QUIT!SPENDINGQUIT!SPENDING!MONEY!THAT!HE!DOESN'T!HAVEQUIT!WASTEFUL!SPENDINGRAISE!TAXES!TO!HELP!GET!OUT!OF!THE!MONEY!PROBLEM.RAISING!TAXES!AND!LOWERING!SPENDINGREBUILDING!THE!ECONOMYRECRUIT!CONGRESS!AND!OTHER!BRANCHES!COMES!UP!WITHREDUCE!DEFICITREDUCE!THE!DEBTREDUCING!DEBTREDUCING!SPENDINGREDUCING!SPENDINGREDUCING!SPENDINGREDUCING!THE!DEBTREDUCING!THE!DEBTREDUCING!THE!DEFICIT!AND!GETTING!EVERYBODY!BACK!TO!WORKREGAIN!GROWTH!IN!JOBSREORGANIZING!THE!FEDRESIGNRESIGNRESIGNINGRESIGNING!OFFICERESTRUCTURING!OF!THE!NATIONAL!DEBT.SEE!IF!HE!CAN!GET!LAWS!PASSED!HE!WANTS!TO!PASSSEEING!THAT!OUR!ECONOMY!COMES!BACK!UP,!GETS!MORE!JOBS,!INCREASING!OUR!TREES,!FOREST!FISH!AND!NATIONAL!GAS.SHOULD!FOCUS!ON!THE!ECONOMY,!SHOULD!END!THE!WARS!AS!SOON!AS!POSSIBLE,!DID!NOT!VOTE!FOR!ROMNEYSMALL!BUSINESSSO!MANY!ISSUE!THAT!NEED!TO!DEALT!WITHSOCIAL!SECURITY!AND!HEALTH!CARE!BENEFITSSOLVING!ILLEGAL!IMMIGRATIONSTILL!WORKING!ON!THE!ECONOMY!,!JOBSSTOP!BEING!A!PUPPET!AND!STAND!UP!AND!BE!A!MAN!NOT!JUST!BARACK!OBAMA!EACH!PRESIDENT!THAT!GETS!ELECTED!BECOMES!A!PUPPETSTOP!PORK!BARRELING,!RUN!THE!COUNTRY!AS!A!BUSINESS,!CONCENTRATE!ON!MENTAL!ILLNESS!AND!STOP!FOCUSING!ON!GUN!CONTROL.STOP!SENDING!DROIDS!OVER!DROIDS!AND!KILLING!CHILDRENSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDING!MONEY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

STOP!SPENDING!MONEY!AND!BORROWING!MONEY!FROM!CHINA!AND!GET!THE!DEFICIT!

DOWN

STOP!SPENDING!MONEY!FOR!MILITARY

STOP!THE!WAR!BRING!THE!BOYS!HOME

STOP!TRYING!TO!BE!A!DICTATOR

STRAIGHTEN!UP!AND!BE!AN!AMERICAN

STRAIGHTENING!OUT!THE!ECONOMY

STRAIGHTENING!OUT!THE!MESS!WITH!THE!INSURANCE,!UNDO!IT

SUPPORTING!NULLIFICATION!OF!THE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENT!GIVING!THE!STATES!BACK!

THEIR!RIGHTS

TAKE!CARE!OF!THE!COUNTRY!AND!NOT!HIS!OWN!AGENDA

TAKE!DOWN!THE!DEBT

TAKING!CARE!OF!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!AND!THE!HEALTH!INSURANCE.

TAX!REFORM

TAXES

THE!AMERICAN!ECONOMY!AND!NOT!THE!WHOLE!WORLD

THE!BEST!THING!FOR!AMERICA,!TO!CONSIDER!THE!PEOPLE!AND!NOT!JUST!HIS!SELF!AND!

TO!FIRE!CONGRESS

THE!CONTROL!OF!THE!DEB;!ASSESSING!AND!STREAMLINING!PROGRAMS

THE!DEBT!CEILING,!THE!ECONOMY,!ANYTHING!FINANCIAL

THE!DEFICIT

THE!DEFICIT

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

THE!ECONOMY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMY!(!GETTING!IT!BACK!ON!IT'S!FEET.THE!ECONOMY!AND!BALANCING!THE!BUDGETTHE!ECONOMY!AND!DEFENSETHE!ECONOMY!AND!EDUCATIONTHE!ECONOMY!AND!I!THINK!THAT!GET!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORK!ECONOMIC!SITUATIONTHE!ECONOMY!AND!INCREASE!JOBSTHE!ECONOMY!AND!JOBSTHE!ECONOMY!AND!JOBSTHE!ECONOMY!AND!PAYING!DOWN!THE!DEBTTHE!ECONOMY!AND!THERE!NEEDS!TO!BE!MORE!RESEARCH!DONE!ON!MENTAL!ILLNESSESTHE!ECONOMY!GETTING!TAXES!DOWN!SO!BUSINESS!CAN!PROSPER!AGAINTHE!ECONOMY!IS!COMING!BACK!BUT!ITS!TAKING!TIME!SO!THE!ECONOMY!SHOULD!BE!A!PRIORITYTHE!ECONOMY!LIKE!MORE!JOBSTHE!ECONOMY!PUT!HIS!FOOT!DOWN!AND!WORKING!FOR!THE!PEOPLETHE!ECONOMY((IMPROVE!THE!ECONOMYTHE!ECONOMY(GET!IT!MOVINGTHE!ECONOMY(LOOK!INTO!THE!SOCIAL!SECURITY!AND!MEDICARE!TAXES!THAT!EFFECT!THE!ELDERLYTHE!ECONOMY,!GET!THE!TROOPS!HOMETHE!ECONOMY,!HEALTH!CARE!AND!SENIOR!PEOPLETHE!ECONOMY,!JOB!CREATINGTHE!ECONOMY,!JOB!CREATIONS,!LOWER!REGULATIONSTHE!ECONOMY,!MORE!JOBSTHE!ECONOMY,!THE!DEFICIT!AND!THINGS!LIKE!THATTHE!ECONOMY,!TRYING!TO!GET!THINGS!BACK!ON!TRACK,!KEEP!THE!DEBT!UNDER!CONTROLTHE!ECONOMY,!WORKING!ON!JOBS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THE!ECONOMY;!CONGRESS!FIGHT!AMONGST!THEMSELVES!AND!NEED!TO!COME!TO!A!COMMON!GROUND!WITH!THE!PRESIDENT!DEMOCRATS!AND!REPUBLICANS!WORK!TOGETHER!INSTEAD!OF!FIGHTING!AMONGST!THEMSELVESTHE!ECONOMY;!GUN!CONTROL;!HAVING!CONGRESS!WORK!TOGETHERTHE!ECONOMY;!THE!DEBT!CEILING;!GUN!LAWSTHE!ECONOMY:!BRING!MORE!JOBS!BACK!HOME.THE!ECONOMY:!JOBSTHE!ECONOMY:!WE!HAVE!TO!GET!IT!BACK!ON!TRACK!(OUR!DEBT)THE!ELDERLY!AND!THE!FOOD!STAMP!PROGRAM.!MALES!ARE!LIVING!ON!A!GIRL'S!WELFARE!AND!FOOD!STAMPS.THE!FEDERAL!BUDGET!DEFICITTHE!GUN!CONTROLTHE!JOB!SITUATIONTHE!MAIN!THING!HE!SHOULD!DO!IS!HE!SHOULD!LOOK!AT!THE!WAY!THE!ECONOMY!IS!GOING!AND!TAKE!ACTIONSTHE!NATIONAL!DEBT:!HE!SHOULD!TRY!TO!LOWER!IT!AND!THAT!HE!SHOULD!CUT!SPENDING.THE!PEOPLETHE!REFORM!TO!HELP!IMMIGRATION!THE!REFORM!WAS!SUPPOSED!TO!HELP!PEOPLE!WORK!HERE!WHO!DON'T!HAVE!PROPER!DOCUMENTATIONTHE!UNEMPLOYMENT!ISSUE,!HEALTH!CARE,!STIMULATING!THE!ECONOMYTHEIRS!A!LOT!THAT!NEEDS!TO!BE!DONE!THEIR!IS!A!LOT!THAT'S!BROKEN!AND!NEED!TO!BE!FIXED!THEY!NEED!TO!WORK!TOGETHER!AND!NOT!BE!SO!PARTISAN!COOPERATIONTHINK!HE!SHOULD!LISTENING!TO!THE!PEOPLE!ON!THE!STREET,!ESPECIALLY!ABOUT!GUN!CONTROLTO!BUILD!THE!CONFIDENCE!OF!PEOPLE!AND!STUDY!WELL!WHAT!HE!HAS!DONE!WRONG!BECAUSE!HE!HAS!NOT!DONE!A!GOOD!JOBTO!CONTINUE!HIS!WORK!ON!THE!ECONOMYTO!CUT!FISCAL!SPENDING!AND!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!THE!DEBTTO!DISCLOSE!TO!THE!US!THE!OTHER!LIFE!IN!OTHER!PLANETSTO!GET!MORE!PEOPLE!WORKINGTO!GET!THE!ECONOMY!BACK!ON!ITS!FEETTO!GET!THE!ECONOMY!BACK!ON!TRACKTO!GET!THIS!MESS!STRAIGHTENED!OUT!THE!ECONOMY!AND!JOB!SITUATIONTO!IMPROVE!THE!ECONOMY!BY!GETTING!MORE!JOBS!AND!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORKTO!MAKE!CONGRESS!AND!SENATORS!TO!BE!PART!OF!THE!SOCIAL!SECURITY!SO!THEY!WON'T!MESS!WITH!THE!MONEYTO!RETIRETO!REVIVE!THE!ECONOMYTO!WITHDRAWING!TROOPS!FROM!AFGHANISTANTRY!FOCUSING!ON!GETTING!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORK!TO!GET!THE!ECONOMY!BACK!ON!TRACK

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

TRYING!TO!ELIMINATE!BIPARTISANSHIPTRYING!TO!GET!COOPERATION!THE!REPUBLICAN!PARTYTRYING!TO!GET!SOME!OF!HIS!IDEAS!PASSED!THROUGH!CONGRESS!THE!IDEAS!ARE!THERE!THEY!JUST!NEED!TO!BE!IMPLEMENTEDTRYING!TO!GET!THE!FISCAL!AFFAIRS!IN!ORDER!WITH!HELP!FROM!CONGRESSTRYING!TO!WORK!WITH!CONGRESS!TO!BENEFIT!THE!PEOPLETURNING!THE!ECONOMY!AND!CREATE!MORE!JOBSUNDERSTAND!CAPITALISM!AND!HOW!IT!SUPPOSE!TO!WORK,!NO!SOCIALISMUNDO!EVERYTHING!HE!DID!IN!THE!FIRST!TERMUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT!AND!GET!MORE!JOBSUNEMPLOYMENT!AND!THE!ECONOMY!GETTING!JOBS!BACK!ON!TRACKUNEMPLOYMENT!TRY!TO!GET!MORE!JOBSUNITE!THE!NATIONUNITING!THE!COUNTRY!AND!FOCUSING!AT!THE!SAME!TIME!ON!THE!ECONOMY!AND!JOBSUPLIFTING!OF!THE!MIDDLE!CLASSVIOLENCE!AND!GUNSWE!ALL!NEED!TO!COMPROMISE!TO!GET!THINGS!DONEWE!NEED!JOBS,!NEED!TO!BRING!JOBS!FROM!OVER!SEASWE!NEED!TO!REDUCE!OUR!SPENDING!SO!THAT!WE!CAN!GET!THINGS!UNDER!CONTROLWORK!ON!THE!ECONOMY!WITH!THAT!PIECE!OF!CONGRESS!WE!HAVEWORKING!ON!BIPARTISANSHIPWORKING!WITH!BOTH!PARTIESWORLD!EVENTSWORRYING!ABOUT!HOMEWOULD!SAY!CONTINUE!HIS!WORK!ON!THE!HEALTH!CARE!ISSUES!THAT!HE!STARTED.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!669!respondents,!who!responded!that!the!government!is!spending!too!much!money,!!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"What!one!or!two!things!in!particular!do!you!think!the!government!spends!too!much!money!on?"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!

What%one%or%two%things%in%particular%do%you%think%the%government%spends%too%much%money%on?

A!LOT!OF!PROGRAMSA!LOT!OF!THE!MILITARY!STUFF!!I!THINK!THERE'S!TOO!MUCH!MILITARY!GOING!ON!WHEN!ITS!NOT!NECESSARYA!LOT!OF!THE!PORK!BARREL!PROJECTSACTIVITY!OVERSEASADDED!THINGS!TO!BILLS,!NEEDS!TO!STOP!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!THEMADDING!THINGS!TO!BILLS!THAT!SHOULD!BE!THEREADMINISTRATION!LOTS!OF!DEPARTMENTS!THAT!SHOULD!BE!COMBINED!STREAMLINEDADMINISTRATIVE!AFFAIRS!AND!PLANS!THAT!ARE!NOT!WELL!THOUGHT!OUTADVANCE!TECHNOLOGYADVERTISEMENT!FRIVOLOUS!SPENDINGAID!TOO!MANY!COUNTRIES!AND!DO!NOT!HELP!OUR!PEOPLE!AND!PORK!BELLY!SPENDINGALL!OF!THE!ADMINISTRATIVE!COSTALL!THE!GOVERNMENT!OFFICIALS!HAVE!TOO!MUCH!IN!WAGES,!THEY!NEED!TO!CUT!THEIR!WAGES!DOWN!WITHIN!REASONS,!IT!WOULD!BE!A!COMPLIMENT!TO!THE!POOR!PEOPLEALL!THE!PERKSALL!THESE!DIFFERENT!PROGRAMSARMED!FORCESARMYBAILING!OUT!COMPANIES!AND!BANKSBAILING!OUT!COMPANIES!OUT!OF!THEIR!HOLES!AND!THIS!STUPID!WARBAILING!OUT!COMPANIES!WHO!ARE!BANKRUPTBAILING!OUT!COMPANIES,!TRAVELING!AT!TAX!PAYERS!EXPENSEBAILING!OUT!THE!COMPANIES,!AND!BORROWING!MONEY!FROM!SOCIAL!SECURITIES!FOR!PAYING!FOR!THE!WARS;!WE!PUT!THAT!MONEY!IN!THERE!THEY!SHOULD!NOT!TOUCH!ITBAILING!OUT!WAY!TOO!MANY!BANKSBEAUTIFICATION!PRODUCTSBETTER!WITH!DEFENSE!SPENDINGBIG!BUSINESS!AND!GOVERNMENTBORROWING!FROM!PETER!TO!PAY!PAULBUILDING!18!BRIDGES!IN!AFGHANISTAN

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BUILDING!A!MONORAILBUREAUCRACYBUREAUCRACYBUREAUCRACYBUREAUCRACY!AND!SOCIAL!SERVICES!(UNEMPLOYMENT,!WELFARE)BUREAUCRACY!AND!WELFAREBUTTING!INTO!OTHER!COUNTRIES!BUSINESSBUY!EQUIPMENT!FOR!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!LIKE!A!TOILET!SEAT!FOR!1999!FOR!200!OR!300!DOLLARS!ON!|THEY!DON'T!CARE!ABOUT!THE!US!THEY!ONLY!CARE!ABOUT!HOW!MUCH!MONEY!THEY!CAN!PUT!IN!THERE!POCKETCAMPAIGNSCAMPAIGNS!WHEN!IT!COMES!TO!RE(ELECTIONSCELL!PHONES!AND!THINGS!YOUNG!PEOPLE!WASTE!ON!ESPECIALLY!WHEN!THEY!ARE!NOT!WORKINGCOMPANY!VEHICLESCOMPLACENCY!ON!GOVERNMENT!ASSISTANCECONGRESS!SALARIES!AND!BENEFITSCONGRESSIONAL!SALARYCONGRESSMEN!SALARIES!A!LITTLE!TOO!MUCH!ON!MILITARYCONTRACTORS!SYSTEM!FOR!MILITARY!SUPPLIES!AND!EQUIPMENT!AND!PRIVATE!PROJECTS!FOR!CONGRESSIONAL!MEMBERS!AND!THEIR!AREACONTROL!GAS!THAT!THAT!WILL!HELP!THE!ECONOMY!OUT!AND!THAT!WILL!PUT!MORE!MONEY!OUT!TO!THE!FAMILIESCORPORATE!BAIL(OUTCUT!DOWN!ON!BENEFITSDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSEDEFENSE!AND!ENVIRONMENTDEFENSE!AND!FOREIGN!SUBSIDIESDEFENSE!AND!GOVERNMENT!PAYROLLDEFENSE!AND!HEALTH!CARE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

DEFENSE!AND!SOME!ENTITLEMENTSDEFENSE!AND!WARSDEFENSE!SPENDING,!MILITARY,!ENTITLEMENTS,!SOCIAL!SECURITY,!MEDICARE!AND!MEDICAIDDEFENSE,!AND!MEDICAREDEFENSE,!COMPENSATION!OF!CONGRESSMANDEFENSE,!ENTITLEMENTSDEFENSE,!ENTITLEMENTS,!SUCH!MEDICARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITYDEFENSE,!MILITARYDEFENSE,!PAKISTAN!GOT!13!BILLION!LAST!YEARDEFENSE,!SOCIAL!PROGRAMSDEFENSE;!DO!LIKE!THE!DISTRIBUTION!OF!ENTITLEMENTSDEFENSE;!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSDEFENSE;!THEMSELVESDEPARTMENT!OF!DEFENSEDEPARTMENT!OF!EDUCATIONDIFFERENT!PROGRAMS!THAT!NON!PRODUCTIVE!THINGSDIFFERENT!PROJECTSDIRECT!BENEFITS!TO!INDIVIDUALSDISSENTDOWNSIZING,!CATCHING!FRAUDEARMARKS,!CRAP!THEY!ATTACHED!TO!BILLS!THAT!HAVE!MEANING,!THAT!ARE!IMPORTANTEDUCATION!AND!EPAEDUCATION,!NO!BUDGETEMPLOYEE!PAY,!UNNEEDED!TRIPSEMPLOYEES!WHO!WASTE!THEIR!TIME!AT!WORKENTITLEMENTENTITLEMENT!FOR!PEOPLE!ON!WELFARE!AND!BAILOUTS!FOR!LARGE!CORPORATIONSENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS!AND!!DEFENSEENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS!AND!ANYTHING!NONDOMESTICENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS!AND!FEDERAL!BUREAUCRACYENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS(!WELFARE,!FOOD!STAMPS!AND!PRESIDENT!SALARY,!UNEMPLOYMENT!BENEFITSENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS;!UNEMPLOYMENT!BENEFITSENTITLEMENT,!MILITARYENTITLEMENT,!SOCIAL!SECURITY!AND!MEDICAREENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTSENTITLEMENTS!&!SOCIAL!SECURITYENTITLEMENTS!AND!FOREIGN!COUNTRIESENTITLEMENTS!AND!MONEY!OVERSEAS!TO!AFRICAN!COUNTRIESENTITLEMENTS!AND!TAXES!ON!WEALTHIEST!AMERICANSENTITLEMENTS!AND!THEY!DO!SPEND!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!THE!MILITARY!AND!AT!THE!SAME!TIME((THE!MILITARY!IS!A!STICKY!POINT!WITH!MEENTITLEMENTS!FOR!NO!REASONENTITLEMENTS!SUCH!AS!WELFARE,!AND!ABUSE!IN!MANY!DIFFERENT!AREASENTITLEMENTS,!FOOD!STAMPSENTITLEMENTS,!PRESIDENTIAL!VACATIONSENTITLEMENTS;!FOREIGN!AIDENTITLEMENTS;(!EARMARKING!FUNDSEPA,!WILDLIFE!SERVICESEQUIPMENT!FOR!WAR!AND!SALARIES!AND!MEDICAL!COVERAGEEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGEXPANDING!GOVERNMENT,!PRODUCING!MORE!GOVERNMENTEXTRA!PROGRAMS,!FUNDING!PROGRAMS!WELFAREFARM!SUPPLEMENTAL!INCOME;!AND!MILITARYFEDERAL!BENEFITSFEDERAL!PAYCHECK!AND!THE!MILITARYFIGHTING!OTHER!COUNTRIESFIGHTING!WAR!OVER!SEAS!AND!WELFAREFIGHTING!WARSFINANCIAL!AID!OVERSEASFINDING!OUT!ABOUT!OWL!RESEARCH!ON!STUFF!LIKE!THAT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

FIXING!ROADSFOOD!STAMPS!AND!ENTITLEMENT!THE!REPRESENTATIVESFOOD!STAMPS,!MONEY,!AND!CELL!PHONE!FOR!THE!POOR!POPULATIONFOR!ONE!I!WOULD!SAY!ELECTIONSFOREIGNFOREIGN!AFFAIRSFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AIDFOREIGN!AID!AND!FOREIGN!WARSFOREIGN!AID!AND!HEALTH!CAREFOREIGN!AID!AND!PORK!BELLY!BILLSFOREIGN!AID!AND!WELFAREFOREIGN!AID!AND!WELFARE!PROGRAMSFOREIGN!AID!TO!COUNTRIES!THAT!HATE!USFOREIGN!AID,!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSFOREIGN!AID;!PEOPLE!WHO!SUPPORT!THE!GOVERNMENTFOREIGN!COUNTRIESFOREIGN!COUNTRIESFOREIGN!GOVERNMENTFOREIGN!POLICYFOREIGN!POLICY!AND!EDUCATIONFOREIGN!POLICY!AND!RAISES!ON!SALARIES!IN!CONGRESSFOREIGN!WAR,!TAX!CUTS!FOR!THE!RICHFORMING!COMMITTEES!THAT!DON'T!ACCOMPLISH!ANYTHING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

FRAUD!AND!ABUSE!IN!PUBLIC!PROGRAMS!CAREFREE!HAND!OUTSFRIVOLOUS!EXPENDITUREGAS!AND!FOODGETTING!COMPANIES!OUT!OF!DEBTGIVE!BREAKS!TO!RICH!AND!POWERFULGIVE!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!AWAY!(!HAITIGIVEN!PEOPLE!MONEY!THAT!SHOULD!WORKGIVING!IT!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIESGIVING!MONEY!OUT!TO!PEOPLE!WHO!SHOULD!BE!EARNING!THEIR!OWN!MONEY;!SPECIAL!INTEREST!GROUPS

GIVING!PEOPLE!EXTENDED!WORK!UNEMPLOYMENT,!CHILDREN!SERVICES!LIKE!WE!CAREGOING!INTO!SPACEGOOD!SHARE!OF!THE!SUPPORT!FOR!DIFFERENT!STATE!PROBLEMS!WHOLE!COUNTRY!HAS!TO!SUPPORT!THAT!AND!THAT!SHOULD!HAVE!BEEN!SUPPORTED!80!PERCENT!LOCALLYGOVERNMENTGOVERNMENT!AIDGOVERNMENT!CONTRACTSGOVERNMENT!GETS!PAID!TOO!MUCHGOVERNMENT!PAYGOVERNMENT!PROCESSGOVERNMENT!PROGRAMSGOVERNMENT;!WELFARE;!AS!FAR!AS!FOOD!STAMPS!AND!STUFF!LIKE!THAT!AND!THEIR!CELEBRATIONS!LIKE!THE!INAUGURAL!BALLGUN!CONTROL!OBAMA!CARE!OTHER!CRAPGUN!CONTROL,!THEY!SHOULDN'T!GO!CRAZY!WITH!THAT!WE!SHOULD!PUSH!THE!ECONOMY!A!LITTLE!BIT!MOREGUN!LAWSHANDOUTSHANDOUTS!AND!PAYING!UNIONS!OUTHANDOUTS!LIKE!FOOD!STAMPS;!ENTITLEMENTHANDOUTS!TO!PEOPLE!THAT!ARE!UNWILLING!TO!WORKHEALTH!BENEFITS!FOR!CONGRESS,!SENATE,!AND!THE!PRESIDENT!TRAVEL!FOR!THE!PRESIDENT!AND!CONGRESS!AND!THE!SENATEHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!CARE!AND!CONGRESS!MENHEALTH!CARE!AND!FOREIGN!AIDHEALTH!CARE!AND!NAFAHEALTH!CARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITYHEALTH!CARE!AND!TIGHTER!ON!MEDICARE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

HEALTH!CARE,!NATIONAL!SECURITYHELPING!COUNTRIES!THAT!HATE!US,!FOOD!AID!IN!NORTH!KOREA!FOR!EXAMPLE,!NEEDING!TO!FOCUS!MORE!ON!THE!COUNTRYHELPING!FOREIGN!COUNTRIESHELPING!FOREIGN!NATIONS!INSTEAD!OF!HELPING!THEIR!OWNHELPING!OTHER!COUNTRIESHELPING!OTHER!COUNTRIESHELPING!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!THE!WARHELPING!PEOPLE!THAT!DON'T!DO!ANYTHINGHELPING!THE!ELDERLYHELPING!WEALTHYHOTEL!ROOMS,!PERKSHOUSING!CRIMINALS;!WARHOUSING!WITH!NO!MONEY!DOWN!AND!NO!JOBSHURRICANE!SANDY,!TOO!MUCH!PORKI!DON'T!THINK!IT!REALLY!MATTERS,!I!JUST!THINK!THE!DEFICIT!NEEDS!TO!COME!DOWNI!DON'T!THINK!THEY!SPEND!ENOUGH!ON!HEALTH!CARE!AND!SCHOOLS!AND!TAKING!CARE!OF!ELDERLYI!FEEL!FOR!OTHER!COUNTRIES,!I!FEEL!WE!SPEND!TO!MUCH!MONEY!TRYING!TO!BE!THE!ONLY!COUNTRY!THAT!TRIES!TO!HELP!OTHER!COUNTRIES,!WHEN!WE!HAVE!OUR!OWN!PROBLEMSI!FEEL!IT!SPENDS!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ILLEGAL!ALIENSI!THINK!A!LOT!OF!THE!ELECTED!OFFICIALS!ARE!GETTING!TOO!MANY!BENEFITS!THAT!THE!COMMON!PEOPLE!DON'T!GETI!THINK!ITS!SPENDS!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!THE!ARMED!FORCESI!THINK!THERE!IS!MORE!BORROWING!THAN!SPENDING!TOO!MUCH!BORROWINGI!THINK!THEY!SPEND!TOO!MUCH!ON!TRIPS,!AND!SECURITY!FOR!THEMSELVESI!THINK!WHAT!HAPPENS!IS!THEY!WASTE!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!SMALL!PROJECTS!THAT!CAN'T!STAND!ON!THEIR!OWN!TO!WORK!AND!INFRASTRUCTURE!AND!THAT!KIND!OF!THINGILLEGAL!IMMIGRANTS!AND!THEY!GIVE!AWAY!PROGRAMS!AND!WELFARE!IN!GENERAL,!THERE!SHOULD!BE!DRUG!TESTING!AND!SCRUTINY!AND!DOCUMENTATION!ON!WHY!PEOPLE!CAN'T!WORKILLEGAL!IMMIGRANTS,!AND!MONEY!SPENT!ON!SURVEYS!THAT!THEY!DON'T!USE!THE!INFORMATIONILLEGAL!PEOPLEIMMIGRANTS!AND!WELFAREIN!OTHER!PEOPLES!BUSINESSINCREDIBLE!POOR!INVESTMENTS!AND!MONEY!MANAGEMENTINSTEAD!OF!SOLVING!PROBLEMS!THEY!THROUGH!MONEY!AT!THE!PROBLEMSIRAQ!AND!AFGHANISTANIRRELEVANT!RESEARCH

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

IS!BAILING!OUT!BUSINESSES

IT'S!SELF:!PORK(!SPECIAL!INTEREST!PROJECTS!FOR!THEMSELVES

JAILS!AND!PRISON

JUST!ABOUT!EVERYTHING

JUST!ABOUT!EVERYTHING

JUST!ABOUT!EVERYTHING

JUST!ABOUT!EVERYTHING

JUST!POLITICIANS!AND!CONGRESS!AND!FORTUNE!ON!OUR!MILITARY

JUST!SPENDS!TOO!MUCH!PERIOD!ON!EVERYTHING

LARGE!BUSINESSES

LITTLE!PET!PROJECTS!LIKE!RESEARCH

LUXURIES

MANUFACTURES!LIKE!CARS!AND!MEDICAID

MEDICAID,!SOCIAL!ISSUES,!RESEARCH

MEDICARE!&!SOCIAL!SECURITY

MEDICARE,!AND!MEDICAID

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

MILITARY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

MILITARYMILITARY!AND!HEALTH!CAREMILITARY!AND!HIGHWAYSMILITARY!AND!POLITICAL!EXPENSEMILITARY!AND!SOCIAL!PROGRAMSMILITARY!AND!SOCIAL!WELFAREMILITARY!AND!TRYING!TO!RIGHT!THE!ECONOMYMILITARY!AND!UNNECESSARY!ISSUES!OVERSEASMILITARY!AND!WELFAREMILITARY!MARKERS!FOR!GRAVES,!FOREIGN!AIDMILITARY!SPENDINGMILITARY!SPENDINGMILITARY!SPENDING!AND!PORK!BARREL!SPENDINGMILITARY!SPENDING;!ENTITLEMENTSMILITARY,!PAY!INTEREST!ON!MONEY!THEY!ALREADY!BORROWEDMILITARY;!PERKS!FLESH!FUNDS!FOR!THE!CONGRESSMANMISMANAGEMENT!OF!MEDICAL;!GIVE!AWAY!TO!MUCH!MONEY!FOR!WELFAREMONEY!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!SOCIAL!WELFARES!ABUSESMOSTLY!FOREIGN!AID!TO!COUNTRIES!LIKE!PAKISTAN;!WE!NEED!TO!FOCUS!ON!OUR!DOMESTIC!ISSUESNASA!RESEARCHNATIONAL!DEFENSENATIONAL!SECURITYNATIONAL!SECURITY!AND!GOVERNMENT!ASSISTANCENOT!ENOUGH!MONEY!TO!CREATE!JOBSNOT!ON!OUR!COUNTRY!ON!OTHER!COUNTRIESOBAMA!TAKING!VACATIONSOBAMACAREOBAMACAREOCHEA,!OFFICE!OF!HOMELAND!SECURITYOFFICE!SUPPLES!AND!OFFSITE!MEETINGSON!EDUCATION!AND!ON!DEPARTMENTS!WITHIN!THE!EXECUTIVE!BRANCHON!ENVIRONMENTAL!PROTECTION!AND!PORK!BARRELS!SPENDINGON!EVERYTHINGON!EVERYTHINGON!FOREIGN!COUNTRIESON!MILITARYON!MOSTLY!THE!POLITICIANSON!PEOPLE!WHO!ARE!ON!WELFARE!AND!UNEMPLOYMENTON!STUDIESON!THE!MILITARYON!THEIR!SELF

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ON!WARONE!THING!IS!CONGRESSMAN!AND!SENATOR!LIKE!PRIVATE!PLANES!AND!LUXURY!ITEMS!AND!TRIPS!ARE!ACTUALLY!VACATIONSOTHER!COUNTRIESOTHER!COUNTRIESOTHER!COUNTRIESOTHER!COUNTRIESOTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!OTHER!POLITICAL!GROUPS!LIKE!THE!MUSLIM!BROTHERHOODOTHER!COUNTRIES!RESOURCESOTHER!COUNTRIES,!AND!THEIR!SALARIESOTHER!STUFF!WE!DON'T!NEEDOUR!MILITARYOUTSIDE!SPENDING(AS!FAR!AS!HELPING!OTHER!COUNTRIES!!TAKING!OUR!TAX!DOLLARS!AND!GIVING!THE!PEOPLE!IN!THE!MIDDLE!EAST!INTERNETOUTSOURCING!EMPLOYMENTOVERBOARDOVERSEAS!AID(!AID!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIESOVERSEAS!FUNDINGOVERSEAS!HELPOVERSEAS!MILITARY!OPERATIONSOVERSEAS!TRIPS!FOR!CONGRESSMENOWN!SALARY!AND!RETIREMENTOWNING!SALESPARTYINGPAYING!EXCESSIVE!CRISISPAYING!PEOPLE!WHO!DON'T!THERE!JOBPAYING!THE!CONGRESSMENPAYROLLPENSIONS!AND&!WARPEOPLE!WHO!ARE!TO!LAZY!TO!WORK!AND!DON'T!WANT!TO!WORKPEOPLE!WHO!WON'T!WORKPERSONALPERSONAL!BENEFITS;!PORK!FUNDSPERSONAL!ITEMSPERSONAL!ITEMSPERSONAL!VACATIONS!FOR!PEOPLEPET!PROJECTSPLEASUREPOINTLESS!STUFFPOLICE!OFFICERSPOLITICIANS!PAY!THEMSELVES!TOO!MUCHPOLITICIANS!SECURITY!AND!HEALTH!CARE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

POLITICS:!THEIR!OWN!GAINPORKPORKPORK!AND!BILLS,!DEFENSEPORK!BARRELPORK!BARREL!PROJECTSPORK!BARREL!PROJECTS!OR!BILLSPORK!BARREL!STUFF,!SPECIAL!INTEREST!STUFFPORK!THAT!THEY!ARE!PUTTING!INTO!BILLS!PUT!MONEY!INTO!THINGS!THAT!CAN!BE!USED!IN!OTHER!PLACE;!FOOD!STAMPSPORT!BARRELS,!THINGS!THAT!ARE!NOT!IMPORTANTPOSTAGE!AND!GASPRESIDENT!TAKES!TOO!MANY!TRIPSPRESIDENTIAL!TRAVEL;!CONGRESSIONAL!TRIPS!SO!CALLED!BUSINESS!TRIPSPRIVATE!JET!FLIGHTS,!BIG!DINNER!FANCY!PARTIESPROBABLY!HEALTH!CARE!AND!SOCIAL!SERVICES!PROGRAMPROGRAMS!FOR!UNDESERVINGPROGRAMS!THAT!DON'T!WORKPROGRAMS!THAT!JUST!HAVE!NO!BUSINESS,!I!HEARD!YESTERDAY!THEY!CUT!SPENDING!ON!RESEARCH!TESTING!MONKEYSPROJECTS!LIKE!ROADS!AND!REGULATIONSPROPPING!UP!FAILING!BUSINESSESREACH!OUT!TO!ILLEGALS!AND!ILLEGITIMATE!PEOPLE!LIVING!IN!THE!US!AND!SENDING!MONEY!TO!SUPPORT!FOREIGN!COUNTRIESREALLY!EVERYTHING!THEY!DON'T!HANDLE!ANYTHING!RIGHTRESEARCH!AND!GRANTS!FOR!UNNECESSARY!PROJECTSRESEARCH!AND!PRISONSRESEARCH!AND!WARRESEARCH!IN!NASA!AND!INVEST!TOO!MUCH!IN!OTHER!COUNTRIESRESEARCH!ON!STUPID!THINGS;!PORK!BARREL!SPENDING,!SILLY!LITTLE!PROJECTSRESEARCH!ON!THINGS!THAT!REALLY!DOESN'T!MATTERRESEARCH!THAT!DOES!NOT!AMOUNT!TO!ANYTHINGRETIRED!SENATORSRETIREMENT!PROGRAMS!FOR!GOVERNMENT!EMPLOYEESRETIREMENTSROADS(PARKSRUNNING!THE!EMPIRESALARIESSALARIESSALARIESSALARIES!AND!SOME!GOVERNMENT!PROGRAMSSALARIES!ARE!TOO!HIGH

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

SALARIES!FOR!CONGRESS,!CONGRESS!GETTING!FULL!TIME!PAY!FOR!PART!TIME!WORKSALARIES,!UNNECESSARY!PROJECTSSALARYSALARY!FOR!THEMSELVES!AND!ALL!THEIR!BENEFITSSALARY!INCREASES!&!VACATIONSSILLY!STUFFSOCIAL!ENTITLEMENTSSOCIAL!ISSUES:!UNEMPLOYMENT,!FOOD!STAMPS,!ETCSOCIAL!PAYMENTS!OR!SOCIAL!OUTLAYS!AND!GIVE!AWAY!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!TO!PEOPLE!WHO!ARE!ABLE!OR!COULD!WORKSOCIAL!PLUS!UNEMPLOYMENTSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!PROGRAMS!AND!GOVERNMENT!EMPLOYEESSOCIAL!PROGRAMS!FOR!PEOPLE!DON'T!WANT!TO!HELP!THEMSELVES,SOCIAL!PROGRAMS;!FOREIGN!AIDSOCIAL!SECURITYSOCIAL!SECURITY!AND!A!LOT!OF!SOCIAL!PROGRAMS!THAT!ARE!UNNECESSARYSOCIAL!SECURITY,!MEDICARESOCIAL!SERVICESSOCIAL!WELFARESOCIAL!WELFARE!PROGRAMSSOCIAL!WELFARE!PROGRAMS,!STICK!TO!SPENDING!IT!ON!NATIONAL!DEFENSESOCIAL!WELFARE!PROGRAMS;!FOOD!STAMPSSOLVING!OTHER!PEOPLES!PROBLEMS,!MEDICAID,!MEDICARESOME!OF!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS(WELFARE,!UNEMPLOYMENT!BENEFITSSOME!OF!THE!SALARIES!AND!THINGS!THEY!DO!AND!SPEND!MONEY!ON!IS!UNNEEDEDSOME!OF!THESE!PROGRAMS!THAT!ARE!NOT!BENEFICIAL!TO!EVERYBODYSPECIAL!INTERESTSPECIAL!INTERESTSSPECIAL!PROJECTS;!MEDICARE,!SOCIAL!SECURITYSPEND!TOO!MUCH!ON!CERTAIN!PROGRAMS!LIKE!MEDICAIDSPEND!TOO!MUCH!ON!NATIONAL!SECURITYSPENDING!MONEY!ON!DEFENSESPENDING!MONEY!ON!OTHER!OUTSIDE!OF!OUR!COUNTRY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

SPENDING!MONEY!OVERSEASSPENDING!TOO!MUCH!IN!WELFARE!PROGRAMS!WHEN!IT!GETS!ABUSEDSPENDING!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!THAT!HAS!NOT!BE!AUTHORIZED!BY!CONGRESS,!THEY!NATIONALIZE!THE!AUTOMOBILE!INDUSTRY!LIKE!CHRYSLERSPENDING!TOO!MUCH!ON!ENTITLEMENTSSPENDING!TOO!MUCH!ON!PERSONAL!NEED!AND!ARE!CHARGING!TO!THE!TAXPAYERS!AND!WRITING!IT!OFFSPENDING!TOO!MUCH!ON!WARSSPENDING!TOO!MUCH!OVERSEAS(SPENDING!TOO!MUCH!ON!THE!MILITARY!WE!NEED!TO!CUTSPENDING!WAY!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS!AND!SPENDING!TO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!THEIR!OWN!PAYSPENDS!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ABROADSPENDS!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!THEMSELVESSPENDS!TOO!MUCH!ON!DEFENSE!AND!ENTITLEMENTSSPONGES!IN!THE!USASPORTS!FACILITIESSTATE!AIDSTIMULUS!AND!BUREAUCRACYSTOP!SPENDING!TOO!ON!THE!MILITARYSTUFF!THAT'S!OUTSIDE!OF!THE!COUNTRY!TAKE!CARE!OF!HERE!BEFORE!REACHING!OUT!TO!OTHER!NATIONSSTUPID!THINGSSUBSIDIES!FOR!GREEN!ENERGY;!ENTITLEMENT!REFORMSUPPORTING!OTHER!COUNTRIESSUPPORTING!OTHER!COUNTRIES;!ON!THE!LOBBYISTSTAKING!CARE!OF!OTHER!COUNTRIESTAKING!VACATIONS,!PAY!RAISES!WHEN!THE!REST!OF!ARE!NOT!GETTING!THEM,!THE!WITCH!HUNTERSTAX!MONEYTHE!ARMY!AND!WARSTHE!CONGRESS!SALARYTHE!CONGRESSMAN!AND!SENATORS!SALARIES!AND!PERKS!AND!ITS!THIS!WHOLE!GOVERNMENT!STRUCTURETHE!DEPARTMENT!OF!EDUCATION,!HOUSING!OF!DEVELOPMENT,!HEALTH!CARETHE!ENERGY,!WE!HAVE!LOST!A!LOT!OF!MONEY!BY!DOING!ALL!THIS!GREEN!STUFFTHE!ENTITLEMENTTHE!INAUGURATION,!UNNECESSARY!THINGS,!MONEY!SPENT!FOOLISHLY!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!BEING!SPENT!ON!CAMPAIGNINGTHE!MILITARYTHE!MILITARYTHE!MILITARY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THE!MILITARY!AND!FOREIGN!AIDTHE!MILITARY!AND!THE!FOREIGN!AIDTHE!MULTI!BILLION!DOLLAR!BAIL!OUTTHE!OIL!THEY!ORDER!FROM!OTHER!COUNTRIESTHE!OVERSEAS!SPENDINGTHE!POLITICIANS!CREATE!TOO!MANY!JOBS!FOR!THEMSELVESTHE!PORK!THEY!ADDED!TO!NEW!YORKTHE!PORK,!THAT'S!MAKING!THE!BILLSTHE!PRESIDENTIAL!PERKSTHE!SECURITY!OF!THE!NATION,!!EDUCATIONTHE!WALL!THAT!THEY!MADE!ON!THE!BORDERTHE!WARTHE!WAR!AND!THINGS!OVERSEASTHE!WARSTHE!WARS,!AND!ALWAYS!HELPING!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!NOT!USTHE!WELFARE!PROGRAM!AND!MILITARY!PROGRAMTHEIR!NEEDSTHEIR!OWN!EMPLOYEES!AND!WELFARETHEIR!OWN!SALARIESTHEIR!OWN!SALARYTHEIR!OWN!SALARYTHEIR!OWN!WAGESTHEIR!SALARIESTHEIR!SALARIESTHEIR!SALARIES,!FAILED!PROGRAMS!THAT!DON'T!AMOUNT!TO!ANYTHING!OR!HELP!ANYBODYTHEIR!SALARIES,!WARTHEIR!SALARYTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVES

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVESTHEMSELVES!&!INAUGURATIONTHEMSELVES!AND!THINGS!THAT!BENEFIT!THEMTHERE!ARE!TOO!BIG!IN!EVERY!WAY!THEY!SHOULD!NOT!BE!THAT!MUCH!BUREAUCRACY!NO!HAND!ENVIRONMENTAL!LEAVE!BUSINESSES!ALONE!STAY!OUT!OF!EDUCATIONTHERE!IS!NO!PARTICULAR!THING!IT'S!JUST!AN!OVER!ALL!WASTE!OF!MONEY,!THEY!AREN'T!CAREFUL!ON!WHAT!THEY!DO!SPENDTHERE!IS!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!PARTISAN!PROJECT;!!PORKTHEY!ADD!TOO!MUCH!PORK!ON!SOME!BILLS!IN!CONGRESSTHEY!ALL!GET!TOO!MUCH!SALARY!TOO!MANY!PERKS;!GOVERNMENT!DOES!NOT!HAVE!ANY!MONEY,!THEY!TAKE!THE!MONEY!FROM!WHO!WORK!AND!DO!NOT!HAVE!CONSIDERATIONTHEY!ARE!SPENDING!TOO!MUCH!ON!THE!MILITARYTHEY!GET!PAID!TOO!MUCHTHEY!GIVE!PEOPLE!THAT!ARE!NOT!ENTITLED!TO!BENEFITS!AND!THE!PEOPLE!WHO!WORK!ARE!DENIED!WHEN!THEY!REALLY!THE!HELPTHEY!SPEND!IT!ON!TRAFFIC!LIGHTS!AND!CAMERAS!THAT!STUPIDTHEY!SPEND!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!RETIREMENT!FOR!THEMSELVES!AND!THE!SECOND!ONE!WOULD!BE!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!!SOCIAL!PROGRAMS!AND!THAT'S!TO!SAY!THEY!NEED!TO!CLEAN!UP!THE!FRAUD!IN!THAT!AREATHEY!SPEND!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!OVERSEAS,!THEY!SPEND!TOO!MUCH!ON!PASSING!BILLS!THAT!ARE!NOT!TOO!IMPORTANT,!SHOULD!BE!CONCENTRATING!IN!OTHER!IMPORTANT!THINGSTHEY!SPEND!TOO!MUCH!ON!TRIPS,!ESPECIALLY!WHEN!HE!WENT!TO!INDIA,!TOO!MUCH!ON!THEMSELVESTHEY!WASTE!IT!NOTHING!IN!SPECIFIC!SHOULD!BE!HANDLE!MORE!EFFICIENTLYTHEY'RE!BUYING!THEIR!FRIENDS!THROUGHOUT!THE!WHOLE!WORLD!INSTEAD!OF!TAKING!CARE!OF!THIS!COUNTRYTHEY'RE!NOT!SPENDING!IT!THE!RIGHT!WAYTHEY'RE!PAYCHECKSTHINGS!THAT!DON'T!PERTAIN!TO!US!AND!WE'RE!ALWAYS!IN!SOMEONE!ELSE'S!BUSINESSTHINGS!THAT!IS!NOT!IMPORTANT!AND!THEY!WASTE!TOO!MUCH!MONEYTHINGS!THAT!THEY!THINK!ARE!IMPORTANT!THAT!THE!AMERICAN!PEOPLE!DON'T!THINK!IS!IMPORTANTTHINKING!ABOUT!WHAT!THEY!GOING!TO!SPEND!MONEY!ON!NEX,T!THIS!OUTER!SPACE!AIN'T!GOING!TO!DO!US!NOTHING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THIRD!WORLD!COUNTRIES

THIS!PRESIDENT!IN!PARTICULAR!SPENDS!WAY!TOO!MUCH!ON!ENTERTAINMENT!AND!

TRAVEL

THOSE!EARMARK!THINGS,!SPECIAL!PROJECTS

TOLL!BRIDGES!AND!PROPERTY!TAX

TOO!MANY!AGENCIES

TOO!MANY!AIRPLANES

TOO!MANY!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENT!EMPLOYEES;!TOO!MANY!GIVE!AWAY!PROGRAMS

TOO!MANY!HIGH!PAID!PEOPLE!IN!GOVERNMENT!AND!THE!WARS

TOO!MANY!PEOPLE!DEPENDING!ON!GOVERNMENT!FOR!MONEY

TOO!MANY!PROGRAMS

TOO!MANY!PROGRAMS!THAT!DOESN'T!REALLY!BENEFIT!PEOPLE

TOO!MUCH!AIDE!TO!TOO!MANY!PEOPLE!THAT!AFTER!SO!LONG!THEY!SHOULD!BE!OFF!

OF!AID!AND!WORKING!THAT!ARE!ABLE!TO!WORK

TOO!MUCH!DISPERSING!MONEY!TO!INDIVIDUALS

TOO!MUCH!GOES!TO!SPECIAL!PROJECTS!INSTEAD!OF!WHAT!IS!SHOULD!BE!USED!FOR

TOO!MUCH!HELPING!THE!OTHER!COUNTRY!AND!NOT!THIS!COUNTRY!AND!HELPING!

EVERYONE!ELSE

TOO!MUCH!IN!EVERYTHING(CUT!DOWN!ON!EVERYTHING

TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!OTHER!COUNTRIES!THE!MONEY!SPENT!OF!CONGRESSIONAL!

PORK!I!TOO!MUCH

TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!PUTTING!PEOPLE!IN!JAIL!AND!NOT!ENOUGH!ON!HELPING!

PEOPLE

TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!THEMSELVES!AND!REGULATIONS

TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!THINGS!THAT!AREN'T!IMPORTANT

TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!WAR!AND!KEEPING!SECRETS!FROM!THE!PEOPLE

TOO!MUCH!OF!OUR!MONEY!GOING!OUT!OF!OUR!COUNTRY

TOO!MUCH!ON!EVERYTHING

TOO!MUCH!ON!ILLEGAL!IMMIGRANTS;!TOO!MUCH!FOREIGN!AID

TOP!HEAVY!THEY!HAVE!TOO!MANY!MANAGERS!AND!TOO!MANY!PEOPLE!WHO!DON'T!

DO!THE!WORK

TRIPS

TRYING!TO!CONTROL!THINGS

UNEMPLOYMENT

UNEMPLOYMENT,!WELFARE

UNIMPORTANT!STUFF

UNNECESSARY!BATTLES

UNNECESSARY!DEPARTMENT!AND!SOCIAL!SERVICES

UNNECESSARY!GOVERNMENT!PROGRAMS

UNNECESSARY!PROGRAMS

UNNECESSARY!PROGRAMS!AND!STUFF

UNNECESSARY!SPENDING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

UNNECESSARY!THINGS!FOR!THE!MILITARY!AND!BAILING!OUT!BANKSUSELESS!PROGRAMS!THAT!BENEFIT!NO!ONEVACATIONS!AND!CONGRESSMENVARIOUS!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMS!THAT!AREN'T!SELF!FUNDINGVERY!CONCERNED!ABOUT!OBAMACAREWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWARWAR!AND!DRUGWAR!AND!HELPING!OTHER!COUNTRIESWAR!AND!OVERSEAS!POLICIESWAR!AND!PRISONWAR!AND!THINGS!THAT!DO!NOT!INVOLVE!US!AT!ALL,!AFFAIRS!OF!OTHER!COUNTRIES'!THAT!DO!NOT!CONCERN!USWAR!AND!WELFAREWARSWARSWARSWARS!EVERYTHING!BUT!THE!HOME!FRONT!THEY!SHOULD!HELP!USWARS!MILITARYWARS,!AND!FOOD!STAMPSWASTE!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!MEDICAREWASTE:!FEDERAL!WASTE!AS!IN!WASTING!THE!MONEYWASTED!PROGRAMS,!TAKE!CARE!OF!NEIGHBORS!BEFORE!THEY!TAKE!CARE!OF!THEIR!OWNWASTEFUL!SPENDING!ACROSS!THE!BOARDWASTEFUL!SPENDING!ON!SPECIAL!INTEREST!GROUPSWASTING!MONEY!IN!GENERALWASTING!MONEY!ON!WARS!THAT!WE!DON'T!BELONG!IN,!LOSS!OF!LIVES!ITS!THE!MILITARY

WE'VE!HAD!THEM!GIVE!MONEY!TO!SO!MANY!THINGS!AND!FAIL,!IT!SEEMS!LIKE!A!WASTEWELFAREWELFAREWELFARE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE

WELFARE!AND!ENFORCING!REGULATIONS

WELFARE!AND!FOREIGN!COUNTRIES

WELFARE!AND!MILITARY

WELFARE!AND!PAYING!FOR!OTHER!COUNTRIES!TO!SURVIVE!WHEN!OUR!OWN!

CHILDREN!ARE!STARVING

WELFARE!AND!PEOPLE!WHO!DON'T!NEED!IT

WELFARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITY

WELFARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITY,!MEDICARE

WELFARE!AND!UNEMPLOYMENT

WELFARE!AND!UNEMPLOYMENT!BENEFITS

WELFARE!FOR!POOR!PEOPLE!AND!IMMIGRATION

WELFARE!FOREIGN!RELATIONS!CUT!THE!BORDERS!AND!STOP!PROVIDING!SUPPORT!

KEEP!IT!IN!HOUSE!AND!POLITICIANS!ARE!GETTING!PAID

WELFARE!PROGRAMS

WELFARE!PROGRAMS

WELFARE!PROGRAMS!AND!USELESS!RESEARCH!PROGRAMS

WELFARE!PROGRAMS!GOVERNMENT!IN!GENERAL

WELFARE!TO!MANY!FREE!HAND!OUTS

WELFARE!TO!PEOPLE!WHO!DON'T!DESERVE!IT

WELFARE,!AND!THE!THINGS!THE!GOVERNMENT!BUYS!SPEND!MONEY!ON!!STUFF!LIKE!

TVS

WELFARE;!SPECIAL!INTEREST

WELFARE;!THEY!SPEND!TOO!MUCH!ON!PEOPLE!WHO!ARE!NOT!PRODUCTIVITY!IN!THIS!

WORLD

WHITE!HOUSE;!THE!WAR

WRONG!EDUCATIONAL!PROGRAMS!(!NO!CHILD!LEFT!BEHIND

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!660!respondents,!who!thought!the!federal!budget!deficit!is!a!major!problem!that!must!be!addressed!now,!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"In!your!opinion,!what!is!the!MOST!important!thing!that!should!be!done!to!reduce!the!national!debt?"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!interviewers,!are!presented!below.!!

In#your#opinion,#what#is#the#MOST#important#thing#that#should#be#done#to#reduce#the#national#debt?

A!BUNCH!OF!DIFFERENT!THINGS!THAT'S!NEED!TO!BE!DONEACROSS!THE!BOARD(!EVERY!DEPT!IS!WASTING!MONEYADAPT!THAT!SLOWLY!WORKS!DOWN!THE!NATIONAL!DEBT!AND!STICK!TO!ITADDRESS!OF!MEDICAREAFTER!WE!GET!JOBS!THAT!WILL!HELP!WITH!THE!DEFICITAID!TO!EDUCATION,!AID!TO!FARM!GROUPALL!FEDERAL!MONEY!REVIEWEDALL!STATE!REDUCE!WELFARE,!FOOD!STAMPSALL!THE!SPENDINGANALYZE!WHERE!THE!MONEY!IS!BEING!SPENTANYBODY!WHO!MAKES!OVER!250,000$!SHOULD!PAY!MORE!IN!TAXESAVOID!SPENDING!A!FEW!THINGS!THEY'RE!SPENDING!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!SHOULDN'T!BE!SPENT!ON!CERTAIN!PROGRAMS!ENERGY!PROGRAM!SHOULDN'T!BE!SPENT!ON!VARIOUS!COMPANIES!SHOULD!NOT!BE!BAILED!OUTBACK!TO!BRINGING!SOME!OF!OUR!JOBS!BACK!TO!OUR!COUNTRY!PUTTING!MORE!OF!OUR!PEOPLE!TO!WORKBALANCED!BUDGET,!IF!WE!DON'T!HAVE!THE!MONEY!DON'T!SPEND!ITBE!MORE!CAREFUL!ON!WHERE!WE!ARE!SPENDING!THE!MONEYBILLIONS!OF!DOLLARS!BEING!GIVEN!TO!FOREIGN!COUNTRIES!NOT!GIVE!THEM!THE!MONEYBRING!JOBS!BACK!TO!THE!USBRING!JOBS!BACK!TO!THE!USBUDGET!CUTSBUDGETING!OUTGOING!EXPENSESCANT!KEEP!BORROWING!MONEY!FROM!PEOPLE!AND!ONLY!RAISING!TAXES!ON!CERTAIN!PEOPLE!AND!RISE!THEM!ON!RICH!PEOPLECAREFULLY!EVALUATE!WHAT!THEY!SPEND!THE!MONEY!ONCLARITY!AND!TAX!LAWSCLOSE!THE!LOOP!HOLES!LIKE!THE!MONEY!REPUBLICANS!WASTEDCOMBINATION!OF!INCREASED!TAXES!AND!REDUCE!SPENDINGCOMBINATION!OF!TAX!INCREASES!AND!REDUCTION!OF!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGCOME!UP!WITH!A!BUDGET!THAT!THEY!HAVEN'T!DONE!IN!THE!LAST!FOUR!OR!FIVE!YEARS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

COME!UP!WITH!MORE!EMPLOYMENTCOME!UP!WITH!NEW!WAYS!OF!MAKING!MONEYCOME!WITH!BETTER!SOLUTIONS!THAN!THE!CURRENT!ONESCOMPROMISE!WITHIN!THE!LEGISLATIVE!BRANCHESCONGRESS!HAS!TO!AGREE!ON!A!BUDGETCONGRESS!NEEDS!TO!LEARN!HOW!TO!NOT!OVER!SPENDCONGRESS!NEEDS!TOGETHER!AND!BE!ON!THE!SAME!PAGECONGRESS!SHOULD!PAY!CUTS!AND!MAKE!WHAT!ME!MAKECONGRESS!TO!STOP!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!THEMSELVES!THEY!GOT!TO!GET!THE!ECONOMY!GOING!(!THEY!GOT!TO!BRING!JOBS!BACK!TO!THE!UNITED!STATESCONGRESSMAN!AND!THE!PRESIDENT!WORKING!TOGETHERCONTROL!SPENDINGCONTROL!SPENDINGCONTROL!THE!SPENDING!BY!PLUGGING!LOOPHOLES!IN!TERMS!OF!THOSE!WHO!ARE!NOT!PAYING!THROUGH!THOSE!LOOPHOLES.!WHY!DO!WE!STILL!HAVE!TROOPS!IN!GERMANY!AND!JAPAN!SO!MANY!YEARS!AFTER!WORLD!WAR!2?COOPERATE!WITH!EACH!OTHER!(!EVERYONE!IN!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!BE!WORKING!TOGETHER!TO!SOLVE!ALL!OUR!PROBLEMSCREATE!JOBSCREATE!JOBSCREATE!MORE!JOBS!IN!THE!USCREATES!MANUFACTURING!JOBS!IN!OUR!COUNTRYCURB!DEFENSE!SPENDINGCURB!ENTITLEMENTSCURB!SPENDING!ON!EVERYTHING(NOTHINGS!OFF!THE!TABLECURB!WELFARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITY!AND!MEDICARE!TO!SAVE!FOR!THE!YOUNGER!GENERATIONCUT!BACK!FEDERAL!RETIREMENTCUT!BACK!ON!GOVERNMENTCUT!BACK!ON!GOVERNMENT!SALARIESCUT!BACK!ON!SPENDINGCUT!BACK!ON!SPENDING!AND!RAISE!TAXES!AND!RICH!SHOULD!PAY!MORECUT!BACK!ON!SPENDING!IN!CONGRESS;!ADDRESS!THE!HEALTH!ISSUES,!JOB!ISSUESCUT!BACK!RIDICULOUS!SPENDINGCUT!BACK!SOME!OF!THESE!PROGRAMS!ALL!AROUND!MILITARY!AND!EVERYTHINGCUT!BACK!WELFARECUT!BACKS!AND!CUT!THEIR!PAY!INSTEAD!OF!RAISING!MEDICARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITYCUT!CONGRESS!PAYROLL,!SO!THAT!THEY!ARE!NOT!GETTING!PAID!AS!MUCH!AS!THEY!ARECUT!CONGRESSES!SPENDINGCUT!COSTS;!NEED!TO!HAVE!A!BUDGET

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

CUT!DEFENSE!2!THIRDS!INCREASE!SOME!BROAD!CARE!HEALTH!CONTROL!GET!MORE!SOCIAL!SECURITY!CUT!HOMELAND!SECURITYCUT!DEFENSE!SPENDINGCUT!DEFENSE!SPENDINGCUT!DOWN!ON!HIGH!PAYING!JOBS!IN!GOVERNMENTCUT!DOWN!ON!MILITARY!SPENDINGCUT!ENTITLEMENT!SPENDINGCUT!ENTITLEMENTSCUT!EXPENDITURESCUT!FEDERAL!SPENDINGCUT!GOVERNMENTCUT!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGCUT!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGCUT!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGCUT!GOVERNMENT!SPENDING!AND!DO!AWAY!WITH!THE!DEPARTMENT!OF!ENERGYCUT!GOVERNMENT!SPENDING,!FARM!SUBSIDESCUT!MILITARYCUT!MILITARY!SPENDINGCUT!MILITARY!SPENDINGCUT!OUT!ALL!OF!THE!UNNECESSARY!SPENDING(THE!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSCUT!OUT!FOREIGN!AIDCUT!OUT!ON!PUBLIC!SPENDING!AND!SPENDING!IN!THE!WHITE!HOUSE!FOR!THINGS!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!TO,!LUXURY!LIVINGCUT!OUT!PROGRAMS!THAT!SIMPLY!NOT!WORKING!THAT!ARE!NOT!EFFECTIVE!AND!THAT!ARE!COSTING!AND!NOT!WORKINGCUT!OUT!SPENDING!AND!TAKING!CARE!OF!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!WARSCUT!OUT!WASTEFUL!SPENDINGCUT!POLITICIANS!PAYCUT!SALARIES!TO!CONGRESSCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

CUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDINGCUT!SPENDING!ACROSS!THE!BOARDCUT!SPENDING!ACROSS!THE!BOARD!BUT!NOT!ON!THE!MILITARYCUT!SPENDING!AND!HAVE!TO!HAVE!A!TAX!INCREASECUT!SPENDING!AND!RAISE!TAXESCUT!SPENDING!BRING!BUSINESS!BACK!TO!UNITED!STATES!STOP!TAX!CUTS!FOR!BUSINESSES!LEAVING!THE!UNITED!STATESCUT!SPENDING!EVERYTHING!HAS!TO!BE!LOOKED!AT!AND!TO!MANY!INEFFICIENTCUT!SPENDING!FOREIGN!AIDCUT!SPENDING!ON!NON!ESSENTIAL!ITEMSCUT!SPENDING!ON!THE!MILITARYCUT!SPENDING!ON!THINGS!THAT!AREN'T!SHOWING!A!BIG!IMPACTCUT!SPENDING!OVER!SEASCUT!SPENDING!RESPONSIBLY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

CUT!SPENDING!THAT!IS!NOT!A!PRIORITYCUT!SPENDING!WITHIN!THE!GOVERNMENT!UNTIL!THE!CONGRESS,!HOUSE,!PRESIDENT!DO!JOBS!THEY!SHOULD!NOT!GET!PAIDCUT!SPENDING,!AND!CUT!A!LOT!OF!WASTECUT!SPENDING,!RATHER!THAN!MORE!TAXESCUT!TAXESCUT!THE!BUDGET!OF!SPENDINGCUT!THE!ENTIRE!GOVERNMENTS!EXTRASCUT!THE!EXPANDED!UNEMPLOYMENT!BENEFITS!CUT!GOVERNMENT!SALARIES!AND!BENEFITS!TO!BE!MORE!INLINE!WITH!THE!PRIVET!INDUSTRYCUT!THE!GOVERNMENT!PAYCUT!THE!GOVERNMENTS!PAYCUT!THE!SPENDING!DOWN!GIVING!MONEY!AWAY!THAT!WE!DON'T!HAVECUT!THE!WASTEFUL!SPENDINGCUT!THEIR!OWN!SALARIES!DOWN!TO!NORMAL!PEOPLESCUT!UNNECESSARY!SPENDINGCUTBACK!ON!EVERYTHING!INCLUDING!TAXESCUTS!AND!GENERATING!REVENUE!TOGETHERCUTTING!FOREIGN!AID!THAT!CANNOT!AFFORDCUTTING!POLITICIANS!PAYCUTTING!SALARIES!IN!CONGRESSCUTTING!SPENDINGCUTTING!SPENDINGCUTTING!THE!SPENDINGDEFENSE!SPENDINGDO!AWAY!WITH!A!LOT!OF!THESE!DOUBLE!PROGRAMS!THAT!OVERLAPDON'T!SPEND!MORE!MONEY!THAN!YOU!CAN!AFFORDDON'T!SPEND!MORE!MONEY!THAN!YOU!HAVE!IN!OTHER!WORDS!BALANCE!YOUR!BUDGETDON'T!SPEND!TO!MUCH!ON!THE!WRONG!STUFFDOWNSIZING!THE!GOVERNMENTDRUG!TEST!EVERYONE!THAT!RECEIVES!MONEY!FROM!THE!GOVERNMENT,!AND!IF!FAIL!YOU!NO!LONGER!RECEIVE!MONEYEACH!PERSON!SHOULD!PAY!MORE!TAXESEDUCATE!WELFARE!PEOPLE!TO!NOT!PAY!TO!MUCH!WELFARE;!NEED!TO!GIVE!A!BONUS!TO!INTERNATIONAL!WORKERS!TO!MAKE!MONEYELIMINATE!50!PERCENT!OF!THE!GOVERNMENTELIMINATE!A!GOOD!NUMBER!OF!PROGRAMS!THAT!SUPPORT!EVERYTHING!UNDER!THE!SUN!AND!IS!NOT!VITAL!OR!GREAT!HELP!OTHERWISEELIMINATE!ENTITLEMENTELIMINATE!ENTITLEMENTSELIMINATE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENT!JOBS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ELIMINATE!REDUNDANCY

ELIMINATE!SPENDING

EMPLOYMENT

END!THE!WAR

ENTITLEMENT!REFORM

ENTITLEMENT!REFORM!LONG!TERM!IMPLICATIONS

ENTITLEMENTS:!CUT!OUT!THE!ENTITLEMENTS!THAT!PEOPLE!ARE!GETTING!STUFF!FOR!

FREE!LIKE!SOCIAL!SECURITY,!WELFARE,!FOOD!STAMPS!AND!FREE!MEDICAL!CARE!

UNDER!OBAMA

ESTABLISHING!A!BUDGET

EVERY!NEEDS!TO!COME!TOGETHER

EVERYBODY!PAY!A!FAIR!SHARE,!PROVIDE!MORE!JOBS!SO!THERE!WOULDN'T!BE!SO!

MANY!HANDOUTS

EVERYONE!GET!INVOLVED

EVERYONE!SHOULD!CONTRIBUTE!A!PERCENTAGE!OF!THEIR!TAX!RETURN!TO!THE!

DEFICIT

EVERYTHING!SHOULD!BE!PUBLIC!SO!WE!KNOW!WHAT!EVERYTHING!IS!SPENT!ON

FIGURE!OUT!A!PLAN

FIGURE!OUT!WHERE!THE!MONEY!IS!GOING

FIND!THE!PORK!AND!GET!RID!OF!IT

FIRE!HALF!THE!CONGRESS!THE!CONGRESS!IS!OVER!PAID

FIX!BAD!CREDIT

FIX!THE!HEALTH!CARE!PROGRAM!AND!STOP!PAYING!OTHER!PEOPLE

FLAT!TAX

FOCUS!MORE!ON!SPENDING

FOCUS!ON!ENERGY!HERE!AT!HOME!(UNITED!STATES)

FOCUS!ON!US!MORE!AND!FOREIGN!COUNTRIES!LESS

FOR!CONGRESS!AND!OBAMA!TO!AGREE!SOMETHING!ANYTHING!WOULD!HELP

FOR!THE!CONGRESS,!THE!HOUSE!AND!THE!PRESIDENT!TO!AGREE!ON!HOW!TO!REDUCE!

THE!DEFICITS!WITH!BUDGET!CUTS

FOR!THE!GOVERNMENT!TO!QUIT!SPENDING!MONEY!THAT!WE!DON'T!HAVE!CUT!

DOWN!GOVERNMENT!INVOLVEMENT,!LET!EACH!STATE!DO!ITS!OWN!THING

FOR!THE!GOVERNMENT!TO!QUIT!SPENDING!ON!PERSONAL!THINGS

FREEZING!ALL!OF!CONGRESS!PAY!CHECKS!INSTEAD!OF!US

GAS!PRICE

GET!IT!PAID!OFF

GET!MORE!PEOPLE!TO!WORK!SO!YOU!HAVE!MORE!PEOPLE!TO!PAY!TAXES

GET!ON!A!BUDGET

GET!OUR!SPENDING!UNDER!CONTROL

GET!OUR!TROOPS!BACK!OVER!HERE!AND!END!IT!OVER!THERE

GET!OUT!OF!EVERYTHING!THAT!HIS!INTO

GET!OUT!OF!THE!TWO!WARS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

GET!OUT!THE!WARSGET!PEOPLE!BACK!TO!WORKGET!PEOPLE!OFF!OF!WELFAREGET!PEOPLE!WORKINGGET!PEOPLE!WORKING,!WILLING!TO!WORK!SPEND!THE!MONEY!YOU!NEED!TOGET!RID!OF!OBAMA!CARE,!AND!CONGRESS!AND!THE!PRESIDENT!SHOULD!ABIDE!TO!THE!OBAMA!CARE!ALSOGET!RID!OF!THE!CROOKS!IN!CONGRESS!AND!THE!PRESIDENTGET!RID!OF!THE!DUPLICATION!SPEAKING!OF!THE!BACKUP!AGENCIESGET!RID!OF!THE!POLITICIANSGET!RID!OF!THE!SPENDINGGET!RID!OF!USELESS!PROGRAMS!OR!ONES!THAT!ARE!DOUBLED!UPGET!RID!OF!WELFAREGET!THE!ECONOMY!ROLLING!AGAIN,!THAT!CAN!START!PAYING!TOWARDS!DEBT!,,,,JOBSGET!THE!FUCK!OUT!OF!FOREIGN!WARS!IN!AFGHANISTAN!AND!IRAN!AND!PUT!THE!BILLIONS!INTO!THE!DOMESTIC!PROGRAMSGET!THE!GOVERNMENT'S!HANDS!OUT!OF!EVERYBODY'S!POCKETS!AND!REDUCE!SPENDINGGET!THE!JOB!SYSTEM!GOING!AGAINGET!THE!OIL!UNDER!CONTROLGET!THE!WAR!OVERGETTING!CONGRESS!TO!START!WORKINGGETTING!JOBS!BACKGETTING!RID!OF!OBAMA!CARE!AND!ALL!THE!WASTEGIVE!RID!OF!TAX!LOOP!HOLESGIVE!SMALL!BUSINESS!MORE!MONEYGIVE!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!A!BREAKGIVING!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!TO!FOREIGN!AFFAIRS

GO!AFTER!DEAD!BEAT!DADS!AND!OTHERS!THAT!AREN'T!PAYING!THEIR!CHILD!SUPPORT!A!LOT!OF!THEM!ARE!WORKING!UNDER!THE!TABLE!AND!NOT!PAYING!THEIR!TAXESGO!TO!A!CURRENCY!THAT!HAS!VALUE!THE!DOLLAR!IS!NOT!BACKED!BY!ANYTHING!AND!HAS!NO!VALUE!IT!HAS!DEPRECIATED!98%!OR!SO!IN!THE!PAST!100!YEARSGOVERNMENT!HAS!TO!BE!SMALLER!DEFINITELYGOVERNMENT!PAYCHECKS!ARE!SUPER!HUGE,!CUT!BACK!ON!THE!MONEY!GOVERNMENT!OFFICIALS!GET!PAIDGOVERNMENT!QUIT!SPENDING!ON!ALL!THESE!PORK!BARREL!THINGSGOVERNMENT!SPENDINGGOVERNMENT!SPENDING!CUTGROW!THE!ECONOMYHAS!TO!BE!A!CUT!IN!THE!SPENDING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

HAVE!REPRESENTATIVES!FROM!DIFFERENT!FACTIONS!AND!HAVE!ALL!CUT!DOWN!ON!PROGRAMSHAVE!TO!CONTROL!SPENDING!AND!WASTEHAVE!TO!OVERALL!LOOK!AT!THE!BUDGETHEALTH!CAREHEALTH!INSURANCEHEALTH!INSURANCE!AND!UNEMPLOYMENTHEAVILY!REDUCE!MILITARYHELP!LOCAL!BUSINESSESHELP!PEOPLE!THAT!WANT!A!JOB!TO!FIND!A!JOB!AND!THOSE!WHO!DO!NOT!SHOULD!BE!DENIED!THE!MONEY!THEY!ARE!GETTING!AND!ENJOYING!ITHIGHER!TAXES!AND!LESS!ENTITLEMENTSHIRING!PEOPLE!THAT!KNOW!HOW!THE!BALANCE!THE!BUDGETHOLD!NEW!ELECTIONS,!GET!RID!AND!CONGRESS!AND!THE!HOUSE!OR!REPRESENTATIVES,!SAME!WITH!FEDERAL!JUDGESHOW!DO!I!SAY!THIS,!DOMESTIC!MANUFACTURINGI!DON'T!APPROVE!OF!ALL!THESE!WARS,!THEY!SHOULD!BRING!THE!TROOPS!HOME!AND!SEE!WHAT!HAPPENSI!DON'T!THINK!ANYTHING!WILL!CHANGE!TAKE!CARE!OF!THE!PEOPLE!WHO!NEED!TO!BE!CARE!OF!AND!LET!ABLE!BODY!WHO!CAN!WORK!TAKE!THEMSELVESI!FEEL!LIKE!THERE!ARE!SOME!PROGRAMS!LIKE!THE!NON!AFFECTIVE!PROGRAMS!AND!A!LOT!OF!DIFFERENT!AREAS!THAT!CAN!BE!TOUGHI!GUESS!THE!TAXES!HAS!TO!BE!RAISED!AND!GOVERNMENT!SPENDING!TO!BE!CUTI!GUESS!WHAT!THEY'RE!STARTING!TO!DO;!TAXES!US!AND!NOT!SPEND!THE!MONEY!AFTER!THEY!GET!IT!FROM!USI!SUSPECT!TAKE!A!LOOK!TO!SEE!WERE!ALL!THE!WASTEFUL!MONEY!IS!BEING!SPENT!NOT!ADDING!ANY!NEW!PROJECTS!UNTIL!YOU!PAY!FOR!THE!ONES!YOU!ALREADY!GOTI!THINK!ALL!THE!BIG!GOVERNMENT!HAS!TO!MANY!(PORK)!PERKS!TOO!MUCH!OF!EVERYTHING!EVERYBODY!NEEDS!TO!CUT!BACK!NOT!JUST!THE!GOVERNMENT!AND!I!AM!ON!SOCIAL!SECURITYI!THINK!EVERY!AGENCY!OR!ENTITY!WITHIN!THE!UNITED!STATES!SHOULD!BE!AUDITED!INCLUDING!EVERY!SINGLE!PENNY!THEY!SPENDI!THINK!THAT!THERE!IS!A!LOT!OF!THINGS!GOING!ON!(!TOO!MUCH!PEOPLE!IN!THE!GOVERNMENT!THAT!DON'T!NEED!TO!BE!THEREI!THINK!THAT!THEY!SHOULD!LOOK!INTO!THE!SPENDING!OF!THE!ARMED!FORCESI!THINK!THE!CONGRESS!AND!THE!PRESIDENT!SHOULD!REDUCE!THEIR!SALARIES!INSTEAD!OF!TAKING!IT!OUT!OF!MEDICAREI!THINK!THEY!ARE!OVERSPENDING,!CUT!THE!POLITICIAN!SALARYI!THINK!WE!NEED!TO!SHRINK!THE!GOVERNMENT,!IT'S!TOO!BIGI!THINK!WE!SHOULD!CUT!SOME!OF!THE!BENEFITS!THAT!CONGRESS!ARE!GETTINGI!THINK!WE!SHOULD!SHUT!DOWN!ALL!TRADE!WITH!CHINA

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

I!WISH!THE!HOUSE!AND!SENATE!WOULD!SET!AN!EXAMPLE!AND!TAKE!CUTS!THEMSELVES!AND!BE!ON!MEDICARE!THE!SAME!THING!THE!PEOPLE!ARE!ON(EX!OBAMACARE!PLANIF!WE!COULD!PAY!DOWN!OUT!DEBT!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIES!BECAUSE!OF!INTEREST!IS!TERRIBLE!AND!THEY!ARE!OWNING!USIF!YOU!JUST!TAKE!THEIR!BUDGET!AND!DECREASE!WHAT!EACH!DEPARTMENT!GETS!BY!ONE!PERCENT!A!YEAR!NOT!PROJECTED!BUT!WHAT!WAS!ACTUALLY!SPENT!LAST!YEARIMPEACH!PRESIDENT!BARACK!HUSSEIN!OBAMAIN!ORDER!TO!REDUCE!THE!DEBT!YOU!HAVE!TO!STICK!TO!A!BALANCED!BUDGETINCREASE!REVENUE,!DECREASE!EXPENDITURESINCREASE!TAXESINCREASE!TAXESINCREASE!TAXES!ON!THE!RICHINCREASE!TAXES!ON!THE!WEALTHYINCREDIBLE!POOR!MANAGEMENTIS!HELP!THOSE!WHO!NEED!HELP!THOSE!WHO!DON'T!!HELP!THEM!YOU!GOT!PEOPLE!COMING!HERE!FROM!MEXICO!THEY!CAN!GET!HELP!THEY!CAN!GET!FOOD!STAMPS!I!BEEN!HERE!ALL!MY!LIFE!NOW!I!SICK!I!CANT!GET!FOOD!STAMPSJOB!AVAILABILITYJOBS!AND!DON'T!CUT!SOCIAL!SECURITYJOBS!BACKJOBS!SHOULD!BE!CREATED!ON!THE!FEDERALJOBS:!ELIMINATE!JOBS!THAT!DON'T!SHOW!MUCH!PRODUCTIONKEEP!OUR!BUSINESSES!AND!MANUFACTURING!HEREKEEP!THE!CEILING!ON!SPENDING!AND!CUT!SPENDINGLEARN!TO!LIVE!WITHIN!OUR!MEANS!CAN'T!TAX!OUR!WAY!OUT!OF!A!RECESSIONLEGALIZELEGALIZE!FEDERALLY!AND!TAX!ITLEGALIZE!MARIJUANALEGALIZE!MARIJUANALEGALIZE!MARIJUANALEGALIZE!MARIJUANALEGALIZE!MARIJUANA!IN!ALL!STATESLEGALIZING!AND!TAX!MARIJUANALESS!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGLESS!MONEY!IN!THE!ARMED!FORCESLESS!SPENDINGLESS!SPENDINGLESS!SPENDINGLESS!SPENDINGLESS!SPENDINGLESS!SPENDING!IN!CERTAIN!AREAS(A!LOT!OF!OFFICIALS!GET!OVERPAID

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

LESS!SPENDING!MONEYLESS!TAXES!FOR!ALL!THE!PEOPLELESS!TAXES,!AND!SPEND!MONEY!MORE!WISELYLESS!WASTEFUL!SPENDINGLET!PEOPLE!WORKLIVE!IN!OUR!MEANSLONG!TERM!BUDGET!ENTITLEMENT!AND!RAISED!TAXESLOOK!AT!A!LOT!OF!THE!GOVERNMENT!AGENCIES!AND!SEE!WHERE!THERE!CAN!BE!PEOPLE!THINNED!OUT!A!LOT!OF!AGENCIES!THAT!TWICE!AS!MANY!PEOPLE!AS!THE!NEED!AS!IN!THE!DEFENSE!LOGISTIC!AGENCY!(!DLALOWER!AMOUNT!OF!PEOPLE!WORKING!IN!GOVERNMENTS!JOBSLOWER!TAXES

LOWER!TAXES;!GET!THE!ECONOMY!ROLLING!THEN!THE!TAXES!INCOME!WILL!INCREASELOWERING!TAXESMAKE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENT!SMALLER;!CAREER!POLITICIANS!THAT!GET!NOTHING!DONEMAKE!SURE!THE!CEOS!DON'T!GET!PAID!EVERYTHING,!AND!CONGRESS!SHOULD!GET!THE!SAME!BENEFITS!AS!EVERYONE!ELSE'SMAKE!THE!RICH!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHAREMEDICARE!SHOULD!BE!REDUCEDMEETING!OF!MINDSMILITARY!INTERVENTIONS!INTO!FOREIGN!COUNTRIESMINIMIZE!SPENDINGMODIFY!THE!TAX!STRUCTUREMORE!ACCOUNTABILITY!WITH!SPENDINGMORE!ACCURATE!BUDGET!SPENDINGMORE!EMPHASIS!ON!HEALTH!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITYMORE!JOB!OPPORTUNITIESMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBSMORE!JOBS!AND!A!LOWER!CLASS!ON!THE!MIDDLE!CLASSMORE!JOBS!FOR!PEOPLEMORE!JOBS!STOP!DENYING!PEOPLE!JOBS!BECAUSE!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!CERTAIN!CREDENTIALSMORE!PRODUCTION!FROM!THE!USMULTIPLE!THINGSNEED!TO!CUT!OUT!EMPOWERMENTNEED!TO!KEEP!DEFENSE,!BRING!THE!TROOPS!HOME

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

NO!BORROW!TOO!MUCH!MONEYNOT!ALLOWING!ANY!MORE!SPENDINGNOT!GIVING!OUT!FOREIGN!AID!TOO!MUCH!AND!FOCUS!ON!OUR!COUNTRYNOT!HAVING!A!HIGH!SALARY!FOR!PRESIDENT!AND!CONGRESSNOT!INCREASING!THE!SPENDING!LIMIT!AND!BALANCING!THE!BUDGETNOT!RAISE!THE!CEILING!MORENOT!SPENDING!A!LOT!OF!MONEY!ON!WELFARE!RECIPIENTSNOT!SPENDING!AS!MUCHNOT!SPENDING!SO!MUCHNOT!TO!SPEND!ON!SOMETHING!THAT!IS!NOT!NECESSARYNOTHING!THEY!CAN!DONUMBER!1!I!THINK!THE!CONGRESS!AND!SENATE!ARE!PAID!TOO!MUCH,!OUR!EDUCATION!SYSTEM!IS!SUFFERING,!MEDICARE,!OTHER!SOCIAL!SERVICES!WILL!NEED!TO!TRY!TO!FIND!A!WAY!TO!TIGHTEN!OUR!BELTOBAMA!STOP!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!YOURSELF!AND!WIFEPAY!BACK!THE!COMMUNITYPAY!BACK!THE!MONEY!TO!THE!WELFAREPAY!IT!OFFPAY!THEIR!BILLSPEOPLE!MAKING!THE!MOST!MONEY!SHOULD!BE!PAYING!THE!MOST!IN!TAXESPOLITICIANS!TAKE!A!PAY!CUT!LIKE!EVERYONE!ELSEPROBABLY!OVER!SPENDINGPROVIDING!FREE!HEALTH!CAREPULL!EVERYONE!OUT!OFFICE!PUT!PEOPLE!OF!STREET!IN!THEY!WILL!DO!A!BETTER!JOBPUT!A!FREEZE!ON!ALL!BORROWING!FROM!FOREIGN!GOVERNMENTS;!ALL!REBUILDING!IN!OTHER!COUNTRIESPUT!HIGHER!TAXES!ON!PEOPLE!WHO!ARE!RICHPUT!MORE!PEOPLE!TO!WORKPUT!PEOPLE!TO!WORK!IN!A!INFRASTRUCTUREPUT!THE!PEOPLE!TO!WORK!THAT!FISCALLY!ABLE!TO!WORK!AND!TAKE!THEM!OFF!THE!DOLEQUIT!ENABLING!PEOPLEQUIT!EXCESSIVE!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGQUIT!GIVING!OUR!MONEY!TO!FOREIGN!AIDQUIT!HAVING!A!DINNER!PARTY,!QUIT!LYINGQUIT!HELPING!ALL!THE!FOREIGN!COUNTRIES!AND!INDUSTRIES!THAT!GO!BROKEQUIT!SENDING!MONEY!ABROAD!AND!HELP!THE!PEOPLE!IN!THE!UNITED!STATESQUIT!SENDING!MONEY!OVERSEASQUIT!SENDING!MONEY!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!START!SPENDING!IT!ON!YOURSELFQUIT!SENDING!OUR!JOBS!OUT!OF!STATEQUIT!SPENDINGQUIT!SPENDING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

QUIT!SPENDINGQUIT!SPENDINGQUIT!SPENDINGQUIT!SPENDINGQUIT!SPENDINGQUIT!SPENDING!AND!GIVING!AWAY!OUR!MONEYQUIT!SPENDING!MONEYQUIT!SPENDING!MONEYQUIT!SPENDING!MONEY!AND!BLOWING!MONEY!THEN!BORROWING!MONEY!TO!FIX!OUR!CRAPQUIT!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!THINGS!THAT!DON'T!MATTERQUIT!SPENDING!ON!PROGRAMS!THAT!WE!DON'T!HAVE!BACKING!FORQUIT!SPENDING!SO!MUCHQUIT!SPENDING!SO!MUCHQUIT!SPENDING!SO!MUCHQUIT!SPENDING!SO!MUCH!!MONEY!AND!START!PAYING!DOWN!THE!DEBTQUIT!SPENDING!SO!MUCH!UNNECESSARYQUIT!SPENDING!WELFARE!AND!ALL!THATQUIT!SPENDING!WHEN!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!ENOUGH!MONEYQUIT!SUPPORTING!EVERY!OTHER!COUNTRY,!AND!START!SUPPORTING!THIS!ONEQUIT!TAX!SPENDINGQUIT!TRYING!TO!PAY!OFF!OTHER!COUNTRIESQUITE!PRINTING!MONEY!AND!STOP!SPENDINGQUITE!SPENDING!ON!FRIVOLOUS!STUFFRADICALLY!AMPUTATE!SPENDING!RAISE!TAX!HIGH!CLASS!PEOPLERAISE!TAXESRAISE!TAXESRAISE!TAXES!AND!CUT!SPENDINGRAISE!TAXES!NOT!JUST!THE!RICH,!EVERYTHING!STOP!BORROWING!MONEY!FROM!CHINA(!REDUCE!THE!MARIJUANA!LAWSRAISE!TAXES!ON!PEOPLE!THAT!ARE!MAKING!OVER!100!THOUSAND!A!YEARRAISE!TAXES!ON!PEOPLE!THAT!MAKE!MORE!THAT!30,000!YEAR,!THE!MORE!YOU!MAKE!THE!MORE!YOU!PAYRAISE!TAXES!ON!THE!MIDDLE!CLASSRAISE!TAXES!ON!THE!RICHRAISE!TAXES!ON!THE!WEALTHYRAISE!THE!TAXESRAISING!THE!DEBT!LIMITRAISING!THE!TAXES!ON!THE!WEALTHIEST!AMERICANS!AND!CORPORATIONSRE(EVALUATE!SPENDING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

REDUCE!A!LOT!SPENDING!THAT!DOESN'T!NEED!TO!BE!SPENT!THAT!QUIT!PASSING!REGULATION!THAT!MADE!IT!FOR!HARD!COMPANYREDUCE!BORROWING!MONEYREDUCE!CONGRESSIONAL!SALARIESREDUCE!EXPENSES!SUCH!AS!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGREDUCE!FEDERAL!SPENDINGREDUCE!FEDERAL!SPENDINGREDUCE!FEDERAL!SPENDINGREDUCE!FOREIGN!INVESTMENT!AND!INVEST!IN!AMERICA!BY!PUTTING!PEOPLE!TO!WORKREDUCE!GOVERNMENTREDUCE!GOVERNMENT!SIZEREDUCE!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGREDUCE!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGREDUCE!GOVERNMENT!SPENDINGREDUCE!MEDICAREREDUCE!MILITARY!SPENDINGREDUCE!MILITARY!SPENDING!AND!CORPORATE!BAIL(OUTSREDUCE!NATIONAL!GOVERNMENTREDUCE!RESTRICTIONS!ON!SMALL!BUSINESS,!AND!GOVERNMENT!RESTRICTIONS!IN!GENERALREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDINGREDUCE!SPENDING!AND!BALANCE!TH!BUDGETREDUCE!SPENDING!AND!REDUCING!THE!GOVERNMENTREDUCE!TAXESREDUCE!TAXES!AND!ENTITLEMENT!SPENDINGREDUCE!THE!AMOUNT!MEDICAID

REDUCE!THE!DEFENSE!BUDGET!AND!INCREASE!AGE!OF!ELIGIBILITY!FOR!MEDICARE!AND!SOCIAL!SECURITY!AND!IF!NOT!A!BALANCED!BUDGET!CONGRESS!SHOULD!NOT!GET!PAIDREDUCE!THE!GOVERNMENT!EXPENDITURES

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

REDUCE!THE!SALARY!OF!CONGRESS!AND!PRESIDENT!PUT!THEM!ON!THE!SAME!LEVEL!AS!THE!REST!OF!USREDUCE!THE!SALARY!OF!CONGRESS!THE!SENATE!AND!PRESIDENTREDUCE!THE!SIZE!OF!THE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENTREDUCE!THE!SPENDINGREDUCE!THE!WARS!EFFORTS,!ALL!OVERSEAS!SPENDING!ON!WARS!REDUCING!THE!ARMED!FORCESREDUCE!UNNECESSARY!EXPENSESREDUCED!GOVERNMENT!SPENDING!ON!PROGRAMSREDUCING!THE!MILITARY!OUT!OF!THE!OTHER!COUNTRIESREDUCTION!OF!MILITARY!SPENDINGREGULATE!THE!TAXESREPLACE!PRESIDENT!OBAMAREPRESENTATIVES!SHOULD!LOOK!AT!WHAT!THEY!SPEND!ON!THEIR!SELF!AND!MAKE!THAT!PART!OF!EVERYONE!PARTICIPATING!IN!BRING!THE!NATIONAL!DEBT!DOWNRESTRUCTURE!ENTITLEMENTS!AND!CUT!DEFENSE!SPENDING!DOWN!TO!$400BILLION!GRADUALLY!OVER!TIME!HAVE!A!GLOBAL!STRATEGIC!STRATEGY!TOWARDS!POSSIBLE!THREATS!SUCH!AS!CHINARESTRUCTURE!OUR!DEFENSERICH!PEOPLE!NEED!TO!BE!TAXED!MORESHOULD!NOT!ESTABLISH!ANY!NEW!PROGRAMS,!AND!DISSOLVE!THE!PROGRAMS!THAT!DON'T!WORKSHOULD!NOT!OVER!SPEND!ITS!MONEY,!PUTTING!US!IN!SERIOUS!DEBTSHOULD!STOP!WASTING!MONEY!OF!THINGS!WE!ALREADY!HAVESLOW!DOWN!ON!THE!SPACE!EXPLORATION;!MAJOR!OVERHAUL!OF!RUNNING!FOR!PRESIDENTSOCIAL!SERVICES!IS!A!MAJOR!FACTOR!WELFARESOME!HOW!STIMULATE!THE!ECONOMY!THROUGH!JOB!CREATIONSPEND!IT!ON!PRIORITY!THINGSSPEND!LESSSPEND!LESSSPEND!LESSSPEND!LESSSPEND!LESSSPEND!LESS!ON!EVERYTHINGSPEND!LESS!THAN!YOU!TAKE!INSPEND!LESS,!AND!PAY!OUR!BILLSSPEND!MONEY!MORE!WISELYSPEND!TOO!MUCH!WHERE!SHOULDN'T!AND!NOT!ENOUGH!WHERE!THEY!SHOULD!THEY!DON'T!PUT!ENOUGH!INTO!THE!MILITARYSPENDINGSPENDING!CUTS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

SPENDING!CUTSSPENDING!CUTS,!FIND!PLACES!TO!MAKE!CUTSSPENDING!DECREASE!AND!TAXES!INCREASEDSPENDING!ON!TOO!MANY!LUXURY!ITEMSSTART!PAYING!IT!OFFSTART!PRODUCING!MORE!THINGS!AT!HOME!INSTEAD!OF!OUTSOURCINGSTART!WITH!SOME!OF!THE!SALARY!(!CONGRESS!IS!OVERPAID!AND!CUTTING!SOME!OF!THE!MAJOR!BUDGETSSTICK!TO!THE!BUDGET,!AND!DO!NOT!OVER!SPENDSTIMULATING!THE!ECONOMY!BY!LOWERING!TAXESSTOP!AIDING!EVERYTHINGSTOP!APPROVING!AND!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!THESE!UNNECESSARY!PORK!BARREL!PROJECTSSTOP!BAILING!OUT!BUSINESSES!FROM!THE!HOLES!THEY!HAVE!DUGSTOP!BORROWINGSTOP!BORROWING!MONEYSTOP!BURROWING!MONEY!AND!STOP!SPENDING!MONEY!THINGS!THAT!AREN'T!NECESSARYSTOP!BUYING!THINGS!WE!DON'T!NEEDSTOP!FOREIGN!AIDSTOP!FOREIGN!AIDSTOP!GIVING!AWAY!OUR!MONEYSTOP!GIVING!MONEY!AWAY(!STOP!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!WARSTOP!GIVING!OUT!MONEY!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIESSTOP!INVADING!OTHER!COUNTRIESSTOP!OUTSOURCING!AND!!START!IN!SOURCING!MORESTOP!PAYING!FOR!UNNECESSARY!FUNDSSTOP!REDUCE!SPENDING!AND!TAX!RATESSTOP!RUNNING!IT!HIGHERSTOP!SENDING!ALL!OF!WORK!TO!CHINA,!INDIANA,!AND!CANADA!AND!FOCUS!ON!AMERICASTOP!SENDING!MONEY!AWAYSTOP!SENDING!MONEY!OTHER!COUNTRIES!EVERY!TIME!THE!HAVE!A!PROBLEM,!LET!THEM!TAKE!CARE!OF!THEIR!OWN!PROBLEMSSTOP!SENDING!MONEY!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!START!TAKING!CARE!OF!OUR!OWN!STOP!ALLOWING!ILLEGAL!IMMIGRANTS!INTO!THE!USSTOP!SENDING!MONEY!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!TAKE!CARE!OF!UNITED!STATESSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDING

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

STOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDINGSTOP!SPENDING!52%!OF!THE!NATIONS!MONEY!ON!WARSTOP!SPENDING!ABROADSTOP!SPENDING!AND!INVEST!IN!RESOURCES!IN!THE!UNITED!STATESSTOP!SPENDING!AS!MUCH!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!FOR!THE!OTHER!COUNTRIESSTOP!SPENDING!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!MONEY!AND!PUTTING!OURSELVES!IN!DEBTSTOP!SPENDING!MONEY!WE!DO!NOT!HAVESTOP!SPENDING!MONEY!WE!DON'T!HAVESTOP!SPENDING!MONEY!WE!DON'T!HAVESTOP!SPENDING!MONEY!WE!DON'T!HAVESTOP!SPENDING!MONEY!WE!DON'T!HAVESTOP!SPENDING!MONEY,!STOP!GIVING!THEMSELVES!RAISESSTOP!SPENDING!RECKLESSLYSTOP!SPENDING!SO!MUCH!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!SO!MUCH!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!SO!MUCH!MONEYSTOP!SPENDING!SO!MUCH!MONEY!ON!THINGS!WE!DON'T!NEEDSTOP!SPENDING,!WE!DON'T!HAVE!THE!MONEY,!CAN'T!SPEND!MORE!THEN!YOU!HAVESTOP!SPENDING,!WE!HAVE!TO!REDUCE!OUR!SPENDINGSTOP!THE!FEDERAL!SPENDINGSTOP!THE!LOBBYIST!FROM!MEDDLING!IN!CONGRESS''!BUSINESSSTOP!THE!PORK!BARRELSSTOP!THE!SPENDINGSTOP!THE!UNFUNDED!MANDATESSTOP!USELESS!SPENDINGSTOP!WASTING!MONEYSTOP!WASTING!MONEY,!START!WITH!THEIR!CONGRESSIONAL!SALARIESSTOP!WITH!THE!SPENDING!CUT!OUT!PROGRAMS!THAT!WE!CAN!LIVE!WITHOUT!TO!GET!THE!COUNTRY!BACK!ON!TRACKSTOPPING!FREE!INCOME!TAX!CHECKS;!CUT!HOURS!IN!GOVERNMENT!AGENCIESSTOPPING!IMPORTS,!AND!GET!RID!OF!FOREIGN!AID

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

STRAIGHTEN!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSSTREAMLINE!GOVERNMENT!SO!THERE!ISN'T!SO!MUCH!OVERLAPTAKE!ALL!THE!CREDITS!FROM!THE!CONGRESS!AND!THE!PRESIDENT!AND!HIS!OLD!LADYTAKE!AWAY!THE!WASTETAKE!CARE!OF!HOMETAKE!EVERYONE!INCOME!TAX!FOR!1!YEAR!AND!PUT!ALL!THERE!MONEY!TO!THE!PROBLEMS!WE!HAVETAX!EQUALITYTAX!FOR!RICH!PEOPLETAX!PEOPLE!AND!CORPORATIONS!THAT!MAKE!A!LOT!OF!MONEYTAX!THE!RICH!LIKE!THEY!DO!THE!REST!OF!USTAXES!HAVE!TO!RAISED!ON!SOME!CORPORATIONSTAXES!ON!THE!TOP!1%TAXING!THE!PEOPLE!WHO!GOT!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!WORKING!CLASS!MAN!KEEPS!THE!GOVERNMENT!GOINGTHE!AMOUNT!OF!MONEY!WE!ARE!SPENDING!TO!OUR!BROTHERS!AND!SISTERS!IN!OTHER!MILITARIES!IN!OTHER!COUNTRIESTHE!BANKS!ARE!MAKING!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!THE!HIGHER!INCOME!PEOPLE!NEED!TO!BE!TAXEDTHE!ENTITLEMENT!PROGRAMSTHE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!CUT!SPENDING!AND!BALANCE!BUDGETTHE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENT!STOP!UNNECESSARY!SPENDINGTHE!GOVERNMENT!BAILOUTTHE!GOVERNMENT!NEEDS!TO!SET!A!BETTER!BUDGETTHE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!LEAVE!THE!ECONOMY!ALONETHE!GOVERNMENT!TO!STOP!HANDED!OUT!FREE!MONEY!TO!OTHER!COUNTRIESTHE!HIGH!TOP!OFFICIAL!SHOULD!NOT!GET!THE!SALARIES!THEIR!MAKINGTHE!LITTLE!THINGS!THAT!CONGRESS!ADD!ON!TO!MAJOR!IMPORTANT!BILLS!TO!GET!THEIR!THINGS!DONETHE!MILLIONAIRES!SHOULD!PAY!MORE!TAXESTHE!PERKS!YOU!KNOW!WHY!AM!I!PAYING!FOR!ALL!THE!GOVERNMENT!SPENDING!NO!BODY!PAYING!FOR!MY!CAR!OR!TRANSPORTATION!SO!I!THINK!WE!SHOULD!CUT!SOME!OF!THAT!OUTTHE!SPENDINGTHE!WAR!SHOULD!BE!OVER,!TROOPS!SHOULD!COME!HOMETHE!WAR,!WE!SHOULD!MIND!OUR!OWN!BUSINESS!AND!STAY!IN!OUT!COUNTRYTHE!WHOLE!GOVERNMENT!NEEDS!TO!TAKE!A!PAY!CUT!AND!GIVE!IT!BACK!TO!THE!PEOPLETHERE!NEED!TO!BE!A!BETTER!DIVISION!OF!TAXES!FOR!THIS!TAX!MONEYTHERE!SHOULD!BE!CUTS!OVERALLTHERE!SHOULD!BE!CUTS!SPENDING!CUTS!BE!CAREFULLY!CUT!OUT!AND!NOT!LEAVE!OUT!THE!SOCIAL!WELFARE!OF!PEOPLE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THERE'S!AIR!MARKS!AND!PORK!SPENDINGTHERE'S!JUST!ONE!THING,!THERE'S!A!LOT!OF!WASTETHEY!CANNOT!CONTINUE!TO!BORROW!MONEYTHEY!FIRST!NEED!TO!DO!AN!ANALYSIS!OF!FEDERAL!PROGRAMSTHEY!HAVE!TO!BORROW!MONEY!TO!SPEND!ITTHEY!HAVE!TO!INCREASE!REVENUE!AND!DECREASE!SPENDINGTHEY!HAVE!TO!REDUCE!THE!SPENDINGTHEY!HAVE!TO!REGULATE!THEIR!SPENDING!A!LITTLE!BETTERTHEY!KEEP!WASTING!MONEY;!THEY!KEEP!GIVING!OUT!MONEYTHEY!NEED!SOMEONE!TO!FOLLOW!THROUGH!ON!SOME!OF!THE!COMPLAINTS!CONCERNING!OVERCHARGINGTHEY!NEED!TO!BALANCE!BUDGET!AND!GET!IT!UNDER!CONTROLTHEY!NEED!TO!BE!MORE!CONSCIENTIOUS!ON!HOW!THEY!SPEND!THE!MONEYTHEY!NEED!TO!CUT!THE!SIZE!OF!THE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENTTHEY!NEED!TO!START!TAXING!THE!RICHER!PEOPLE!MORE,!THE!POOR!PEOPLE!ARE!THE!ONES!THAT!ARE!BEING!HIT!THE!MOST

THEY!SHOULD!LIVE!WITHIN!THEIR,!THEY!CAN!TELL!BILL!COLLECTORS!WAIT!FOR!MONEYTHEY!SHOULD!QUIT!SPENDING!MONEY!AND!GIVING!THEMSELVES!RAISESTHEY!SHOULD!TAX!THE!RICH,!PEOPLE!MAKING!OVER!$250,000!A!YEARTHOSE!MAKING!MORE!THAN!500,000!SHOULD!BE!PAYING!MORE!THAN!THE!LOWER!CLASSTIGHTEN!UP!THE!BELTS!IN!WASHINGTONTO!CHANGED!THE!STYLE!OF!LIVING!LIFE!HAS!TO!DEAL!WITH!THE!CONCEPT!OF!HOW!PEOPLE!ARE!LIVING!THEIR!LIFE!LIKE!WORKING!HARDTO!CUT!OUT!ALL!PROGRAMS!THAT!IS!NOT!HELPING!BUT!A!SELECT!FEWTO!CUT!SOCIAL!ISSUES!IN!THE!USATO!FIND!THINGS!THEY!CAN!ECONOMIZE!DON'T!SPEND!MORE!THAN!YOU!CAN!AFFORDTO!IMPROVE!THE!EFFICIENCY!OF!THE!FEDERAL!GOVERNMENTTO!QUIT!SPENDING!FOOLISHLYTO!RELEASE!THE!TECHNOLOGY!FREE!ENERGYTO!TAX!THE!WEALTHY!MORETOO!MANY!FREE!THINGS!BEING!GIVEN!OUT!TO!PEOPLE!THAT!ARE!NOT!CITIZENS!THEIR!SHOULD!BE!A!LOT!OF!CUTSTOO!MANY!MONEY!GOING!OUT!OF!THE!COUNTRYTOO!MANY!THINGS!TO!ANSWER!JUST!THINGUNNECESSARY!SPENDINGUNNECESSARY!SPENDING!SHOULD!BE!CUTWASTE!IN!GOVERNMENT!IN!ALL!AREASWE!CANT!KEEP!JUST!SPENDING!THIS!MONEY!FOR!MEDICARE!&!SOCIAL!SECURITY!&!MEDICAID!THEY!HAVE!TO!ADJUST!&!CHANGE!THE!AGE!FOR!MEDICARE!&!SOCIAL!SECURITY!WE!CAN'T!KEEP!BORROWING!ALL!THIS!MONEY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

WE!GOT!TO!START!OF!ENTITLEMENT!REFORMWE!NEED!TO!FIGURE!OUT!WHY!WE!ARE!SENDING!MONEY!TO!HELP!OTHER!COUNTRIES!AND!GOVERNMENTS!WHEN!OUR!COUNTRY!IS!FAILING!DRAMATICALLYWE!NEED!TO!FIND!JOBS!QUALIFIED!JOBS!FOR!PEOPLE!TO!EARN!THEIR!OWN!MONEYWE!NEED!TO!FIND!WAYS!TO!DECREASE!SPENDING!AND!INCREASE!REVENUE,!A!COMBINATION!OF!BOTHWE!NEED!TO!GET!THE!ECONOMY!STARTED!AND!PEOPLE!NEED!TO!GET!JOBS!AND!START!PAYING!DEBT!DOWNWE!NEED!TO!KEEP!MONEY!AT!HOME!AND!STOP!SUPPORTING!OTHER!COUNTRIESWE!NEED!TO!MAKE!SURE!THAT!WE!DON'T!HAVE!PEOPLE!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!UNNECESSARY!THINGSWE!NEED!TO!RAISE!THE!TAXES!ON!HIGHER!INCOME!PEOPLE!AND!I!THINK!WE!NEED!TO!BE!A!LITTLE!BIT!MORE!CONSERVATIVE!ON!SPENDINGWE!NEED!TO!START!PRODUCING!FROM!IMPORTING!OTHER!COUNTRIESWE!NEED!TO!STOP!GIVING!MONEY!TO!EVERYBODY,!TO!FOREIGN!COUNTRIESWE!NEED!TO!STOP!HANDOUT!PROGRAMSWE!NEED!TO!WORK!AT!BALANCING!THE!BUDGET,!FLAT!TAX10!PERCENT!ACROSS!THE!BOARDWE!REALLY!NEED!TO!LOOK!WHAT!WE!DO!WITH!FOOD!AND!AGRICULTURE,!WE!WASTE!TOO!MUCH!FOODWE!SHOULD!STOP!PUTTING!OUT!MONEY!ACROSS!THE!WORLD!AND!WE!DON'T!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!BAIL!EVERYONE!OUTWE!SHOULD!STOP!THE!SPENDING!AND!START!GETTING!MONEY!OUT(!POLITICIANS!WORK!FOR!THE!DONORS(!PEOPLE!MAKING!MORE!THAN!200,000!SHOULDN'T!GET!MORE!TAX!LOOPHOLESWE'VE!GOT!TO!GET!RID!OF!THE!CONGRESSIONAL!AND!SENATORIAL!PERKSWORRY!ABOUT!THE!UNITED!STATESYOU!GOT!TO!CUT!BACK!THE!NEW!AGENCIES

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!616!respondents,!who!support!increasing!taxes!on!the!wealthy,!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"In!just!a!few!words…why!do!you!feel!taxes!should!be!increased!on!wealthier!households?"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!interviewers,!are!presented!below.!!

In#just#a#few#words…why#do#you#feel#taxes#should#be#increased#on#wealthier#households?#

A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!ARE!HOMELESS!DON'T!HAVE!NO!WHERE!TO!GOABLE!TO!AFFORD!ITAFFORD!TO!PAYALTHOUGH!I!BELIEVE!TAXES!SHOULD!BE!SPLIT!EVENLY!WEALTHIER!FAMILY!CAN!STILL!LIVE!ABOVE!THE!POVERTY!LEVEL.AMERICA!IS!GIVING!YOU!THE!OPPORTUNITY!TO!MAKE!MONEY!SOME!PEOPLE!DON'T!MAKE!AS!MUCH!SO!WHY!NOT!PAYANYONE!THAT!MAKES!A!HALF!MILLION!DOLLARS!A!YEAR!CAN!AFFORD!MORE!TAXESAPPLIED!PERCENTAGE!SHOULD!BE!SAME!FOR!EVERYONE!REGARDLESS!OF!INCOMEAS!A!MIDDLE!CLASS!TAXPAYER,!I!FEEL!THEY!DON'T!PAY!ENOUGH,!SO!I!FEEL!LIKE!IT!WILL!HELP!OVER!ALL.!I!GUESS!IF!THEY!HAVE!MORE,!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!MORE.BACK!UP!A!LITTLE!UP!TO!37!PERCENT!OBAMA!WANTS!TO!GO!TOO!MUCHBALANCE!THE!BUDGETBASIC!ECONOMICS!RIGHT!NOW!AS!IT!IS!PEOPLE!THAT!MAKE!MORE!THAN!ABOVE!250,000!(!IF!WE!GET!RID!OF!THESE!LOOPHOLES,!THEY'RE!GOING!TO!HAVE!TO!PICK!IT!UP,!THE!WORKING!CLASS!CANT!DO!IT!BY!THEMSELVESBASICALLY!BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!THE!FUNDS!AND!THE!POOR!DON'TBECAUSE!ACCORDING!TO!WHAT!I!HAVE!BEEN!HAVING!TO!FIGURE!OUT!THERE!IS!A!LOOPHOLE!WHERE!THEY!AREN'T!PAYING!THEIR!FAIR!AMOUNT,!I!WOULD!LIKE!A!FLAT!TAXBECAUSE!AS!OF!PERCENTAGE!OF!INCOME!THE!TAXES!THE!WEALTHY!PAYS!ARE!MUCH!THEN!THEY!HAVE!BEEN!HISTORICALLYBECAUSE!DURING!THE!WHOLE!ECONOMY!MELT!DOWN!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!HAS!BEEN!THE!ONLY!SUFFERING!AND!THE!UPPER!CLASS!SHOULDBECAUSE!EVEN!THESE!ATHLETES!THEY!COULD!BUILD!A!HOUSING!PROJECT!AND!GET!THESE!PEOPLE!OFF!THE!STREET!IT'S!COLD!OUTSIDE!THEY!DON'T!THINK!ABOUT!THE!HOMELESS!PEOPLE!THE!RICH!ARE!SELFISH!PEOPLE!AND!DON'T!HAVE!A!GIVING!HEARTBECAUSE!I!DON'T!THINK!THEY!PAY!ENOUGH!AS!IT!IS!AND!I!MEDIUM!CLASS!PAY!MOREBECAUSE!I!FEEL!LOWER!INCOME!FOLKS!PAY!MORE!THAN!THE!HIGHER!INCOMEBECAUSE!I!FEEL!THAT!THEIR!DEMOGRAPHIC!WAS!SELECTED!AND!GIVEN!TAX!ADVANTAGE!BY!GEORGE!BUSHBECAUSE!I!HAVE!TO!PAY!35(40!PERCENTBECAUSE!I!NOT!ONE!OF!THEM!AND!THEY!CAN!BETTER!AFFORD!IT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BECAUSE!I!PAID!MORE!PERCENT!OF!TAXES!THAN!MITT!ROMNEYBECAUSE!I!THINK!THEY!WILL!IMPROVE!THINGSBECAUSE!I!THINK!WITH!THE!WAY!OUR!ECONOMY!IS.!WITH!NO!JOBS!THEY!ARE!THE!ONLY!ONES!WHO!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE!TAXES!RIGHT!NOW.BECAUSE!I'M!NOT!IN!THAT!BUDGET!BRACKETBECAUSE!I'M!NOT!ONE!OF!THE!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDSBECAUSE!IF!THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!THEY!SHOULD!AFFORD!TO!PAY!THE!TAXESBECAUSE!ITS!A!JUSTICE!ISSUE!WITH!MEBECAUSE!LOOK!AT!THE!STATICS..1%!IS!MULTIMILLIONAIRES!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!TAXES.BECAUSE!LOWER!CLASS!ARE!WORKING!HARD!AND!THEIR!PAYING!THE!TAXES!THAT!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!AND!WEALTHY!PEOPLE!ARE!PAYING!LESS!THAN!WHAT!THEY!SHOULD!AND!NEED!TO!MAKE!IT!UPBECAUSE!NO!ONE!WORKS!FOR!THE!POOR!GUY!WE!ALL!WORK!FOR!THE!RICH.BECAUSE!NOBODY!GETS!TO!THE!TOP!ALONE!AND!THEY!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!OF!TAXESBECAUSE!OBVIOUSLY!THEY!CAN!HANDLE!THE!TAXES!WHEREAS!THE!POOR!DO!NOT!HAVE!IT!TO!GIVE.BECAUSE!OF!THE!COST!OF!LIVINGBECAUSE!OF!THE!INCOME.BECAUSE!OF!THOSE!ASSHOLES!ARE!MAKING!THE!MONEY!BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!ONLY!HELPING!THEMSELVESBECAUSE!PEOPLE!THAT!ARE!WEALTHY!NEED!TO!HELP!OUT!THEIR!FELLOW!AMERICANS,!HOW!CANADA!DOES!ITBECAUSE!PEOPLE!WHO!LIVE!ON!FIX!INCOME!CANT!CATCH!UPBECAUSE!POOR!AND!MIDDLE!CLASS!CAN!NOT!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!RIGHT!NOW!AT!THIS!POINT!THEY!ARE!THE!ONLY!ONES!WHO!HAVE!MONEYBECAUSE!RIGHT!NOW!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!IS!BEING!GUTTED!AND!THE!WEALTHIER!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!SO!ASKING!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!TO!PAY!MORE!IS!NOT!FAIRBECAUSE!SOME!OF!THEM!HAVE!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!AND!THEY!REALLY!DO!NOT!KNOW!WHAT!TO!DO!WITH!ITBECAUSE!STATISTICAL!THEY!PAY!A!LOWER!PERCENTAGE!OF!THEIR!INCOME!THEN!SMALLER!INCOME!FAMILIESBECAUSE!TAXES!ARE!GOING!TO!HAVE!TO!GO!UPBECAUSE!THAT!MAKES!IT!FAIRBECAUSE!THE!AMOUNT!THAT!THE!SAME!PERCENTAGE!THAT!IMPACTS!THEM!IS!LOWER!THEN!OTHERSBECAUSE!THE!LITTLE!PERSON!WHO!IS!TRYING!TO!SUPPORT!IT!SELF!BY!PAYING!OUT!3BECAUSE!THE!LOWER!INCOME!PEOPLE!ARE!DESPERATE!FOR!HEALTH!CAREBECAUSE!THE!ONES!WHO!ARE!BARELY!MAKING!IT!NOW!WOULDN'T!MAKE!IT!AT!ALLBECAUSE!THE!OTHER!PEOPLE!CAN'T!PAY!IT!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!THE!MONEYBECAUSE!THE!PAY!LESS!OVERALL!TAXES!PERCENTAGES!IN!MY!OPINION

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BECAUSE!THE!PEOPLE!THAT!NEED!BREAKS!ARE!NOT!GETTING!ITBECAUSE!THE!RICH!GET!RICHER!AND!POOR!GET!POORERBECAUSE!THE!RICH!GET!RICHER!AND!THE!POOR!GETS!POORERBECAUSE!THE!TAX!LAW!FAVOR!THE!RICH

BECAUSE!THE!TAX!RATES!ARE!LOWER!TO!THE!WEALTHY!THAN!THE!REST!OF!THE!WORLDBECAUSE!THE!WAY!THINGS!ARE!GOING!THEY'RE!GOING!REALLY!BADBECAUSE!THE!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDS!MAKES!MORE!MONEY!SO!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE!TAXESBECAUSE!THE!WEALTHIER!SOMETIME!THEY!FEEL!LIKE!THERE!ABOVE!US.!ABOVE!PEOPLE!WHO!ARE!ON!THE!LOWER!LEVEL.BECAUSE!THE!WEALTHY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!LIKE!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS.BECAUSE!THE!Y!CAN!AFFORD!IT!I!GUESSBECAUSE!THEIR!ACCOUNTANT!FINDS!LOOP!HOLES!FOR!THEM!THAN!MY!ACCOUNTANT!CAN!FIND!FOR!ME!AND!IT!WON'T!HURT!THEM!TO!PAY!MORE!TAXES!THAN!THE!PEOPLE!ON!A!POVERTY!OR!BELOWBECAUSE!THEIR!INCOME!CAN!HANDLE!THE!EXTRA!LOADBECAUSE!THEIR!LIVING!PRETTY!WELL!EITHER!WAYBECAUSE!THEIR!NOT!CARRYING!THE!PERCENTAGE!OF!WHAT!VERSUS!WHAT!THEY!CAN!PAYBECAUSE!THEIR!TAX!RATES!ARE!VASTLY!LOWER!THEN!THE!RATES!ON!PEOPLE!WHO!EARN!LESSBECAUSE!THEIR!TAXES!ARE!LOWBECAUSE!THERE!IS!A!DISPROPORTIONATE!IN!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDS!BECAUSE!OF!TAX!LOOP!HOLESBECAUSE!THERE!IS!SUCH!A!BIG!GAP!OF!UNFAIRNESSBECAUSE!THERE'S!TO!MANY!LOOP!HOLES!FOR!THEM.!THEY!PAY!LESS!TAXES!THAN!THE!AVERAGE!AMERICANBECAUSE!THEY!ARE!ADEQUATE!ENOUGH!TO!PAY!THE!INCREASED!TAXES,!WHICH!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!CANT!DO.BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!ALREADY!PAYING!A!LOWER!%!OF!TAXESBECAUSE!THEY!ARE!BENEFITING!THE!MOST!FROM!OUR!CAPITALISTIC!SYSTEMBECAUSE!THEY!ARE!MAKING!MORE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!TO!PUT!INTO!IT.BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!MAKING!THE!MOST!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!ARE!MOSTLY!REPUBLICANS!AND!THEY!PAY!A!LOWER!PERCENTAGE!IN!TAXES!THAN!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS.BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!NOT!PAYING!THERE!FAIR!SHAREBECAUSE!THEY!ARE!THE!BEST!EQUIPPED!TO!PAY!AN!INCREASE!IN!TAXES!THEN!THOSE!WHO!MAKE!LESS!AND!WORK!MOREBECAUSE!THEY!ARE!THE!ONES!THAT!CAN!AFFORDBECAUSE!THEY!ARE!THE!ONES!THAT!PAY!THE!LESS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!WEALTHIER!THEY!ARE!MORE!COMFORTABLE!AND!I!WOULD!LIKE!TO!SEE!BE!ABLE!TO!FEED!THEIR!FAMILIES!AND!HAVE!A!MORE!COMFORTABLE!LIVINGBECAUSE!THEY!BENEFITED!FROM!THE!ECONOMY!AND!THEY!SHOULD!CONTRIBUTE!MORE!TO!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!ACTUALLY!AFFORDBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!A!LOT!BETTER!THAN!PEOPLE!IN!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!AND!LOWER!CLASSBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!BETTER!THAN!MIDDLE!OR!LOWER!CLASS

BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!BETTER!THAN!THOSE!OF!US!THAT!ARE!HAVING!TROUBLEBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!BETTER!THEN!THE!ONES!LOW!INCOMEBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!MORE!THEN!THE!POOR.BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT,!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!A!LITTLE!BIT!MOREBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT.BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT.BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!HIGHER!TAXESBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!IT!MORE!THAN!THE!MIDDLE!CLASSBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY.!THEY!ARE!THE!ONES!REAPING!THE!BENEFITSBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TOO!PAY.!WON'T!EFFECT!THEM!THAT!MUCH.BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!EAT!AND!FEED!THEIR!KIDS!AND!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!BECAUSE!THE!HAVE(NOTS!CANNOT!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!HANDLE!IT!BETTER.BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!AND!TO!ADDRESS!INCOME!EQUALITYBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!STILL!AFFORD!TO!LIVE,!HAVE!THEIR!HOUSE,!EAT!THEY!HAVE!PLENTY!OF!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!CAN!WELL!AFFORD!TO!HELP!AND!THEY!ARE!MAKING!THE!MOST!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!COULD!AFFORD!MORE!TAXES!WITHOUT!CHANGING!THEIR!LIFESTYLEBECAUSE!THEY!DON'T!PAY!THE!SAME!PERCENTAGE!THAT!WE!PAY!RIGHT!NOW!IT!SHOULD!BE!THE!SAME!PERCENTAGE!ACROSS!THE!BOARD!I!SAY.BECAUSE!THEY!EARN!MORE!AND!CAN!PAY!MOREBECAUSE!THEY!FIND!TOO!MANY!LOOP!HOLES

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BECAUSE!THEY!GET!A!BIG!TAX!BREAK!NOWBECAUSE!THEY!GET!TO!MANY!TAX!BREAKS.!TOO!MANY!PLACES!FOR!THEM!TO!HIDE!THEIR!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!GOT!IT!AND!WONT!MISS!ITBECAUSE!THEY!GOT!IT.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!A!LITTLE!MORE!MONEY.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!A!LOT!LOOPS!THEY!CAN!GET!AWAY!WITHBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!ALWAYS!GOTTEN!OUT!OF!PAYING!CAN!GET!OUT!ON!LOOPHOLES!AND!SEND!THEIR!MONEY!TO!BANKS!OUTSIDE!THE!UNITED!STATESBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!AND!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!THAN!WE!(MIDDLE!WORKING!CLASS)!DO.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!BEEN!GETTING!A!FREE!RIDE!FOR!ENTIRELY!TOO!LONGBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!BENEFITED!FROM!THE!ECONOMYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!BENEFITED!THE!MOST!FROM!THE!SYSTEM!THAT!WE!HAVE!&!FORMER!GENERATIONS!HAVE!INVESTED!IN!OUR!COUNTRY!NOW!IT!IS!TIME!FOR!THE!CURRENT!GENERATION!TO!INVEST!IN!OUR!FUTURE.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!EVERYTHING!THEY!NEED,!AND!THEY!ARE!BLEEDING!THE!COUNTRYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!IT!TO!PAYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!IT.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MONEY!FOR!ITBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MONEY!THE!RICH!ARE!GETTING!RICHER!AND!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!AND!POOR!ARE!GETTING!POORERBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!DISPOSABLE!INCOME!TO!USE.!THEY!HAVE!DISCRETIONARY!INCOME!WHERE!THE!REST!OF!US!MAY!NOT.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!DISPOSAL!INCOME!THAN!ORDINARY!AMERICANSBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!DISPOSAL!INCOME!THAN!THE!LOWER!INCOME!HOUSEHOLDSBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!THAN!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!SO!IT!WOULDN'T!BOTHER!THEM!AS!MUCHBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!THAN!THE!POOR!PEOPLE!DO.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!THEY!MAY!NOT!NOTICE!IT!AS!MUCHBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!TO!GIVEBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!TO!PAY!ON!TAXESBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY(THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!THAN!LOW!INCOME!PEOPLE(THEY!HAVE!MORE!TO!SPENDBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!THAN!THEY!NEED.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!TO!..!MOST!OF!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!STRUGGLE!AND!THE!WEALTHIER!PEOPLE!DON'T!HAVE!SO!MANY!PROBLEMSBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!WAYS!FOR!GETTING!OUT!OF!TAXES!SO!THAT!WHAT!THEY!HAVE!TO!PAY!WOULD!EQUALIZE!OURS.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MOST!OF!THE!WEALTH!AND!NOT!!SPENDING!THEIR!FARE!SHARE!ON!TAXES.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!PLENTY!OF!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!SO!MANY!LOOPHOLES!THAT!THEY!PAY!HARDLY!ANY!TAXES!AT!ALL,!PERCENTAGE!WISE,!COMPARED!TO!THE!ORDINARY!GUY.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!AND!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!AVAILABLEBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!DO!ITBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!DO!THAT.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!PAY.BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!THEIR!MONEY!TO!PUT!INTO!BUT!WE!DON'T!WEALTHIER!HAVE!MONEY!IN!THE!BANK!AND!JUST!LEAVE!IT!THEREBECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!TOO!MANY!LOOP!HOLESBECAUSE!THEY!HIT!THE!TAXES!HEAVY!ON!MIDDLE!CLASS,!&!BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE!IN!TAXES.BECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!A!LOT!MORE!MONEY!THAN!MOST!PEOPLE!AND!THEY!THROW!MONEY!AWAY!AND!THE!GOVERNMENT!NEEDS!TO!TAKE!TAX!CUTS!AND!PAY!INTO!THEIR!HEALTH!AND!RETIREMENT!PLANSBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!A!LOT!OF!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!ENOUGH!MONEY!TO!BE!ABLE!TO!HANDLE!HIGHER!TAXESBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MONEY!THEY!!AN!AFFORD!TO!SPEND!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MOREBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEYBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!AND!AFFORD!TO!PAY!THE!TAXES,!TAXES!ON!THEIR!INCOMEBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!THAN!THE!AVERAGE!PEOPLEBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!THAN!US!POOR!FOLKBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY.BECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!THAN!LOW!INCOME!AND!MIDDLE!CLASSBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!THAN!US!AND!HAVE!TO!MORE!TO!SPENDBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!THEY!PAY!MOREBECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!THE!MONEY!AND!THEY!HAVE!THE!SAME!RIGHTS!THAT!WE!DO.!SO!IF!THEY!LOSE!IT!ALL!TOMORROW!THEY!WOULD!STILL!GET!THE!SAME!BENEFITS!THAT!WE!DO.!THEY!DON'T!KNOW!HOW!TO!LIVE!POOR.BECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!THE!MOST!MONEY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BECAUSE!THEY!MANAGE!THROUGH!THE!YEARS!WHERE!THEY!HAD!TO!PAY!LESS

BECAUSE!THEY!NEED!TO!PAY!MORE!OF!THE!SHARE

BECAUSE!THEY!NEED!TO!PAY!THEY!FARE!SHARE

BECAUSE!THEY!PAY!LESS!TAXES,!THE!MORE!MONEY!THEY!MAKE!THE!LESS!TAXES!THEY!

PAY.

BECAUSE!THEY!SHARE!A!GREAT!PART!OF!THE!WEALTH

BECAUSE!THEY!SHOULD!BE!A!HIGHER!PERCENTAGE

BECAUSE!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!OF!TAXES

BECAUSE!THEY!SHOULDN'T!GET!A!FREE!RIDE.

BECAUSE!THEY!WERE!REDUCED!BY!BUSH

BECAUSE!THEY!WON'T!FEEL!AS!MUCH.!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!TO!WORRY!ABOUT!WHETHER!

TO!EAT!AT!HOME!OR!GO!TO!A!FANCY!RESTAURANT!THAT!NIGHT

BECAUSE!THEY'RE!ABLE!TO!PAY!IT!AND!THE!POOR!PEOPLE!ARE!NOT!ABLE.

BECAUSE!THEY'RE!MAKING!MORE.!IT!SHOULD!BE!EQUAL,!IF!YOU!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!

THE!MORE!YOU!SHOULD!HAVE!TO!PAY

BECAUSE!THEY'RE!NOT!STRUGGLING.!THEY'RE!NOT!LIVING!PAYCHECK!TO!PAYCHECK.!

THE!HIGHER!TAXES!WILL!HAVE!A!SMALLER!IMPACT!ON!THEM.

BECAUSE!THEY'VE!ALWAYS!HAD!THE!LOOP!HOLES!THAT!THEY!DON'T!PAY!TAXES

BECAUSE!THEY'VE!BENEFITED!FROM!OUR!TAX!LAWS!AND!THEY!SHOULD!BE!THE!ONES!

FOOTING!THE!BILL

BECAUSE!THEY'VE!GAINED!THE!MOST!FROM!ECONOMIC!ACTIVITY

BECAUSE!THEY'VE!GOT!IT

BECAUSE!WE!ALL!HAVE!TO!CARRY!THE!TAX!BURDEN!AND!TYPICALLY!THOSE!

HOUSEHOLDS!CAN!CARRY!A!HEAVIER!BURDEN.

BECAUSE!WE!JUST!LIVE!FROM!PAY!CHECK!TO!PAYCHECK!AND!THE!MILLIONAIRES!ARE!

NOT!PAYING!HALF!AS!MUCH!IN!TAXES!AS!WE!ARE

BECAUSE!WE!NEED!TO!GET!THE!ECONOMY!GOING!AGAIN!AND!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT

BECAUSE!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDS!HAVE!MANY!TAX!ADVANTAGES!&!THEY!SHOULD!

SUPPORT!A!HIGHER!PORTION!BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!WEALTHIER.

BECAUSE!WHEN!YOU!MAKING!A!HALF!OF!MILLIONS!YOU!CAN!AFFORD!TO!A!LITTLE!AND!

WHEN!YOU!MAKING!20000!THOUSAND!ITS!HARD!TO!MAKE!IT!IN!THIS!ECONOMY

BECAUSE!YOU!HAVE!TOO!MANY!LOOPS!AND!ADVANTAGES!THOSE!OPPOSE!TO!THE!

MIDDLE!CLASS

BEST!ABLE!TO!FIX!THE!PROBLEM

BRINGING!MORE!INCOME

CAN!SUPPORT!IT!BETTER!THAN!POOR

CAN'T!PAY!THE!ENTIRE!BILL

CAUSE!EVERYBODY!SHOULD!PAY!ACCORDING!TO!WHAT!THEY!MAKE

CAUSE!ITS!HARD!TO!JACK!UP!THE!PRICE!ON!A!POOR!GUY!THAT!CAN!BARELY!HANDLE!

THE!BILLS!AS!IT!IS

CAUSE!NOT!EVERYBODY!IS!PAYING!AND!NOT!WORKING!AND!NEED!THE!MONEY

CAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

CAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE!IN!TAXESCAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!AND!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!OF!TAXESCOMMON!WORKING!MAN!KEEPS!GETTING!TAX!WHY!NOT!THE!WORKING!MANDECREASING!THE!AMOUNT!OF!THE!AMOUNT!OF!ELIGIBLE!DEDUCTIONSDON'T!THINK!WE!SHOULD!GIVE!THE!GOVERNMENT!MORE!THINGS!TO!SPENDECONOMY!WAS!OKAY!IN!THE!PAST!WHEN!TAX!RATES!WHERE!HIGHERELIMINATION!OF!MIDDLE!CLASS,!AND!BURDEN!OF!PEOPLE!ON!WELFARE.!NEEDS!TO!BRING!A!BALANCE.EQUALITYEVERYBODY!NEEDS!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHAREEVERYBODY!SHOULD!HAVE!THE!SAME!TAX!RATEEVERYBODY!SHOULD!PAY!THE!SAME!AMOUNT.EVERYBODY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE,!NO!LOOPHOLESEVERYONE!NEEDS!TO!PAY!THERE!FAIR!SHAREEVERYONE!SHOULD!PAY!A!LITTLE!BIT!MOREEVERYONE!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHAREFAIR!SHAREFAIR!SHARE(SAME!PERCENTAGEFAIRNESSFAT!CATS!SITTING!BACK!BY!POOR!PEOPLE!DOING!ALL!THE!PAYINGFAVOR!IT!AS!A!TEMPORARY!MEASUREFIRST!OF!ALL!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!HAVE!BEEN!PAYING!A!LOT!MORE!TAXES!THAN!OTHERS!HAVE!BEEN!PAYING!FOR!MANY!YEARS.!THE!RICH!HAVE!BEEN!GETTING!TAX!BREAKS!AND!THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!SPEND.!!!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!HAS!BEEN!FOOTING!THE!BILL!FOR!MANY,!MANY!YEAFIVE!PERCENT!OF!THE!POPULATION!HAS!FORTY!PERCENT!OF!THE!WEALTHFOR!MUCH!IS!GIVING!MUCH!IS!OWEDHAVE!TOO!MANY!LOOPHOLESHOW!CAN!YOU!SUPPORT!THE!COUNTRY!OF!NOBODY!PAY!TAXES!THE!WEALTHIER!ONES!ARE!THE!ONES!WITH!THE!MONEYI!AM!A!BIG!FAN!OF!WARREN!BUFFET.!HE!HAS!SUGGESTED!THE!!RICH!PAY!MORE!TAXES.!I!THINK!!THERE!IS!TO!MUCH!DISCREPANCY!BETWEEN!RICH!AND!POOR.I!BELIEVE!IN!ABILITY!TO!PAY!THAT!IS!MY!ECONOMIC!PHILOSOPHY!ON!TAXESI!BELIEVE!OF!ALL!THE!WAYS!THEY!CAN!GET!DEDUCTIONS,!THEY!ARE!STILL!SO!FAR!AHEAD!WITH!MONEY,!THERE!TAX!BRACKETS!ARE!SO!HIGH!THEY!DON'T!PAY!NEARLY!AS!MUCH!AS!THEY!SHOULD.!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!MORE.I!BELIEVE!THAT!IT!MAY!BE!THEIR!IN!A!SITUATION!IT!WOULDN'T!AFFECT!THEMI!BELIEVE!THAT!OUR!COUNTRY!IS!IN!A!PLACE!WHERE!WE!NEED!TO!DO!THAT.!WE!HAVE!NO!MORE!AVENUES!AT!THIS!POINT.I!BELIEVE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE!TAXES!THEY!HAVE!MORE!REVENUEI!CANT!SEE!WHERE!IT!IS!GOING!TO!HURT!THEM.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

I!DEFINITELY!AGREE!WITH!THE!TRICKLE!DOWN!EFFECT,!HOWEVER,!RAISING!TAXES!HURTS!THEM!A!LITTLE!BIT.I!DO!NOT!THINK!THAT!SOMEONE!WHO!MAKES!300,000!SHOULD!PAY!LESS!THAN!ME!WHO!MAKES!40,000I!DON'T!FEEL!LIKE!THEY!PAY!THE!SAME!PERCENTAGEI!DON'T!NECESSARILY!BUT!IT!WILL!HELP!AND!SPREAD!THE!BURDON!OUT!I!THINK!TAXES!SHOULD!BE!RAISED!VERY!HIGH!FOR!THE!CONGRESS!WHO!HAS!BEEN!ELECTED!IN!THE!PASS!100!YEARS!THAT!ARE!STILL!LIVING!AND!STILL!CONGRESS!NOWI!DON'T!REALLY!APPROVE!OF!IT!I!THINK!THE!PRESIDENT!AND!CONGRESS!SHOULD!PAY!THEiR!FAIR!SHAREI!DON'T!THINK!IT!SHOULD!BE.I!DON'T!THINK!ITS!RITE!THAT!BEING!FIXED!INCOME!AND!PAY!$3000.00!IN!INCOME!TAX!AND!WEALTHIER!PEOPLE!DO!NOTI!FEEL!LIKE!THE!ECONOMY!HAS!FAVORED!THERE!INCOME!I!FEEL!LIKE!IT!IS!AN!OVERLOAD!ON!THE!LOWER!INCOME,!LOWER!INCOME!HAS!BUST!THE!ECONOMY.I!FEEL!THAT!IF!YOU!CAN!CONTRIBUTE,!IF!YOU!CAN!AFFORD!TO!DO!IT!THEN!WHY!NOTI!FEEL!THAT!IF!YOU!TAKE!A!LITTLE!FROM!THE!RICH!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!AND!WE!WORK!PAYCHECK!TO!PAYCHECK!AND!CANNOT!AFFORD!IT!AS!WELLI!FEEL!THE!RICH!COULD!PAY!MORE!BECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MOREI!FEEL!THEY!SHOULD!BECAUSE!THEY'RE!MAKING!MORE!MONEY!AND!ARE!OUT!THERE!SPENDING!MONEY!ON!UNMEANINGFUL!THINGSI!HEARD!TOO!MANY!STORIES!OF!LOOPHOLES!THAT!THE!WEALTHY!FIGURE!OUT!HOW!TO!GET!OUT!OF!TAXESI!JUST!AGREE!WITH!WARREN!BUFFET!AND!WEALTHIER!PEOPLE!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE.I!JUST!FEEL!LIKE!IF!YOUR!WEALTHY!YOU!SHOULD!WANT!TO!HELP!OUT!AND!PAY!MORE!TAXES!BECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY.I!PAY!MORE!THAN!THEY!DOI!STRONGLY!ADVOCATE!FOR!PROGRESSIVE!TAXATION!SO!THAT!IT!IS!FAIRI!THINK!EVERYBODY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHAREI!THINK!EVERYONE!SHOULD!PAY!THE!SAME!PERCENTAGE!ON!INCOME!TAXI!THINK!IT!SHOULD!PROPORTIONATE!TO!YOUR!INCOME!PERCENTAGEI!THINK!THAT!GOING!BACK!TO!THE!TAX!RATE!UNDER!THE!CLINTON!ADMINISTRATION!SEEMED!TO!WORK,!HAD!A!BUDGET!SURPLUS.I!THINK!THAT!IF!YOUR!MAKING!THE!KIND!OF!MONEY!THAT!THESE!PEOPLE!ARE!MAKING!THEN!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!A!LITTLE!MOREI!THINK!THAT!THEY!PROBABLY!TOOK!TOO!MANY!TAX!BREAKSI!THINK!THE!AMOUNT!OF!MONEY!THEY!MAKE!THEY!SHOULD!BE!GIVING!SOMETHING!BACK!TO!PEOPLE!WHO!REALLY!CANT.!THEY!REALLY!AREN'T!GIVING!ANYTHING!BACK.I!THINK!THE!AVERAGE!PERSON!PAYS!A!BIGGER!CHUCKI!THINK!THE!HAVE!ENOUGH!DEDUCTION!THEY!HAVE!MANAGED!AVOID!PAYINGI!THINK!THE!LOWER!N!MIDDLE!CLASS!ARE!TAXED!ENOUGH

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

I!THINK!THE!OVERALL!THINGS!THAT!GET!DAILY!THAT!EVERYONE!SHOULD!BE!ABLE!TO!PAY!NOT!JUST!A!CERTAIN!GROUP.I!THINK!THE!SHOULD!HAVE!TO!PAY!THE!SAME!AMOUNT!IN!TAXES!AS!BLUE!COLLAR!DOI!THINK!THE!TAX!PERCENTAGE!SHOULD!BE!ACROSS!THE!BOARD!SO!THAT!IF!I!AM!PAYING!40%!THEY!SHOULD!BE!PAYING!40%!AND!IF!THEY!GET!DEDUCTIONS!I!SHOULD!GET!THE!SAMEI!THINK!THE!WEALTHIER!SHOULD!BE!TAX!BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PLAN!EVERYTHING!PUT!INI!THINK!THE!WEALTHY!SHOULD!PAY!AS!MUCH!AS!THE!POOR!PERCENTAGE!WISE!EQUALLY.

I!THINK!THERE!COMES!A!POINT!WHEN!SOME!HAVE!TOO!MUCH!OF!WHAT!THEY!DO!NEED,!AND!OTHERS!DON'T!HAVE!ENOUGH!OF!WHAT'S!NEED,!THERE!NEEDS!TO!BE!A!BALANCE.!I!OFTEN!HEAR!WEALTHY!PEOPLE!SAYING!THEY!WANT!TO!PAY!MORE!TO!HELP.I!THINK!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT.I!THINK!THEY!HAVE!ENOUGH!TO!PAY!ITI!THINK!THEY!HAVE!MORE!TO!GIVE!BACKI!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!AS!LEAST!PAY!THE!SAME!AMOUNT!OF!TAXES!AS!THE!REST!OF!US!DO.I!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!HAVE!TO!PAY!WHAT!EVERYBODY!ELSE!SHOULD!PAY!THEY!SOME!HOW!GET!OUT!OF!TAXESI!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!THE!SAME!PERCENTAGE!AS!MIDDLE!AND!LOWER!CLASSI'D!LIKE!FOR!THEM!TO!PAY!WHAT!THEY!OWE!IN!A!HIGHER!INCOME!BRACKET!AND!I!DON'T!KNOW!THAT!THEY!DO!THATI'M!NOT!SO!SURE!THAT!I!DO.!THEY!NEED!TO!ELIMINATE!LOOPHOLES.I'M!NOT!SURE!THEY!JUST!NEED!TO!CUT!THE!LOOP!HOLESID!BE!HAPPIER!W!A!FLAT!TAX!ACROSS!THE!BOARD(!I!THINK!ITS!BEING!OVERSPENT(!SPEND!LESSIF!THEY!ARE!MAKING!MORE!MONEY!AND!THEY!CAN!REDUCE!THE!DEBT,!I!DON'T!THINK!THAT!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!SHOULD!HAVE!TO!SUFFER.IF!THEY!ARE!WELL!OFF!ENOUGH!TO!PAY!THEY!SHOULDIF!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!A!LITTLE!MORE!THAT!WOULD!BE!BETTERIF!THEY!EARN!IT!(!IT'S!OK!FOR!THEM!TO!HAVE!IT(!IF!THEY!EARN!IT!HONESTLY!(!THEY!SHOULD!HAVE!ITIF!THEY!HAVE!THE!EXTRA!MONEY!TO!SPEND..!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE!IN!TAXES..IF!THEY!HAVE!THE!LIVING!AND!THE!MEANS!TO!SUPPORT!THEY!CAN!CHIP!IN!A!LITTLE!MORE!AS!OPPOSED!TO!OTHERS!WHO!DON'T!HAVE!A!LOT.IF!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!THEN!AN!AVERAGE!PERSON!THAN!THEY!CAN!PAY!A!LITTLE!MORE!ON!TAXES.IF!THEY'RE!MAKING!MORE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!GIVE!MORE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

IF!WE'RE!LOOKING!FOR!MORE!MONEY!IT'LL!HELP!EVERYONE!SHOULD!PAY!TAXES!THOUGHIF!YOU!HAVE!ENOUGH!MONEY!TO!BUY!A!VEHICLE!THAT!LOOKS!BETTER!INSTEAD!OF!GETTING!A!REGULAR!CAR!YOU!WOULD!BE!SAVING!MONEY.IF!YOU!MAKE!MONEY!YOU!SHOULD!PAY!MOREIT!DEPENDS!ON!HOW!THEY!MADE!THEIR!MONEYIT!DEPENDS!ON!THE!INCOME!AMOUNTIT!IS!MUCH!EASIER!FOR!THE!ECONOMY!TO!RECOVER!IF!THE!GOVERNMENT!DOES!NOT!TAX!THE!MIDDLE!AND!LOWER!CLASSIT!IS!NOT!NECESSARY.!IT!DEPENDS!ON!WHAT!YOU!DEFINE!AS!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLD.IT!JUST!MAKES!MORE!SENSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITIT!SEEMS!LIKE!EVERYBODY!IS!ON!FOOD!STAMPS!AND!EVERYBODY!IS!LOOKING!FOR!HANDOUTS,!SO!EVERYBODY!PAY!TAXESIT!SHOULD!BE!A!FLAT!RATE!WERE!THEY!WILL!BE!PAYING!THE!RIGHT!AMOUNT!OF!TAXESIT!SHOULD!BE!INCREASED!ON!ALMOST!EVERYONE!BUT!THE!WEALTHY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!MOREIT!USED!TO!BE!THAT!YOU!COULD!NOT!TAX!THE!WEALTHY!BECAUSE!THEY!PROVIDED!JOBS!BUT!NOW!THAT!THEY!MOVED!THEIR!COMPANIES!OVER!SEAS!AND!AMERICANS!HAVE!MORE!JOBS!BECAUSE!OF!FOREIGN!COMPANIES!RIGHT!NOW!IN!THE!UNITED!STATESIT'S!ABOUT!TIME!THAT!IS!IT!DONE,!IT'S!BEEN!A!LONG!TIME!COMINGIT'S!LIKE!I!SAID!THE!BLUE!COLLAR!WORKERS!PAYS!MORE!OF!THE!TAXES.!!THE!WEALTHY!HAS!THE!MONEY!AND!DON'T!WANT!ANYONE!ELSE!TO!HAVE!ITIT'S!NOT!GOING!TO!PUT!THEM!IN!WELFARE!STATUSITS!A!DISPROPORTIONAL!DISTRIBUTION!OF!WEALTHITS!ALREADY!BEEN!DONE.!DON'T!KNOW!THE!ANSWER.ITS!JUST!AN!EQUALITY!THINGITS!MORE!OF!THE!CORPORATIONS!IM!AGAINST.!THE!ULTRA!WEALTHY!AND!THEIR!TAX!BREAKSITS!NOT!FAIR!TO!TAX!THE!POOR!MORE!OR!AS!MUCH!AS!THEY!AR!BEING!TAXED

ITS!NOT!JUST!THAT!THEY!HAVE!THE!ABILITY.!THEY!ARE!ABLE!TO!TAKE!ADVANTAGE!OF!SO!MANY!LOPE!HOLES.!MORE!BURDEN!ON!THEM!DECREASES!THE!BURDEN!ON!OTHERS.JUST!BECAUSE!EVEN!THOUGH!THEY!PAY!MORE!IN!TAXES,!THEY!HAVE!MORE!DISCRETIONARY!INCOME.JUST!BECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEYJUST!MAKE!IT!MORE!FAREJUST!SIMPLY!BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT.LOOK!AT!ROMNEY!PAYING!LESS!TAXESLOOP!HOLES!THAT!THEY!ARE!ABLE!TO!UTILIZEMAKE!MORE!MONEYMONEY!(!YOU!MAKE!MORE!YOU!PAY.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

MORE!POWER!BRINGS!MORE!RESPONSIBILITYMORE!PROPORTIONALMOST!OF!THEM!WORK!FOR!THE!GOVERNMENT!AND!GET!INSIDE!INFORMATION!THAT!MOST!OF!US!OLD!FOLKS!DON'T!HAVENEED!TO!GET!RID!OF!THEIR!LOOPHOLES,!A!STRAIGHT!TAX!FOR!EVERYONE!WOULD!BE!FAIRNEVER!HAD!TO!PAY!A!TON!OF!TAXESNO!MORE!THAN!WHAT!THEY!ALREADY!DIDNOT!FEELING!THATOBVIOUSLY!THEY!ARE!GOING!TO!BE!MORE!CAPABLE!OF!COVERING!THE!ADDITIONAL!EXPENSES!THAT!INCREASE!TAXES.ONE!THING!THEY!DON'T!NEED!TO!BE!MAKING!THAT!MUCH!MONEY!FROM!THE!GEICO!AND!I'M!SURE!THEIR!JOB!IS!ELITE!AND!I!DON'T!KNOW!HOW!TO!EXPLAIN!THERE'S!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!MAKING!A!LOT!OF!MONEY!AND!NEVER!WENT!TO!COLLEGEONLY!BECAUSE!IT!DOSE!NOT!SEEM!FAIR!THEY!DON'T!PAY!THEIR!PORTION!AND!REGULAR!PEOPLE!HAVE!TOONLY!BECAUSE!THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!AND!CAN!AFFORD!IT!(!LITTLE!AMERICANS!CAN'T!AFFORD!ANOTHER!TAX!HIKE.ONLY!IF!IT!WAS!MET!WITH!EQUAL!SPENDING!CUTSPAY!FAIR!SHAREPAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHAREPEOPLE!IN!LESS!WEALTHY!HOUSEHOLDS!CAN'T!REALLY!AFFORD!IT,!THOSE!IN!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDS!CAN!UNLESS!THEY!HAVE!A!BUNCH!OF!KIDS!AND!NEED!THE!MONEYPEOPLE!MAKING!A!LOT!OF!MONEY!COULD!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE,!PEOPLE!MAKING!A!LOT!OF!MONEY!DON'T!SEEM!TO!BE!OPPOSED!TO!ITPEOPLE!THAT!HAVE!IT!SHOULD!SPEND!MORE!TO!GIVE!BACK!TO!THE!GOVERNMENTPEOPLE!WHO!ARE!NOT!WEALTHY!CAN'T!PAYPEOPLE!WHO!ARE!VERY!WEALTHY!CAN!AFFORD!BIGGER!TAXES.PEOPLE!WHO!HAVE!LESS!MONEY!SHOULD!PAY!LESS....POOR!DON'T!HAVE!THE!KIND!OF!MONEY!THAT!THE!WEALTHY!HAS,!SO!SOMEBODY!HAS!TO!PAYPREVIOUS!TAXES!RATES!IN!THE!PAST!WERE!HIGHER,!WEALTHIER!TAX!PAYERS!SHOULD!BE!HIGHERSAVE!THE!ECONOMY!WE!WILL!HAVE!TO!INCREASE!THE!AMOUNT!OF!TAXES!ON!THE!WEALTHIER!PEOPLESHE'S!A!MIDDLE!INCOME!AMERICAN!AND!SHE!PAYS!33!PERCENT!IN!TAXES!AND!SHE!DOSE!NOT!HAVE!ANY!LOOPHOLE!MANY!PEOPLE!IN!THE!UPPER!1!PERCENT!BRACKET!HAVE!A!CERTAIN!WAY!OF!CIRCUMVENTING!TAX!RESPONSIBILITIESSHOULD!BE!A!FLAT!TAX.SIMPLY!BECAUSE!IT!HAS!BEEN!TOO!LOW!FOR!SO!LONGSO!THAT!THE!COUNTRY!CAN!SURVIVE!THIS!ECONOMIC!CRISIS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

SO!THEIR!WONT!BE!A!LOT!TAXES!ON!THE!LESS!FORTUNESO!THEY!CAN!BALANCE!EVERYTHING!OUTSOME!OF!THOSE!HAVE!A!LOT!MORE!LOOP!HOLES!THAT!ALLOW!THEM!NOT!TO!PAY!TAXES!AS!THE!WAY!OTHERS!DO.SOME!PEOPLE!MAKE!TONS!OF!MONEY,!THEY'RE!STILL!TAKING!PEOPLE!THAT!AREN'T!MAKING!MUCH!MONEY,!THEY!NEED!TO!TAX!THE!EXTREMELY!WEALTHYSOMEBODY!DOING!GOOD!SHOULD!CONTRIBUTE!TO!THE!DEFICITTAX!BURDEN!FAIRLY!PROPORTIONEDTAX!THE!ONE!THAT!SEND!THE!JOBS!OVER!SEASTAXES!SHOULD!BE!INCREASED!ON!EVERYBODY!BUT!THE!WEALTHY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!BE!TAXED!MORETHAT!IS!WHERE!THE!MONEY!IS.THAT!WOULD!BE!FAIRTHAT'S!PART!OF!WHAT!NEEDS!TO!HAPPENTHAT'S!THE!PERCENTAGE!THAT!USUALLY!GET!THE!MOST!TAX!BREAKS!AND!THEY'RE!USUALLY!THE!ONES!AT!THE!TOP!OF!THESE!COMPANIES!MAKING!MOST!MONEY!ANYWAYSTHE!BIGGER!THE!HOUSE!THE!WEALTHIER!THE!PEOPLE!AND!THE!MORE!THAT!SHOULD!COME!OUTTHE!BURDEN!OF!THE!MANY!SHOULD!NOT!BE!SUPPORTED!BY!THOSE!WHO!ARE!LESS!FORTUNATE!AND!THEY!ARE!ALREADY!TAXED!BEYOND!WHAT!THEY!CAN!AFFORDTHE!CURRENT!WAY!AMERICANS!ARE!TAXED!ARE!NOT!FAIR!TO!LOW!INCOME!AMERICAN!FAMILIES!OR!INDIVIDUALSTHE!DISPROPORTIONAL!LOSS!IN!THIS!COUNTRY,!AND!TAX!CUT!ARE!MAINLY!GIVEN!TO!THE!WEALTHY.THE!ELITIST!WILL!TAX!LOOPS!SO!LET!THEM!FIND!THEIR!WAY!UP.THE!FORTUNATE!PEOPLE!TOOK!A!TAX!INCREASE!SO!LESS!FORTUNATE!PEOPLE!AND!TAKE!A!DECREASETHE!GOVERNMENT!HAS!BEEN!USING!THE!SOCIAL!SECURITY!SURPLUS!SINCE!1983.CUTTING!MARGINAL!TAX!RATE!SHOULD!BE!HIGHER,!TOO!MANY!DEDUCTIONS.THE!GOVERNMENT!NEEDS!THE!MONEYTHE!LOWER!INCOME!PEOPLE!ARE!ALREADY!PAYING!THEIR!SHARETHE!PEOPLE!WHO!MAKE!ALL!THE!MONEY!DON'T!SEEM!TO!PAY!AS!MUCH!MONEY!AS!EVERYONE!ELSETHE!POOR!CANT!AFFORDTHE!POOR!PEOPLE!CERTAINLY!CANT!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE,!AND!THOSE!PEOPLE!CAN!DO!ITTHE!PRESIDENT!EXTENDED!THE!BUSH!TAX.THE!RATE!THAT!IS!ACTUALLY!PAID!IS!HISTORICAL!LOWTHE!RICH!GETTING!RICHER!AND!THE!POOR!IS!GETTING!POORERTHE!RICH!HAVE!A!LOT!OF!MONEY!THAN!THE!POORER!CITIZENS!SO!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!A!HIGHER!AMOUNT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THE!RICH!MADE!THEIR!MONEY!OFF!THE!MIDDLE!CLASS!AND!IT!IS!TIME!TO!PAY!IT!BACK.THE!RICH!WILL!ONLY!GET!RICHER!AND!A!LOT!OF!THE!MONEY!SHOULD!GO!TO!HELPING!POOR!PEOPLE.THE!SMALLER!DON'T!HAVE!IT,!THE!WEALTHIER!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!DO!SO,!AND!THEY!AREN'T!EVEN!PAYING!1THE!TAX!STRUCTURE!SHOULD!BE!TILTED!TOWARD!THE!WEALTHY,!BUT!NOT!THE!POINT!WHERE!THE!WEALTHY!IS!PAYING!ALL!THE!TAXES.!!THE!SHAPE!OF!THE!COUNTRY!IS!EVERYONE'S!BURDENTHE!WEALTHIER!GET!WEALTHIER,!AND!THEY!DON'T!TAX!THE!ONES!THAT!MAKE!THE!MOST.THE!WEALTHIER!PEOPLE!HAVE!TAKEN!ADVANTAGE!OF!TAX!CODE!AND!USTHE!WEALTHY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!THEY!ARE!PULLING!IN!ALL!THE!MONEYTHE!WEALTHY!HAS!ALREADY!TOO!MANY!PERKS!TIME!TO!REDUCE!THEM.THE!WEALTHY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!TO!TAX.!YOU!NEED!TO!SPEND!THE!MONEY!IN!ORDER!FOR!EVERYONE!TO!BE!ABLE!TO!MONEYTHE!WEALTHY!HAVE!TO!MANY!LOOPHOLES!TO!HAVE!TO!PAY!THE!TAXES!THEY!GAIN!THE!MOST!AND!OFTEN!PAY!THE!LESTTHE!WEALTHY!SHOULD!PAY!THE!SAME!AMOUNT!OF!TAXES!AS!OTHER!PEOPLETHEIR!GETTING!A!FREE!LUNCHTHEIR!MAKING!THE!MAJORITY!OF!THE!MONEY!SHOULD!BE!PAYING!THE!MAJORITY!OF!TAXESTHERE!ARE!PEOPLE!STARVING,!AND!CANT!GET!INTO!COLLEGE,!AND!POOR!AND!WEALTHIER!PEOPLE!CAN!HELPTHERE!ARE!SO!MANY!LOOP!HOLES!THEY!CAN!GET!AROUNDTHERE!ARE!TO!MANY!LOOPHOLES!AND!THERE!ARE!TO!MANY!WAYS!THEY!ARE!TRYING!TO!AVOID!PAYING!TAXESTHERE!SHOULD!LESS!FAIR!TAX!LOOPS!HOLDS!ON!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDSTHERE!TAXES!ARE!LESSER!IN!COMPARISONTHERE'S!A!BIG!DIFFERENCE!BETWEEN!THE!MIDDLE!AND!UPPER!CLASS!AND!I!THINK!THEY!CAN!TAKE!MORE!ACTIONTHERE'S!TOO!MANY!LOOPHOLES!FOR!A!LOT!OF!THE!WEALTHY,!THERE!ARE!A!LOT!WAYS!THEY!CAN!HIDE!THEIR!MONEY..THEY!ALREADY!HAVE!IT!EASYTHEY!ARE!BETTER!ABLE!TO!CARRY!THE!BURDENTHEY!ARE!CORP!THAT!TAX!PAYERS!THAT!HAVE!THE!MONEY!AVAILABLETHEY!ARE!ENJOYING!EVERYTHING!OUR!COUNTRY!HAS!TO!OFFER!SO!THEY!SHOULD!HAVE!TO!PAY!FOR!IT,!LOWER!INCOME!DON'T!HAVE!THE!SAME!PRIVILEGESTHEY!ARE!EXEMPT!FROM!PAYING!TAXES!ON!EVERYTHINGTHEY!ARE!LIVING!COMFORTABLY!AND!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!HELP!THE!COUNTRYTHEY!ARE!MORE!ABLE!TO!PAY!THEM(!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY.THEY!ARE!MORE!ABLE!TO!TAKE!ITTHEY!ARE!ONES!HAVE!GAINED

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!ARE!PRODUCING!MORE!MONEYTHEY!ARE!THE!ONES!MAKING!THE!MOST!MONEY!AND!ARE!IN!A!BETTER!POSITIONTHEY!ARE!THE!ONES!THAT!ARE!IN!THE!UPPER!BRACKET.!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!AN!INCREASETHEY!ARE!THE!ONES!THAT!CAN!AFFORD!IT.THEY!ARE!THE!ONES!THAT!HAVE!THE!MONEY.THEY!ARE!THE!ONES!WHO!CAN!AFFORD!BEING!TAXED.THEY!ARE!THE!ONLY!ONES!WHO!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!BENEFITTED!THE!MOST!FROM!THE!ECONOMIC!POLICIES!AND!GAINEDTHEY!CAN!AFFORDTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!AND!THEY!HAVE!STOLEN!ALL!THE!MONEY!ANYWAYSTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!BETTER!THAN!PEOPLE!IN!POVERTY.THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!AND!AFFORD!TO!GIVE!MORETHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!AND!DOESN'T!BELIEVE!ON!RAISING!TAXES.THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!AND!POOR!PEOPLE!CAN'TTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!AND!SHOULD!CONTRIBUTE!MORETHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!AND!THEY!HAVE!BEEN!DISPROPORTIONALLY!BENEFITING!FROM!GOVERNMENT!POLICIESTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!FOR!ONE!THING,!BUT!THEY!CANT!PUT!MORE!ON!THEM!THAN!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!EITHERTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!NOT!LIKE!PEOPLE!WHO!DON'T!MAKE!AS!MUCHTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT!WHEN!I!SAY!WEALTHY!I!MEAN!REALLY!WEALTHYTHEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT,!AND!IT!DOESN'T!HAVE!AN!IMPACT!ON!THEIR!DAILY!LIVING!EXPENSES,!AND!THEIR!STANDARDS!OF!LIVING.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT,!ITS!NOT!GOING!TO!HURT!THEM!AS!MUCH!AS!THE!PEOPLE!WHO!

CAN!AFFORD!IT.

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT,!THE!WORKING!CLASS!CANT!AFFORD!IT.

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT,!THEY!ARE!WORKING.

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT;!THEY!HAVE!TOO!MANY!LOOPHOLES!AND!THE!DON'T!CURRENTLY!

PAY!THEIR!PROPORTIONATE!SHARE

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT.

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!IT.!WE!CANNOT.

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!MORE

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!MORE!OF!AN!INCREASE

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!THE!TAX!INCREASE!BETTER!THAN!ANYONE!ELSE

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!THIS!BETTER!THAN!THE!MAJORITY!OF!AMERICANS

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!BE!TAXED!MIDDLE!AMERICA!IS!BARELY!MAKING!IT

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!A!LITTLE!MORE

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!A!LITTLE!MORE!ON!TAXES

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!IT

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!MORE!IN!TAXES

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!THEY!ARE!GETTING!BY!VERY!CHEAP

THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO.

THEY!CAN!DEDUCT!A!LOT!OF!EXPENSES

THEY!CAN!EASILY!ABSORB!THE!INCREASE!IN!TAXES!EASIER!THAN!THE!MIDDLE!INCOME!

PEOPLE

THEY!CAN!GIVE!MORE

THEY!CAN!MORE!LIKELY!AFFORD!IT

THEY!CAN!MORE!READILY!AFFORD!THEY!HAVE!ACCOUNTANTS!TO!TAKE!CARE!OF!IT

THEY!CAN!MOST!AFFORD!IT.

THEY!CARE!BARE!IT!BETTER

THEY!COULD!BETTER!AFFORD!IT

THEY!DO!NOT!PAY!ENOUGH!TAXES!ON!WHAT!THEY!EARN.

THEY!DON'T!PAY!ENOUGH!TAXES

THEY!DON'T!PAY!ENOUGH!TAXES

THEY!DON'T!PAY!THE!SAME!TAX!RATE.!EVERYONE!SHOULD!BE!TAXED!THE!SAME

THEY!EARN!A!GREAT!DEAL!THEN!A!AVERAGE!PERSON.

THEY!ENJOY!MOST!OF!THE!STRENGTHS!OF!THE!US

THEY!FIND!LOOPHOLES!TO!JUMP!THROUGH!AND!DON'T!PAY!AS!MUCH!TAXES!AS!THE!

MIDDLE!CLASS!PAYS

THEY!GET!A!LOT!OF!OTHER!PERKS!THAT!WOULD!OFF!SET!THE!TAX!THERE!ARE!SO!MANY!

LOOPHOLES!FOR!THEM!THAT!COMMENT!PEOPLE!DON'T

THEY!GET!ALL!THE!TAX!CUTS!AND!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!WHAT!THE!WORKING!PEOPLE!ARE!

PAYING

THEY!GET!AWAY!WITH!MORE!THAN!IS!JUSTIFIED

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!GET!MORE!TAX!BREAKS!AND!THEY'RE!MAKING!MORE!MONEY.!WE!HAVE!TO!LIVE!IN!A!FAIR!SOCIETYTHEY!GET!THE!MOST!INCOME!SO!THEY!SHOULD!BE!PAYING!ABOUT!50!%!OF!THE!TAXESTHEY!GET!TO!MANY!TAX!BREAKSTHEY!GET!TOO!MANY!TAX!BREAKS!THE!WAY!IT!IS.!THEY!GET!TAX!BREAKS!THE!AVERAGE!MAN!DOES!NOT.THEY!GOT!MORE!DISPOSABLE!INCOME.THEY!GOT!MORE!MONEYTHEY!GOT!MORE!MONEYTHEY!GOT!MORE!TO!GIVETHEY!GOT!MORE!TO!SPEND!(!THE!POOR!HAS!BEEN!GETTING!SCREWED!BY!THE!GOVERNMENTTHEY!GOT!SO!MUCH!MONEY!THEY!DON'T!NEED!ALL!THAT!MONEY,!TAX!THE!PEOPLE!WHO!GOT!ALL!THIS!MONEYTHEY!GOT!THE!MOST!MONEYTHEY!HAVE!A!BIGGER!TAX!BREAK!WITH!THE!BUSH!TAX!CUTS!FOR!THE!PAST!TEN!YEARS!AND!THEY!COULD!PROBABLY!PAY!A!LITTLE!MORE.THEY!HAVE!A!LEVEL!OF!CONNECTIONS!AND!IT'S!NOT!ENTIRELY!BAD!FOR!THEM!TO!PAY!A!LITTLE!MORE!ON!TAXESTHEY!HAVE!A!LOT!OF!LOOPHOLES!THAT!WE!DON'TTHEY!HAVE!ALL!THESE!DIFFERENT!TAX!CUTS,!SOME!OF!WHICH!THEY!SHOULDN'TTHEY!HAVE!BEEN!GETTING!BREAKS!FOR!YEARS,!THE!MIDDLE!MAN!IS!THE!ONE!THAT!TAKES!THE!BRUNT!OF!EVERYTHINGTHEY!HAVE!BETTER!LIVES!THAN!I!HAVETHEY!HAVE!ENOUGH!TAX!ADVANTAGES.THEY!HAVE!ITTHEY!HAVE!IT!TO!BE!ABLE!TO!SPEND!ITTHEY!HAVE!MADE!MORE!THAN!ANYONE!ELSETHEY!HAVE!MORE!&!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!TO!PAY!THE!EXTRA!TAXES.THEY!HAVE!MORE!DISCREPANCY!INCOME!TO!SPEND,!AND!HAVE!ACCOUNTANT!TO!HELP!THEM!WITH!LOOP!HOLES.THEY!HAVE!MORE!DISPOSABLE!INCOMETHEY!HAVE!MORE!DISPOSABLE!INCOMETHEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEYTHEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!AND!DON'T!WORRY!AS!MUCH!ABOUT!TAXESTHEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!AND!THEY!SHOULD!HELP!OUT!THE!COUNTRY!MORETHEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!SO!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!MORETHEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!TO!GO!AROUNDTHEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEY!TO!PAY!ITTHEY!HAVE!MORE!RESOURCES!THAT!THE!POOR!DOESN'T!HAVE!THOSE!RESOURCESTHEY!HAVE!MORE!TAX!LOOPHOLESTHEY!HAVE!MORE!TAX!LOOPS!AND!TAX!HOLES

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!HAVE!MORE!TO!GIVETHEY!HAVE!MORE!TO!SPENDTHEY!HAVE!MORE,!THEY!CAN!GIVE!MORETHEY!HAVE!MUCH!TOO!MUCH;!TO!WHOM!MUCH!IS!GIVEN!MUCH!IS!ASKEDTHEY!HAVE!NOT!BEEN!PAYING!THE!SAME!TAXES!THAT!THE!REST!OF!THE!COUNTRY!HAS!BEEN!HAVING!TO!PAY.THEY!HAVE!PLENTY!OF!MONEY!EVERYONE'S!GOT!TO!COME!TOGETHERTHEY!HAVE!SERVANTS.!THE!POOR!DOESN'T!HAVE!SERVANTSTHEY!HAVE!THE!ABILITY!TO!HANDLE!A!HIGHER!PERCENTAGE!OF!TAXES!AND!MAINTAIN!A!HIGH!STANDARD!OF!LIVING!AND!THE!SAME!TIME.THEY!HAVE!THE!CAPABILITY!TO!PAY!MORETHEY!HAVE!THE!MEANS!TO!PAY!THOSE!AND!HAVE!A!COMFORTABLE!LIVING.THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEYTHEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!AND!THERE!ARE!MORE!PEOPLE!STRUGGLING!WITH!MONEY.THEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!COMING!IN!TO!PAY!ITTHEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!PAY!ITTHEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY!TO!PAY!MORE!TAXES!THEY!HAVE!SO!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!MORETHEY!HAVE!THE!MONEY.THEY!HAVE!THE!MOST!BENEFIT!FROM!OUR!GOVERNMENTTHEY!HAVE!THEIR!TIME!IN!THE!SUN!WITH!TAX!BREAKS!AND!BENEFITTED!FROM!IT!FOR!A!DECADE!AND!HAVE!THE!MAJORITY!OF!THE!WEALTHTHEY!HAVE!TOO!MANY!LOOPHOLES!THAT!THE!POOR!CANNOT!USETHEY!HAVE!TOO!MUCH!MONEY!AND!IT!WOULDN'T!HURT!THEM!AS!MUCHTHEY!HAVEN'T!BEEN!PAYING!THEIR!FAIR!SHARETHEY!HAVEN'T!PAID!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE!IN!THE!PASTTHEY!KEEP!TAXING!US!POOR!AND!MIDDLE!CLASS!PEOPLETHEY!LIVING!BETTER!THAN!POOR!PEOPLE.THEY!MAKE!A!LITTLE!MORETHEY!MAKE!A!LOT!MORE!MONEY!THAN!USTHEY!MAKE!ENOUGH!MONEY!TO!AFFORD!MORE!TAXES!BUT!NOT!FOR!SURETHEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEYTHEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!AND!DON'T!GIVE!ANY!TO!THE!SMALL!GUYSTHEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!AND!IT!WOULD!GIVE!THE!REPUBLICANS!SOMETHING!TO!COMPLAIN!ABOUT.THEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY!AND!THEY!HAVE!BEEN!PAYING!LOWER!TAXES!THAN!THOSE!WHO!DON'T!HAVE!MONEYTHEY!MAKE!MORE!MONEY,!HAVE!A!LOT!MORE!DISPOSABLE!INCOMETHEY!MAKE!SO!MUCH!MONEY.THEY!MAKE!SO!MUCH!MONEY.!BY!DOING!INVESTMENTS!THEY!TAKE!ADVANTAGE!OF!LOOPHOLES.!INVESTMENTS!INCOME!IS!TAXED!AT!A!LOWER!RATE.THEY!MAKE!SO!MUCH!TO!SPEND!AND!COUNTRY!IS!IN!NEED

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!MAKE!THE!MOST!MONEY,!THEY!ARE!PROFITING!OFF!OF!PEOPLE!WHO!MAKE!LESS!MONEY,!AND!THE!PEOPLE!MAKING!LESS!MONEY!ARE!TAXED!LESSTHEY!MAKE!TOO!MUCH!MONEYTHEY!MIGHT!HAVE!A!LITTLE!MORE!MONEY!THAT!THEY!CAN!PAY!TAXESTHEY!NEED!TO!BE!ENFORCEDTHEY!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!OF!SHARE.THEY!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARETHEY!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARETHEY!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE,!IN!CARING!THE!BURDEN.!THERE!ARE!SO!MANY!LOOPHOLES!THAT!HAVE!BEEN!IN!THEIR!FINANCIAL!PORTFOLIOSTHEY!NEED!TO!PAY!THEIR!TAXES!LIKE!THE!MIDDLE!MANTHEY!REALLY!DON'T!NEED!THAT!MUCH!EXTRA!MONEYTHEY!SEEM!TO!HAVE!ENOUGH!TO!SPARETHEY!SHOULD!BE!ABLE!TO!PAY!A!HIGHER!PERCENTAGE!BECAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORETHEY!SHOULD!BE!INCREASED!BECAUSE!WE!ARE!MAKING!LESS!THEN!THEM!AND!THEY!ARE!NOT!HELPING!PEOPLE!TO!MAKE!NEW!JOBS!AND!ITS!NOT!FAIRTHEY!SHOULD!BE!INCREASED!CAUSE!THEY'VE!BEEN!THE!LOWEST!IN!YEARSTHEY!SHOULD!HELP!THE!LESS!FORTUNATETHEY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARETHEY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARETHEY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!FAIR!SHARE.THEY!SHOULD!PAY!THEIR!SHARE!MIDDLE!INCOME!SHOULD!NOT!BE!SUPPORTING!HIGHER!INCOMETHEY!SHOULD!SHARE!MORE!RESPONSIBILITY!WE!HAVE!A!LOT!OF!DEFICIT!BUDGETTHEY!SHOULDN'T!BE!INCREASEDTHEY!TAKE!EVERY!LOOP!HOLE!OUT!THEIRTHEY!USED!THE!INFRASTRUCTURE!MORE!THAN!MYSELFTHEY!WILL!PROBABLY!BE!INCREASED!FOR!EVERYBODY.!MIGHT!AS!WELL!TAX!THEM!TO.THEY!WOULD!BE!BETTER!OFF!TO!PAY!THATTHEY,!THE!WEALTHIER,!ARE!ELIGIBLE!FOR!LOOPHOLES!AND!THEY!SHOULD!BE!TAXED!HIGHER!BECAUSE!OF!ITTHEY'RE!LIVING!IN!THIS!COUNTRY!PAY!THEIR!SHARETHEY'RE!PART!OF!THE!UNITED!STATES;!EVERYBODY.!I!THINK!THEY'RE!GOING!TO!BE!TAXED!MORE!CAUSE!THEY!HAVE!MORE!MONEYTHEY'RE!RECEIVING!MORE!SO!I!FEEL!THEY!COULD!GIVE!MORETHEY'RE!THE!ONES!WHO'S!MAKING!THE!MOST!MONEY!AND!THEY!SHOULD!PAY!MORE!TAXESTHEY'RE!WEALTHIER!IT!WOULDN'T!HURT!THEM!BUT!I!THINK!IT!SHOULD!INCREASE!FOR!ALLTHEY'VE!BEEN!HURT!LESS!BY!THE!ECONOMIC!DOWNTURNTHEY'VE!GOT!MORE!MONEYTHEY'VE!GOT!THE!MONEY

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THINK!IF!THEY!ARE!WEALTHY!THEY!CAN!PAY!A!LITTLE!MORETO!DISTRIBUTE!THE!WEALTH!OF!THE!COUNTRY!BETWEEN!POOR!AND!RICHTO!GIVE!BACK!WHAT!THEY!WERE!GIVENTO!GROW!UP!THE!ECONOMYTO!HELP!REDUCE!THE!DEFICIT.TO!REDUCE!THE!DEFICITTO!WHOM!MUCH!IS!GIVING!MUCH!IS!EXPECTEDTOO!MUCH!MONEY!AND!CONTROLWE!ALL!BENEFIT!FROM!BEING!IN!THE!UNITED!STATES.!SOMETIMES!WHEN!PEOPLE!CAN!PICK!UP!MORE!OF!THE!LOAD,!OBLIGATION!FOR!THEM!TO!LIVE!THERE.!THEY!HAVE!THE!ABILITY!TO!HAVE!A!LITTLE!MORE...WE!GOT!TO!GET!THE!MONEY!SOMEWHERE,!I!DON'T!KNOW!WHERE!ELSE!THEY!WILL!GET!THE!MONEY!FROM.WE!HAVE!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!THAT!DON'T!HAVE!A!PLACE!TO!STAY!AND!THEY!HAVE!IT!BUT!THEY!ARE!NOT!LOOKING!OUT!FOR!PEOPLE!LIVING!OUT!HERE!ON!THE!STREETSWE!NEED!TO!CLOSE!THE!LOOP!HOLESWE!NEED!TO!PAY!THE!BILLS.WE'RE!BARELY!GETTING!BY!AND!THEY!WANTED!TO!TAX!US!MORE...WE'RE!IN!DIFFICULT!TIMES!AND!SOMEBODY!NEEDS!TO!PAYWE'VE!BEEN!ON!A!30+!YEAR!TAX!CUTTING!BENCHWEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDS!DO!NOT!STRUGGLE.WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLDS!HAVE!RECEIVED!THE!BUSH!TAX!CUTS!LONG!ENOUGH!AND!DID!NOT!CREATE!JOBS!WITH!THE!TAX!CUTSWEALTHIER!PEOPLE!AND!CORPORATION!HAVE!THE!MEANS!TO!GET!AROUND!THAT!SOME!OF!THE!LOWER!INCOME!PEOPLE!DON'TWEALTHIER!PEOPLE!ARE!PAYING!LESS!INCOME!TAX!PERCENTAGE!THE!LOWER!INCOME!PEOPLEWEALTHIER!PEOPLE!CAN!AFFORD!FOR!THEIR!TAXES!TO!GO!UP!AND!THE!MONEY!HAS!TO!COME!FROM!SOMEWHEREWEALTHIER!PEOPLE!HAVE!BECOME!MORE!WEALTHY,!AND!POOR!PEOPLE!HAVE!BECOME!POORERWEALTHY!AMERICANS!SHOULD!NOT!HAVE!A!FLAT!TAX!RATEWELL!BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!ITWELL!I!GUESS!I!REALLY!DON'TWELL!I!THINK!THAT!THEY!HAVE!MORE!THAN!THEY!NEED!BUT!THEY!CAN!AFFORD!MOREWELL!I!THINK!THEY!COULD!NOT!FEEL!THE!HIT!THAT!I!WOULD!FEEL!AND!I!THINK!IF!I!HAD!ENOUGH!MONEY!I!MIGHT!FEEL!THE!PINCH!BUT!NOT!AS!MUCHWELL,!FIRST!OF!ALL!BECAUSE!THEY!CAN!MORE!AFFORD!IT!AND!BECAUSE!THEY!HAVEN'T!BEEN!PAYING!THEIR!FARE!SHARE!ALL!THESE!YEARS!AND!ITS!TIME!THAT!THEY!DIDWHAT!THE!WEALTHIER!HOUSEHOLD!HAS!DONE!IS!VERY!IMPLAUSIBLE!TO!OUR!ENTIRE!COUNTRYWHERE!EVER!IS!NEEDED

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

WHY!NOT,!THEY!CAN!CERTAINLY!AFFORD!IT.!IF!TAXES!ARE!INCREASED!ON!THE!MIDDLE!

CLASS!IT!WOULD!HURT!THE!ECONOMY,!AND!IT!WOULDN'T!AFFECT!THE!WEALTHY!WITH!

THEY'RE!OFFSHORE!ACCOUNTS.

WONT!HAVE!THE!IMPACT!ON!THE!WEALTHY!AS!IT!DOES!EVERYONE!ELSE

YOU!CAN'T!GET!MONEY!OUT!OF!A!TURNIP!THE!POOR!DON'T!HAVE!MONEY!AND!THE!

MIDDLE!CLASS!ARE!GETTING!POORER!AND!TH!RICH!ARE!GETTING!RICHER

YOU!GOT!MORE!YOU!GOT!TO!GIVE!MORE.

YOU!HAVE!TO!HAVE!TAXES!TO!PAY!FOR!THE!THINGS!WE!HAVE!IN!THIS!COUNTRY.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!422!

respondents!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"In!just!a!few!words,!

what,!if!anything,!should!be!the!government’s!reaction!to!the!school!shooting!that!

occurred!in!Newtown,!Connecticut!last!month?"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!

interviewers,!are!presented!below.!!

In#just#a#few#words,#what,#if#anything,#should#be#the#government’s#reaction#to#the#school#shooting#that#occurred#in#Newtown,#Connecticut#last#month?

A!BAN!ON!THE!SALE!OF!ANY!NEW!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!IS!APPROPRIATE,!I!FEEL!THAT!

BACKGROUND!CHECKS!FOR!ALL!SALES!ARE!APPROPRIATE.

A!GIANT!REACTION

A!START!WOULD!BE!TO!RIGOROUSLY!ENFORCE!THE!LAWS!WE!HAVE!IN!EFFECT!AND!A!

SECOND!WOULD!TO!BE!RETURN!TO!A!BAN!ON!ASSAULT!WEAPONS

ABSOLUTELY!NOTHING!OR!PUT!ARMED!GUARDS!IN!THERE!JUST!LIKE!THE!PRESIDENT!

HAS.

ADD!MORE!SECURITY

ADDRESS!MENTAL!ILLNESS

AGREE!WITH!OBAMA!ADMINISTRATIONS!PROPOSALS

ANYTHING!THAT!THEY!CAN!DO!TO!HELP.

APPALLED,!BUT!THEY!SHOULDN'T!TAKE!GUNS!AWAY

APPROVE!OF!THE!LAWS!THAT!THEY!ARE!MAKING!TO!IMPROVE!GUN!CONTROL!BUT!

PEOPLE!CAN!BUY!GUNS!OFF!THE!STREET!SO!THE!LAWS!MIGHT!NOT!HELP

ARM!GUARDS!AT!EVERY!SCHOOL

ARMED!GUARD!IN!EVERY!SCHOOL

ARMED!GUARDS!IN!SCHOOLS

ASSAULT!RIFLES!SHOULD!BE!BANNED!BUT!THAT!IS!IT!AND!ONLY!FOR!INDIVIDUAL!AND!

NOT!LAW!ENFORCEMENT!OR!MILITARY

ASSAULT!WEAPONS!OFF!THE!STREET

ATTACK!THE!MENTAL!HEALTH!PROBLEM

BACKGROUND!CHECKS,!NO!ASSAULT!WEAPON!HIGH!PRIVATE!CITIZENS!REDUCE!THE!

CARTRIDGE!SIZE

BAN!ALL!ASSAULT!WEAPONS

BAN!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!AND!REQUIRE!BACKGROUND!CHECK!ON!EVERYONE!THAT!IS!

APPLIED!FOR!THEM

BANNING!ASSAULT!WEAPONS,!AND!MAGAZINE!CLIPS

BANNING!CERTAIN!WITHOUT!LISTING!INDIVIDUAL!WHO!OWN!GUNS.!LOOKING!AT!

INDIVIDUALS!WHO!ILLEGALLY!OWN!GUNS.

BASICALLY!CONVEY!THE!CONDOLENCES!TO!THE!FAMILY!IF!THEY!DIDN'T!CAUSE!THEY!

HAVE!NOTHING!TO!DO!WITH!THE!TRAGEDY

BE!SAD

BETTER!BACKGROUND!CHECKS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

BETTER!CONTROL!ON!GUNSBETTER!ENFORCEMENT!OF!EXISTING!LAWSBETTER!MENTAL!HEALTH!CAREBETTER!MENTAL!HEALTH!EVALUATION(!DEEPER!BACKGROUND!CHECKSBETTER!SECURITYBIZARRE!AND!NOT!TO!THE!POINTBRINGING!IN!BAN!ON!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS!AND!BULLETSCOME!UP!TO!A!PLAN!EFFECT!FOR!EVERY!SCHOOL!IN!THE!COUNTRY.COME!UP!WITH!BETTER!GUN!CONTROL!LAWSCONCENTRATE!ON!MENTAL!TREATMENT!OR!EVALUATION!FOR!GUN!OWNERSCONCERN,!VIOLENT!IS!OUT!OF!HANDCONSIDER!A!WAY!TO!AVOID!IT!IN!THE!FUTURECRUCIFY!THE!GUNMEN!AND!LOCK!UP!THE!PERSON!WHO!SOLD!HIM!THE!GUNDEAL!WITH!THE!MENTAL!HEALTH!PROBLEMDETECTION!THE!AVAILABILITY!OF!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!BUT!NOT!OTHER!KINDS!OF!WEAPONS!AND!REQUIREMENT!FOR!MENTAL!HEALTH!BACKGROUND!CHECKDEVASTATINGDEVASTATION.!I!WAS!IN!TEARS.DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!MENTALLY!ILL!PEOPLEDOESN'T!THINK!THERE!IS!ANYTHING!THAT!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!DO.DON'T!SEE!WHERE!GOVERNMENT!ACTION!WILL!STOP!IT!OR!REDUCE!ITDON'T!THINK!IT!WILL!HAVE!ANY!EFFECT,!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!IS!OVER!STEPPING!THEIR!BOUNDARIESDON'T!THINK!THAT!IT!WAS!A!WHOLE!LOT!THAT!ANYONE!COULD!HAVE!DONE!TO!HAVE!STOPPED!IT.DON'T!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!REACTEDUCATE!TEACHERS!IN!SELF!DEFENSE!AND!REPORTING!STUDENTS!WITH!MENTAL!HEALTHEDUCATIONELIMINATE!AUTOMATIC!RIFLESELIMINATE!GUNSELIMINATION!OF!AVERAGE!PERSON!BUYING!ASSAULT!WEAPONS,!AND!HIGH!VELOCITY,!BULLETS,!MAGAZINES,!NO!ONE!SHOULD!OWN!ASSAULT!WEAPONSELIMINATION!OF!CITIZEN!OWNED!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!AS!THEY!ARE!TOOLS!OF!WAR!AND!NOT!PROTECTION.ENFORCE!LAWS!AND!NOT!MAKE!NEW!ONESENFORCE!LAWS!WE!HAVE!AND!ENHANCE!MENTAL!HEALTH!PROGRAMSENFORCE!THE!LAWS!ON!THE!BOOKSENFORCING!EXISTING!LAWS!INSTEAD!OF!CREATING!NEW!ONES.!LETTING!THE!STATES!COME!UP!WITH!THEIR!OWN!POLICIES,!WHAT!WORKS!IN!ONE!STATE!DOESN'T!ALWAYS!WORK!FOR!ANOTHER!STATEEVERY!SCHOOL!SHOULD!HAVE!AN!ARMED!POLICEMAN

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

EVERY!SCHOOL!SHOULD!HAVE!POLICE.EXECUTE!THE!ONES!THAT!ARE!GUILTY!BUT!MAKE!SURE!THEY!ARE!REALLY!GUILTYFOCUS!MORE!ON!MENTAL!ISSUES!RATHER!THAN!GUN!CONTROLFOR!THE!WHOLE!COUNTRY.!GUNS!LAWS!SHOULD!BE!UNIFORMED!THROUGHOUT!THE!COUNTRYFUCK!THAT,!WE!SHOULD!INCREASE!GUN!CONTROLGET!RID!BUSHMASTERGET!RID!OF!THE!BIG!RIFLES!CIVILIANS!DON'T!NEED!THEM!AND!DO!BACKGROUND!CHECKS!ON!ANYONE!WHO!DOSE!NOT!NEED!THEM!CUT!THE!AMMUNITION!FOR!THE!MILITARY!GUNSGETTING!HELP!FOR!PEOPLE!WHO!ARE!MENTALITY!UNSOUND.!PROTECTING!OUR!KIDS.!NOT!TAKING!OUR!GUNS!AWAY!FROM!USGOVERNMENT!SHOULD!BE!LOOKING!INTO!THE!BEST!WAY!TO!SECURE!OUR!SCHOOLSGOVERNMENT!SHOULD!FORCE!THE!STATE!FOR!A!PROGRAM!TO!PROTECT!OUR!CHILDREN!AND!SHOULD!PROVIDE!FINANCIAL!INSTINCTIVEGOVERNMENT!SHOULD!NOT!BE!INVOLVED!AT!ALL!AND!BE!MORE!AWARE!OF!OUR!KIDSGOVERNMENT!SHOULD!PAY!MORE!ATTENTION!TO!MENTAL!HEALTHGOVERNMENT!SHOULD!REQUIRE!THAT!INDIVIDUALS!CUSTODY!RESPONSIBILITY!AND!FINANCIAL!LIABILITY!FOR!THERE!WEAPONS!AND!AMMUNITION.GREAT!SADNESSGUN!CONTROLGUN!CONTROLGUN!CONTROLGUN!CONTROLGUN!CONTROL!&!NOT!SELLING!MILITARY!WEAPONS!TO!INDIVIDUALS.GUN!CONTROL!BUT!NOT!TAKING!AWAY!PEOPLE'S!RIGHT!TO!HAVE!A!FIRE!ARM!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!HAVE!THE!RIGHT!TO!CONTROL!WHAT!TYPE!OF!WEAPONS,!AUTOMATIC!FIREARMS!SHOULD!BE!RESERVED!FOR!MILITARYGUN!CONTROL!IS!NOT!THE!ANSWER!TO!THE!PROBLEM,!I!DON'T!THINK!THEY!CAN!DO!ANYTHING.!!INSTEAD!OF!HOUSING!MURDERS!AND!SUPPORT!THEM,!!WE!SHOULD!HOUSE!PEOPLE!WITH!MENTAL!DISABILITIES,!HAVE!MORE!FACILITIES!FOR!THEMGUN!CONTROL!TRY!TO!INCREASE!THE!RESTRICTION!OF!USEGUN!REFORMGUN!REFORMHAVE!MORE!GUARDSHAVE!TO!TAKE!A!TEST!TO!BUY!GUNS!FROM!A!DEALER!OR!PRIVATE!PERSON,!LIKE!THE!SAME!TEST!THAT!PEOPLE!HAVE!TO!TAKE!TO!WORK!AT!A!NUCLEAR!PLANTHELP!IDENTIFY!AND!TREAT!PEOPLE!WITH!MENTAL!DISORDER!AND!NOT!MESS!WITH!GUN!LAWS.HIGHER!SECURITYHIGHER!SECURITY!GUARDS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

HONESTLY,!I!THINK!THE!PROPER!RESPONSE,!IS!BUT!THE!ONLY!WAY!TO!HAVE!LESS!GUYS!WITH!GUNS!IS!TO!HAVE!MORE!GOOD!GUYS!WITH!GUNS.HOT!BUTTON:!!I!SEE!ABSOLUTELY!NO!REASON!THERE!TO!BE!...THERE!SHOULD!BE!A!UNIVERSAL!BACKGROUND!CHECK...ASSAULT!WEAPONS!SHOULD!HAVE!NO!PLACE!IN!COUNTRYHOW!CAN!WE!HELP!THE!PEOPLE!THAT!ARE!DOING!THIS!NOT!GETTING!RID!OF!THE!WEAPONS?HUGE!INCREASES!IN!GUN!CONTROLI!ABSOLUTELY!SUPPORT!WHAT!OBAMA!HAS!PROPOSEDI!AGREE!WITH!THE!BAN!TO!BAN!LIKE!ASSAULT!WEAPONSI!BELIEVE!ALL!TEACHERS!SHOULD!CARRY!GUNS.I!BELIEVE!THEY!OUGHT!TO...ASSAULT!WEAPONS!SHOULD!BE!BANNED.I!DON'T!FAVOR!THE!GOVERNMENT!GETTING!INVOLVED!IN!VIRTUALLY!ANYTHING!BECAUSE!THEY!ARE!GOING!TO!SCREW!IT!UPI!DON'T!KNOW!ITS!HARD!TO!SAY.!THEY!NEED!TO!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!THIS!GUN!CONTROL.I!DON'T!KNOW,!IT'S!KIND!OF!A!HAIRY!THINGI!DON'T!SEE!A!NEED!FOR!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!EXCEPT!IF!YOU!HAVE!TO!DEFEND!YOURSELF!AGAINST!ASSAULT!WEAPONS.I!DON'T!SEE!IF!THEY!CAN!REALLY!HELP!MUCH,!IF!IT!HAPPENED!IT!HAPPENED;!I!DON'T!BELIEVE!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!BE!MORE!INVOLVED!IN!ANYTHING.I!DON'T!THINK!STRICTER!GUN!LAWS!IS!THE!CURE.!IT!DOESN'T!MAKE!MUCH!DIFFERENCEI!DON'T!THINK!THAT!THE!PRIVATE!CITIZENS!SHOULD!BE!AFFECTED,!THE!AVERAGE!CITIZEN!SHOULDN'T!BE!BOTHERED,!THEY!SHOULD!FIND!THE!PEOPLE!THAT!SHOULD!BE!HELPEDI!DON'T!THINK!THAT!THEY!SHOULD!ENFORCE!GUN!CONTROLI!DON'T!THINK!THE!FEDERAL!GOV!SHOULD!GET!INVOLVED!IN!ITI!DON'T!THINK!THE!GOV!HAS!ANY!BUSINESS!TRYING!TO!OUTLAW!GUNS!COMPLETELY.!!YOU!COULD!NEVER!CONTROL!ANYTHING!LIKE!THATI!DON'T!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!CHANGE!THE!LAWS!BECAUSE!IT!WILL!NOT!CHANGE!THINGS.!WE!ARE!ALL!SORRY!BUT!I!DON'T!THINK!THE!LAWS!WILL!HELPI!DON'T!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!TAKE!GUNS!AWAY!ITS!NOT!GUNS!THAT!KILL!PEOPLE!ITS!PEOPLE!THAT!KILL!PEOPLE.I!FEEL!LIKE!AINT!NOTHING!GOING!TO!CHANGE!EITHER!WAYI!SUPPORT!THE!REINSTATEMENT!OF!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPON!BANI!THANK!THAT!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!LET!OBAMA!PASS!THE!LAW!ABOUT!GUN!CONTROL!AND!LET!THE!PEOPLE!GO!THREW!BETTER!SCREENINGS.!CLOSE!THE!GUN!SHOWS.!THAT'S!WHERE!YOU!CAN!BUY!THEM!AND!THEY!ARE!NOT!WATCHED.I!THINK!AS!MANY!FORMS!OF!GUN!CONTROL!THAT!THE!GOVERNMENT!CAN!CONTRIVE!AND!EXECUTE.I!THINK!EVERY!GUN!IN!THE!US!SHOULD!BE!TURNED!IN.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

I!THINK!PEOPLE!CAN!HAVE!GUNS!BUT!NOT!HAVE!GUNS!THAT!SHOT!20!BULLETS!IN!A!FEW!SECONDSI!THINK!THAT!PEOPLE!SHOULD!BE!MORE!EDUCATED!AND!THAT!THE!WAY!THEY!PORTRAY!THAT!IN!THE!MEDIA!IS!WAY!OFF.I!THINK!THAT!THEIR!REACTION!IS!APPROPRIATE!TO!OVER!RIDE!THE!NRA!AND!TO!BAN!GUNSI!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!DO!ANYTHING!THAT!THE!SCHOOLS!SHOULD!INCREASE!THE!SECURITY!AND!THAT!BAN!ON!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS!IN!HOUSEHOLDSI!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!INVESTIGATE!THE!POSSIBILITY!OF!THE!MENTALLY!HEALTH!PEOPLE.!THEY!ARE!ILL.I!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!MAKE!IT!BE!A!LOT!LESS!GUNS!IN!THIS!COUNTRYI!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!PUT!LIKE!2!OR!3!POLICE!OFFICERS!IN!THE!SCHOOLSI!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!WAS!PART!OF!IT.!THEY!SHOULD!TAKE!ACTIONI!THINK!THEIR!HAS!TO!BE!A!BETTER!CONTROL!ON!BACKGROUND!CHECK!ON!PEOPLEI!THINK!THEIR!REACTION!SHOULD!BE!((!THEY!SHOULD!CONSIDER!WHY!PEOPLE!DO!THIS.!THEY!DON'T!WANT!TO!HELP!PEOPLE!IN!OUR!COUNTRY.!PEOPLE!SHOULD!BE!ABLE!TO!USE!GUNS!FOR!PROTECTION.!OBAMA!!SHOULD!BE!IMPEACHEDI!THINK!THERE!NEEDS!TO!BE!A!STUDY!ON!IF!GUN!CONTROL!WORKS.I!THINK!THERE!SHOULD!BE!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!BAND,!MANDATORY!SCREENING.I!THINK!THEY!ARE!GOING!A!LITTLE!BIT!OVERBOARD!WITH!THE!GUNS!LAWS,!BUT!I!THINK!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!PUT!ARMED,!RETIRED!POLICEMEN!IN!ALL!THE!SCHOOLS.!!IT!CREATES!JOBS,!AND!THE!KIDS!ARE!SAFE.I!THINK!THEY!GET!TO!THE!ROOT!OF!THE!PROBLEM!NOT!THE!GUNS!ITS!THE!DEEPER!PROBLEM!ITS!THE!PEOPLE!BEHIND!THE!GUNS.I!THINK!THEY!HAVE!USES!FOR!PROPAGANDA.I!THINK!THEY!NEED!TO!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!THAT.I!THINK!THEY!NEED!TO!GO!IN!A!COMMON!SENSE!APPROACH.!THEY!NEED!TO!HAVE!ALL!ASPECTS!INVOLVED!INCLUDING!THE!NRAI!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!BAN!ASSAULT!RIFLES,!THE!ONLY!TIME!THEY!NEED!THOSE!IN!WAR..!THERE!SHOULD!BE!NONE!OF!THOSE!AVAILABLE..I!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!DO!A!PSYCHOLOGICAL!EVALUATION!BEFORE!PURCHASING!FIREARMSI!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!ELIMINATE!THE!HIGH!POWERED!GUNSI!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!PROVIDE!MORE!SCHOOL!SECURITY!BUT!THINK!OBAMA!ACTED!CORRECTLYI!THINK!THEY!SHOULD!PUT!ARMED!GUARDS!IN!SCHOOLSI!THINK!WE!NEED!MUCH!MORE!SECURITY!IN!OUR!SCHOOL!WE!SHOULD!HAVE!AN!AMOUR!POLICE!IN!OUR!SCHOOL!AND!DON'T!AGREE!WITH!TEACHERS!CARRYING!A!GUN!IN!SCHOOLI!THINK!WHAT!OBAMA!DID!WAS!THE!RIGHT!REACTION!AND!EDUCATE!THEM!ON!THE!PROPER!USE!OF!FIRE!ARMSI!THINK!WHAT!OBAMA!HAS!PUT!INTO!PLACE!IS!PROPER((IT'S!BALANCED

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

I!UNDERSTAND!THAT!PEOPLE!HAVE!THE!RIGHTS!TO!HAVE!GUNS!AT!HOME!BUT!NOT!AUTOMATIC!ASSAULTS,!MENTAL!ISSUES!IS!HALF!THE!PROBLEM(!THEY!HAVE!TO!WORK!ON!BOTH..I!WOULD!HAVE!STRICTER!LAWS!ON!GUNSI'M!IN!FAVOR!OF!OBAMA'S!PROPOSAL!WITH!THE!GUN!CONTROL.IF!WE!HAVE!TO!GO!PAST!GUARDS!IN!ORDER!TO!VISIT!THE!WHITE!HOUSE!IN!ORDER!TO!FEEL!SAFE!I!DON'T!SEE!ANYTHING!WRONG!WITH!PLACING!GUARDS!IN!OUR!SCHOOL!TO!KEEP!SAFE.INCREASE!THE!PENALTIES!THAT!ARE!GIVEN!OUT!WHEN!USING!A!GUN!IN!A!CRIMEINCREASED!GUN!CONTROLINCREASING!SECURITY,!AND!HELPING!OUT!WITH!MENTAL!ILLNESS,!BANNING!GUN!AND!INCREASING!GUN!RULES!IS!THE!WRONG!ISSUEINVESTIGATE!EVERY!SCHOOL!AND!MAKE!SURE!THEY!ARE!NO!WEAPONS!THEREIT!NEEDS!TO!BE!ADDRESSED.!THESE!PEOPLE!ARE!CRAZY.!THE!MENTAL!HEALTH!IN!THIS!NATION!IS!TERRIBLE.IT!SHOULD!EXPLORE!ON!HOW!WE!CAN!MAKE!THINGS!SAFER!AND!ANYTHING!FOR!WHAT!THE!PERSON!PURPOSE!FOR!AS!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!BANNED!AND!BACKGROUND!CHECKSIT!SHOULD!REFLECT!ON!THE!CURRENT!GUN!LAWS.ITS!NOT!TOO!MUCH!THEY!CAN!DO!ITS!A!TRAGEDYJUST!NEED!TO!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!IT(THE!GUN!LAWSJUST!TO!HELP!THE!FAMILIES!OUTLEAVE!IT!ALONELEAVE!THE!GUN!LAWS!ALONE!AND!STOP!TRYING!TO!TAKE!THEM!FROM!CITIZENSLET!THEM!DEAL!WITH!THEIR!OWN!PROBLEMLIMIT!THE!AMOUNT!OF!GUNS!DISTRIBUTED!TO!PEOPLELOOK!AT!THE!DAMAGE!HOLLYWOOD!IS!DOING!TO!GLAMORIZE!VIOLENCE.LOOK!INTO!MENTAL!HEALTH!CARE!MORELOTS!OF!CHANGE.MAKE!A!SAFER!PLACEMAKE!IT!HARDER!TO!GET!GUNSMAKING!IT!HARDER!!FOR!PEOPLE!TO!GET!GUNS.MANDATORY!BACKGROUND!CHECKMAYBE!GUN!CONTROL.!SOME!FORM.!IMMEDIATE!CHANGES!TO!GUN!CONTROL!LAWSMENTAL!HEALTHMENTAL!HEALTH!CAREMENTAL!HEALTH!ISSUESMIND!THEIR!OWN!BUSINESSMORE!ACCESS!FOR!MENTAL!HEALTH!CAREMORE!ANALYZING!ON!PEOPLE!WHO!CONTROL!AND!WITH!MENTAL!HEALTH!ISSUESMORE!BACKGROUND!CHECKMORE!FUNDING!FOR!MENTAL!ILLNESS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

MORE!GUN!CONTROL!ON!ASSAULT!WEAPONSMORE!IN!VESTMENT!IN!MENTAL!HEALTHMORE!MENTAL!HELPMORE!SCHOOL!SECURITYMORE!SCHOOL!SECURITYMORE!SECURITYMORE!SECURITY!IN!SCHOOLSMORE!SECURITY!IN!SCHOOLS.!IN!ELEMENTARY!AND!MIDDLE!SCHOOLS!AND!HIGH!SCHOOLSMORE!SECURITY!MORE!EMPHASIS!PEOPLE!THAT!HAVE!LESS!PROBLEMS!SHE!STAND!BY!CONSTITUTION!SHOULD!BE!CHECKING!OUT!PEOPLE!DEFINITELY!MORE!SECURITY!NO!CRIMINAL!BACKGROUNDSMUCH!THOUGHT!AND!IT!SHOULD!BE!THOUGHT!OVER!BY!WISE!MEN!AND!WOMEN!THE!GOVERNMENT!DECISION!SOUNDS!CORRECT!FOR!KNOWNEED!A!NATIONAL!GUN!POLICY!AND!ENFORCEMENT!OF!GOVERNMENT!LAWSNEED!TO!ENACT!LAWS!THAT!WOULD!MAKE!IT!ILLEGAL!TO!HAVE!CLIPS!WITH!MULTIPLE!BULLETS.NEED!TO!EVALUATE!MENTAL!ILLNESS!IN!THIS!COUNTRYNEED!TO!HAVE!GUN!CONTROLNONO!GUN!CONTROLNO!NEED!FOR!ASSAULT!RIFLES!BAN!ASSAULT!RIFLESNO!NEW!LAWS!ENFORCE!WHAT'S!THERENO!REACTIONNO!RESPONSENONENONENONENONE((A!FREAK!ACCIDENTNONE.!KEEP!THEIR!NOSE!OUT!OF!ITNOT!CHANGE!GUN!CONTROLNOT!THE!GOVERNMENTS!BUSINESS!TO!RUN!OUR!LIVESNOT!TOTAL!GUN!CONTROL!THEY'RE!NOT!GOING!TO!GET!THE!HAND!GUN!CONTROLNOTHINGNOTHINGNOTHINGNOTHINGNOTHING!GOVERNMENT!OVER!REACTING.NOTHING!MORE!THAN!A!STATEMENT!OF!SYMPATHY!FOR!THE!FAMILIES!AFFECTEDNOTHING(!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!NOT!RESPONDNUTRITION!HEALTH!COUNSELING!,!HOLLYWOOD!NEED!TO!WORK!ON!VIOLENCE!IN!MOVIES!,!SEC!AMENDMENT!NEEDS!TO!BE!KEPT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

OUTRAGE!AND!SHAME

PASS!A!LAW!THAT!DEAL!MENTAL!DISABILITIES!AND!!STOP!GIVEN!IMPROPER!MEDICINE

PASS!THE!LAW!THAT!THOSE!WHO!ARE!NOT!INSANE!OR!A!CRIMINAL!TO!NOT!BE!ABLE!TO!

OWN!A!GUN

POLITICALLY!THERE!SHOULD!NOT!BE!ANY!REACTION,!BUT!SHOULD!REACT!WITH!

SUPPORT!AND!COMPASSION.

PREDICTABLE

PRESIDENT!OBAMA!DID!A!GOOD!JOB!I!REACTING!ON!THE!SITUATION!HE!FAVOR!OF!

STRICT!CONTROL!OF!GUNS

PROVIDE!MORE!SECURITY

PUT!GOD!BACK!IN!SCHOOL

PUT!MONEY!ON!SCHOOL!SECURITY!SCREENING!GUN!OWNERS

PUT!MORE!POLICE!TO!DO!A!BETTER!JOB

PUTTING!ARMED!GUARDS!IN!SCHOOLS

READ!THE!SECOND!AMENDMENT!AND!APPLY!REASONABLE!GUN!CONTROL

REALLY!PUT!MORE!SECURITY!IN!SCHOOLS!AND!HAVE!BETTER!WATCH!AROUND!THE!

SCHOOLS

RESEARCH!HOW!TO!DEAL!WITH!MENTAL!HEALTH!SITUATION

RESTORE!FAMILIES;!DON'T!MAKE!IT!MORE!DIFFICULT!FOR!DIVORCE!PLACE

RIGOROUS!REGULATIONS!ON!GUN!CONTROL!LAWS(OUTLAWING!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!

TO!ALL!CIVILIANS

SAD!FOR!THE!PEOPLE!DO!NOT!JUMP!TO!CONCLUSIONS!ON!THE!REASON!WHY!THEY!

WILL!TAKE!OUR!GUNS!AWAY

SAD!THAT!THIS!OCCURRED!BUT!CHILDREN!ARE!BEING!SHOT!EVERYDAY.!GOOD!PEOPLE!

WILL!HAVE!GUNS!BAD!PEOPLE!WILL!HAVE!GUNS.

SAFER!SECURITY!FOR!ENTERING!THE!SCHOOLS

SAME!AS!EVERYBODY

SCHOOLS!HAVE!TO!HAVE!MORE!PROTECTION,!TO!HAVE!POLICE!OR!SOMETHING!LIKE!

THAT

SCHOOLS!SHOULD!HAVE!SECURITY!GUARDS!ALL!THE!WAY!AROUND!AND!WATCH!WHO!

IS!COMING!AND!GOING!IN!THE!SCHOOLS!AND!MATCH!SURE!WHEN!SOMEONE!COMES!

INTO!THE!SCHOOL!THE!HAVE!NO!WEAPONS

SECURITY!GUARDS

SECURITY!IN!SCHOOLS

SHOCK!AND!PROTECTION

SHOCKED!AND!APPALLED

SHOCKED!AND!SADNESS

SHOOTINGS!LIKE!THAT!HAPPEN!ALL!THE!TIME!ITS!LIKE!AN!EPIDEMIC!AND!ITS!NOTHINGS!

GOING!TO!CHANGE!IT

SHOULD!BAND!ALL!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!EVEN!SINGLE!SHOT!AND!AUTOMATIC!

SUBMACHINE!MAKE!IT!LEGAL!FOR!PISTOLS!AND!SHOT!GUNS!!PUT!LIMIT!ON!!

MAGAZINES!10!ROUNDS!PER!CLIPS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

SHOULD!BE!GUARDS!AROUND!SCHOOLSHOULD!BE!TO!TELL!PARENTS!TO!BE!PARENTSSHOULD!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!GUN!CONTROL.SHOULD!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!ITSHOULD!ENFORCE!LAWS!MORESHOULD!HAVE!MORE!POLICE!IN!THE!SCHOOLSSHOULD!HAVE!MORE!SECURITY!IN!THE!SCHOOLSSHOULD!LOOK!INTO!THE!MENTAL!HEALTH!OF!THE!NATIONSHOULD!NOT!BE!A!POLITICAL!REACTIONSHOULD!NOT!GET!INTO!IT.SHOULDN'T!MUCH!REACTION!AT!ALLSOME!LIMITATION!ON!THE!ABILITY!TO!PURCHASE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS.SOME!THING!SHOULD!BE!DONESOMETHING!HAS!TO!BE!DONE!ABOUT!THE!GUN!LAWSSOMETHING!NEEDS!TO!BE!DONE!I!DON'T!THINK!ANYBODY!SHOULD!GET!GUN!UNLESS!THEIR!CHECKED!OUT!NOT!GIVE!OUT!THE!GUN!ASSAULT!RIFFLESSOMETHING!NEEDS!TO!BE!DONE.SOMETHING!SHOULD!BE!DONE,!BUT!NOT!PUTTING!ARMED!GUARDS!IN!THE!SCHOOLSSTATE!RESPONSIBILITY!FOR!GUN!CONTROLSTAY!OUT!OF!ITSTAY!OUT!OF!ITSTAY!THE!HELL!OUT!OF!ITSTEP!UP!A!LITTLE!MORE!ON!THATSTEP!UP!AND!TAKE!A!GOOD!LOOK!AT!IT!AND!TRY!TO!FIND!A!METHOD!TO!STOP!IT.STIFFER!GUN!CONTROLSTOP!SELLING!THOSE!GUNS!TO!EVERYBODY!IF!THEY!AREN'T!QUALIFIEDSTOP!TRYING!TO!BLAME!FIREARMSSTRENGTHEN!GUN!CONTROL!REGULATIONSTRENGTHEN!THE!GUN!LAWS,!BACKGROUND!CHECKS!AND!MENTALLY!ILL!HAVING!ACCESSSTRESS!SHOULD!BE!ON!MENTAL!HEALTH!ISSUES!AND!GUN!CONTROLSTRICT!BAN!ON!GUN!CONTROL!,BACKGROUND!CHECK!AS!WELL!AS!CREDIT!CHECK,!METAL!DETECTORS!IN!ALL!SCHOOLSSTRICT!CONTROLSTRICTER!CONTROL!OF!GUNS!AND!BACKGROUND!CHECKSSTRICTER!GUN!CONTROLSTRICTER!GUN!CONTROL!AND!BETTER!MENTAL!HEALTHSTRICTER!GUN!CONTROL!LAWSSTRICTER!GUN!CONTROL.!THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!NOT!GET!INVOLVED!IN!THE!GUN!SITUATION!AND!THEY!SHOULD!SET!ASIDE!MORE!MONEY!FOR!THE!MENTALLY!ILL,!TO!PREVENT!SHOOTINGS!FROM!THOSE!TYPE!OF!PEOPLE.STRICTER!GUN!LAWS

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

STRICTER!GUN!LAWSSTRICTER!GUN!LAWSSTRICTER!GUN!LAWSSTRICTER!GUNS!CONTROL!LAWS!SHOULD!GO!INTO!EFFECT!IMMEDIATELYSTRICTER!LAWS!ON!GUN!CONTROLSTRONGER!BACKGROUND!CHECKS!ON!CERTAIN!WEAPONS!AND!REDUCE!THE!SIZE!OF!MAGAZINES!ALLOWED!TO!BE!PURCHASED!FOR!ASSAULT!WEAPONS.!BETTER!BACKGROUND!CHECKS!ON!ALL!WHO!BUY!ASSAULT!WEAPONSSTRONGER!GUN!LAWSSTRONGER!GUN!LAWS!AND!BACKGROUND!CHECKSSUPPORT!BETTER!SECURITY!FOR!OUR!SCHOOLSSUPPORT!LOCAL!CONTROL!OF!UNLAWFUL!ACTIVITIESSUPPORT!THE!FAMILY!AND!HIGHER!SECURITYSUPPORT!THE!PEOPLE!THAT!HAVE!LOST!THEIR!LOVED!ONES!AND!BETTER!SECURITYSWIFT!AND!IMMEDIATESYMPATHY,!AND!I!THINK!THAT!WE!SHOULD!ENCOURAGE!THE!ENFORCEMENT!OF!LAWS!THAT!ARE!ALREADY!OUT!THERE!IN!REGARDS!TO!GUN!CONTROL.TAKE!AWAY!GUNSTAKE!AWAY!THE!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS!AND!ENFORCE!STRICTER!GUN!LAWSTAKE!CARE!OF!THE!FAMILIES!THAT!ARE!AFFECTED!BY!THE!SHOOTINGTAKE!GUNSTAKE!MORE!GUN!CONTROLTEACH!THE!TEACHERS!HOW!TO!CARRY!A!GUNTHAT!THEY!SHOULD!PROCEED!IN!REDUCING!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS!AVAILABILITY!AND!HIGH!MAGAZINESTHE!BAN!ON!ATTACK!WEAPONS!SHOULD!BE!REINSTATEDTHE!DIRECTION!THEY!WENT!WITH!IS!NOT!GOING!TO!SOLVE!THE!PROBLEM.THE!FEDERAL!REALLY!DOESN'T!NEED!TO!DO!ANYTHING,!ITS!LOCAL!GOVERNMENTSTHE!GOVERNMENT!CAN'T!DO!ANYTHING!TO!AFFECT!WHAT!HAPPEN!AT!NEWTOWNTHE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!DO!EVERYTHING!TO!PROTECT!CHILDREN!AND!REDUCE!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!AND!GUN!POLICYTHE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!HAVE!STAYED!OUT!OF!IT.THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!JUST!STAY!THE!HELL!OUT!OF!IT...THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!NOT!MAKE!AS!BIG!A!DEAL!ABOUT!IT!WITH!HOW!MANY!GUNS!ARE!AROUND.THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULD!REEXAMINE!THE!GUN!LAWS!THAT!ARE!WRITTEN!AND!APPLIEDTHE!GOVERNMENT!TO!STAY!OUT!IF!AND!IT!SHOULD!BE!UP!TO!CITIZENS!AND!NRA!SHOULD!FIGURE!IT!OUTTHE!GOVERNMENT!WENT!TOO!FARTHE!GUN!LAWS!NEED!TO!BE!LEFT!ALONGTHE!PRESIDENT!IS!TAKING!EFFECT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THE!RESPONSE!SHOULD!TO!TAKE!CONSTRUCTIVE!ACTIONTHE!SCHOOL!SHOOTING!HAS!NOTHING!TO!DO!WITH!THE!GOVERNMENT!IT!HAD!SOMETHING!TO!DO!WITH!A!GENTLEMEN!WHO!DIDN'T!KNOW!HOW!TO!ACCEPT!DEFEAT!THEN!TOOK!IT!UPON!HIMSELF!TO!DEAL!WITH!ITTHE!SITUATION!THERE!WAS!MYSTERIOUS!TO!THIS!EXTENT.!WE!HAVE!A!FATHER!AND!A!BROTHER!WHO!HAVE!NOT!TALKED!ABOUT!THIS!EVENT.!SHOOTER!MAY!HAVE!BEEN!JEALOUS!HIS!MOTHER!WAS!SPENDING!TOO!MUCH!TIME!VOLUNTEERING!AT!THE!SCHOOL.THE!STAND!THEY!TOOK!NOW,!LIKE!THE!GOVERNOR!IN!NEW!YORK.!ENOUGH!IS!ENOUGH.THE!WAY!THEY!RESPONDED!I!THINK!THEY!ARE!DOING!A!GREAT!JOBTHERE!IS!NO!REASON!TO!REACTTHERE!SHOULD!BE!A!LOT!MORE!BASIC!INSURANCE!AVAILABLE!AND!THERAPY!INTERVENTIONTHERE!SHOULD!BE!A!REANALYSIS!FOR!GUN!LAWS.!THEY!SHOULD!INVESTIGATE!TAX!CONTRIBUTIONS!FOR!THE!NRATHERE!SHOULD!BE!A!REFORM!FOR!GUN!POLICYTHERE!SHOULD!BE!AN!AGE!LIMIT!TO!WHO!OWNS!WHAT!GUN.!KIDS!SHOULD!NOT!OWN!GUNS!OR!BE!ABLE!TO!HAVE!A!GUN.!BAN!18!YEAR!OLDS!DOWN.THERE!SHOULD!BE!STRONGER!GUN!LAWSTHERE'S!NOTHING!THAT!THE!GOVERNMENT!CAN!DOTHERE'S!NOTHING!THEY!CAN!DO!ABOUT!ITTHEY!ALREADY!GOT!GUN!LAWS!IN!THE!BOOKS.!THEY!DIDN'T!ENFORCE!THEM!ANYWAY.!ITS!THE!PEOPLE,!MENTAL!PROBLEMS,!TOO!IN!MEDIA!AND!VIDEO!GAMESTHEY!ARE!TRYING!TO!GET!ON!THE!RIGHT!WITH!TRYING!TO!GET!RID!OF!THE!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONSTHEY!DIDN'T!DO!A!GOOD!JOB!COVERING!IT!UP.!!IT!WAS!A!HOAX.THEY!HAVE!GIVEN!NRA!TOO!MUCH!POWER!&!IT'S!A!SHAME,!THESE!MILITARY!STYLE!GUNS!SHOULDN'T!BE!USED!OR!IN!PUBLIC.THEY!KNEW!THAT!KID!WAS!MENTALLY!ILLTHEY!NEED!ARMED!GUARD!OR!SECURITY!AT!SCHOOLSTHEY!NEED!TO!ACT!MORE!QUICKLY!AND!WE!NEED!TO!BAND!WEAPONS.THEY!NEED!TO!DO!MORE!WITH!THE!MENTAL!HEALTH,!BE!MORE!ASSERTIVETHEY!NEED!TO!GET!THEIR!HANDS!OUT!OF!THERE!AND!LET!THE!STATE!HANDLE!ITTHEY!NEED!TO!HAVE!A!DISCUSSION!ON!GUN!CONTROLTHEY!NEED!TO!HAVE!MORE!PROTECTION!OVER!THE!CHILDREN!IN!SCHOOL.THEY!NEED!TO!MAKE!PEOPLE!ABIDE!BY!THE!LAWTHEY!NEED!TO!PASS!NEW!LAWS,!AND!BE!HORRIFIED!AN!SHOCKED!AND!THEN!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!IT.THEY!NEED!TO!PROTECT!THE!STUDENT!AND!THE!TEACHERSTHEY!NEED!TO!PUT!A!STOP!TO!IT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!NEED!TO!TAKE!A!LOOK!AT!MENTALLY!ILL!PEOPLE!&!THEY!NEED!TO!DO!BETTER!BACKGROUND!CHECKS.THEY!NEED!TO!UNDUE!WHAT!REAGAN!DID,!HAVE!STRONGER!MENTAL!INSTITUTES!FOR!THESE!PEOPLE,!OFFER!REAL!MENTAL!HEALTH...THEY!SHOULD!ADDRESS!PEOPLE!ARE!MENTALLY!HANDICAPPED,!THEY!SHOULD!PUT!A!LIMIT!ON!THAT,!THEY!SHOULDN'T!GET!FIREARMS!SO!EASILY..THEY!SHOULD!ARM!THE!TEACHERSTHEY!SHOULD!BAN!ALL!HIGH!POWERED!GUNS!AND!AMMUNITION,!AND!GET!MORE!STUFF!ON!MENTAL!HEALTH.THEY!SHOULD!BAN!ALL!THOSE!AUTOMATIC!RIFLESTHEY!SHOULD!BE!A!DEGREE!OF!GUN!CONTROLTHEY!SHOULD!BE!ABLE!TO!PREVENT!INDIVIDUALS.THEY!SHOULD!BE!APPALLED!AND!SORRYTHEY!SHOULD!BE!APPALLED,!BAN!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!AND!BACKGROUND!CHECKS!ON!THOSE!WITH!MEDICAL!ISSUES,!AND!POLICE!IN!EVERY!SCHOOLTHEY!SHOULD!BE!APPALLED.THEY!SHOULD!BE!APPALLED.THEY!SHOULD!BE!CAREFUL!ON!WHO!THEY!SELL!THERE!WEAPONS!TO.THEY!SHOULD!BE!CONCERNED!&!WORKING!ON!THE!SOLUTIONSTHEY!SHOULD!BE!MORE!CAREFUL!OF!WHAT!COMING!IN!AND!OUT!THE!SCHOOLTHEY!SHOULD!BE!MORE!SECURITY!AROUND!SCHOOLS|\THEY!SHOULD!BE!MORE!SECURITY!AT!THE!SCHOOLS.THEY!SHOULD!BE!TIGHTER!REGULATIONS!ON!IT.!MORE!SECURITY!IN!SCHOOLS.THEY!SHOULD!BE!VERY!INTERESTED!IN!DOING!SOMETHING.!I!DON'T!THINK!BANNING!GUNS!WILL!NOT!WORK.THEY!SHOULD!BUILD!A!MEMORIAL!I!DON'T!THINK!ANY!GUN!LAWSTHEY!SHOULD!CRACK!DOWN!ON!THE!WEAPONS!THAT!ARE!SOLD!OUT!THERE.!PEOPLE!SHOULD!NOT!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!THEM,!BESIDES!LAW!ENFORCEMENT!OR!PEOPLE!SIMILAR!TO!THAT!CATEGORY!(MILITARY,!ETC.)THEY!SHOULD!DO!AWAY!WITH!GUN!FREE!ZONESTHEY!SHOULD!DO!MORE!FOR!MENTAL!HEALTHTHEY!SHOULD!DO!NOTHINGTHEY!SHOULD!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!THE!GUN!LAWSTHEY!SHOULD!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!THE!SCHOOLS!SECURITY!I!THINK!SOMEBODY!IN!THAT!SCHOOL!SHOULD!HAVE!A!GUN!FOR!SECURITY!PURPOSESTHEY!SHOULD!ENFORCE!LAWS!ALREADY!IN!PLACE!AND!INCREASE!THE!PUNISHMENTS!FOR!PEOPLE!WHO!COMMIT!CRIMES!WITH!GUNSTHEY!SHOULD!GO!WITH!THE!PRESIDENTTHEY!SHOULD!HAVE!A!REACTION,!BUT!DON'T!HONESTLY!KNOW.THEY!SHOULD!INVEST!MORE!IN!MENTAL!HEALTH!STUDIESTHEY!SHOULD!KNOW!WHO!HAS!A!GUN

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!SHOULD!LET!THE!STATES!HANDLE!GUN!CONTROL,!BY!MAKING!THERE!OWN!LAW!TO!CHECK!BACKGROUND,!AND!MORE!CONTROL!TO!WHO!THEY!SELL!TOO.THEY!SHOULD!LOOK!AT!MENTAL!ILLNESS.!IT'S!NOT!THE!GUNS!IT'S!THE!MENTALLY!ILL!AND!THE!LACK!OF!SUPPORTTHEY!SHOULD!NOT!HAVE!GUN!CONTROL!ON!THE!ISSUETHEY!SHOULD!PASS!SOME!GUN!CONTROL!LAWSTHEY!SHOULD!PROVIDE!BETTER!MENTAL!HEALTH!CARETHEY!SHOULD!PUT!MORE!METAL!DETECTORS!IN!THE!SCHOOLSTHEY!SHOULD!REINSTATE!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPON!BAN.THEY!SHOULD!TAKE!ALL!AMMUNITION!AWAYTHEY!SHOULD!TAKE!CARE!OF!THE!PROBLEM.!JUMP!ON!IT.THEY!SHOULD!TAKE!IT!VERY!SERIOUSLYTHEY!SHOULD!TIGHTER!LAWS!ON!WHO!SHOULD!HAVE!GUNSTHEY!SHOULD!TRY!TO!HELP!THE!COMMUNITY!AND!SUPPORT!THE!COMMUNITYTHEY!SHOULDN'T!DO!ANYTHING!IT!SHOULD!BE!MORE!LOCALTHEY'RE!DOING!ALL!RIGHTTHINK!!THEY!ARE!DOING!THE!RIGHT!THINGTHOUGHT!IT!WAS!NEGATIVE!AND!STUPIDTIGHTEN!SECURITYTIGHTEN!UP!REGULATIONS!AND!MAKE!AVAILABLE!TREATMENT!FOR!PEOPLE!WITH!MENTAL!ILLNESS.TIGHTER!GUN!CONTROL!LAWSTIGHTER!GUN!CONTROL!OR!AVAILABILITYTIGHTER!SECURITY!FOR!THE!SCHOOLSTO!COME!UP!WITH!A!PLAN!THAT!SHOULD!TEACH!SCHOOL!HOW!TO!REACT!BETTERTO!DO!WHAT!EVER!IT!TAKES!TO!STOP!IT!FROM!!HAPPENING!AGAINTO!DO!WHAT!EVER!THEY!CAN!TO!PROTECT!THE!SCHOOLS,!AT!ANY!COSTS.!THE!DOORS!SHOULD!BE!LOCKED,!AND!SO!ON.TO!HELP!GET!GUNS!OUT!THE!WRONG!PEOPLE'S!HANDSTO!INVEST!IN!MORE!SECURITY!MEASURES!TO!MAKE!SURE!PEOPLE!ARE!SAFE!AND!INTEGRATION!OF!BOTHTO!LOOK!FOR!WAYS!TO!PROVIDE!SECURITY!TO!SCHOOLS!AND!OTHER!REPUBLIC!FACILITIESTO!PUT!SECURITY!IN!ALL!SCHOOLS.TO!PUT!SOME!LAWS!IN!PLACE!TO!BAN!THE!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS!AVAILABLE!TO!PUBLICTO!SUPPORT!VICTIMS!WITHOUT!LEGISLATIONTOUGHING!IN!THE!GUN!LAWSTRAGEDYTRY!TO!MAKE!SURE!THAT!NOTHING!LIKE!THAT!EVER!HAPPENS!AGAINTRYING!TO!GET!IT!UNDER!CONTROLUNFORTUNATE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

UNIVERSAL!BACKGROUND!CHECKS,!CLOSING!THE!GUN!SHOW!LOOP!HOLES!AND!BANNING!HIGH!CLIPS!AND!LIKE!TO!SEE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!BAN!GO!IN!AFFECTWE!DON'T!NEED!OUR!WEAPONS!TAKEN!AWAY.!I!AGREE!THAT!THEY'RE!SHOULDN'T!BE!ANY!SPECIAL!ELIMINATION!OF!ANY!GUNS!SHOWS!WHERE!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!BACKGROUND!CHECKS.!THAT'S!NOT!GOING!TO!STOP!THAT.!WE!NEED!TO!LOOK!AT!THE!MENTAL!HEALTH!ISSUES.!NOT!ANY!ONE!TWE!HAVE!TO!DO!SOMETHING!ABOUT!GUN!CONTROL!THEIRS!NO!REASON!WHY!SOME!ONE!SHOULD!HAVE!MILITARY!WEAPONSWE!NEED!GUN!CONTROLWE!NEED!THE!POLICE!FORCE!TO!KEEP!OUR!KIDS!SAFE.!TO!HAVE!ALL!OF!US!SAFE.WE!NEED!TO!ARM!TEACHERS!AND!ALLOW!PRIVATE!CITIZENS!WHO!ARE!ARMED!TO!PROTECT!OUR!SCHOOLSWE!NEED!TO!DO!SOMETHING!WITH!GUN!CONTROLWE!SHOULD!ENFORCE!THE!LAWS!IS!EXISTING!LAWSWE!SHOULD!IMPLEMENT!A!RATIONAL!AND!REASONABLE!GUN!CONTROL!REFORMWE!STRONGER!GUN!CONTROL!LAWS!AND!MORE!ATTENTION!TO!MENTAL!HEALTH!ISSUESWEAPONS!DON'T!KILL!PEOPLE!KILLWEAPONS!OF!WAR!SHOULD!NOT!BE!ALLOWED!ANYWHEREWHAT!OBAMA'S!DOING!IS!GOODWHAT!THEY!ARE!DOING!TO!GET!RID!OF!GUNS!IN!THE!WRONG!HAND!I!SUPPORT!THAT.WHAT!THEY!ARE!TRYING!TO!DO!NOW!WITH!THE!ASSAULT!RIFLE!IS!A!GOOD!IDEAWHAT!THEY'RE!TRYING!IS!A!STARTWHATEVER!OBAMA'S!DOING!IS!CORRECT.WITHHOLD!ALL!BULLETS!FROM!ANYONE.WORRY!ABOUT!THE!MENTALLY!NOT!PEOPLE!OWNING!GUNSYOU!CAN!BAN!ALL!THE!GUNS!YOU!WANT,!IF!SOMEBODY!WANTS!TO!GET!THEIR!ON!A!GUN!THEY'RE!GOING!TO!GET!IT(!HEIGHTEN!SECURITY!IN!SCHOOLSYOU!HAVE!TO!ENFORCE!THE!CURRENT!GUN!LAWS,!THE!GOVERNMENT!TAKE!A!BIGGER!ROLE!IN!GUN!CONTROLYOU!NEED!TO!HAVE!MORE!SECURITY!IN!THE!SCHOOL

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!217!respondents,!who!thought!the!assault!weapons!ban!that!expired!in!2004!could!have!helped!avoid!the!Newtown!tragedy!had!it!still!been!in!effect,!!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"If!the!federal!ban!on!assault!weapons!that!expired!in!2004!were!still!in!effect,!how!would!it!have!helped!avoid!the!Newtown!tragedy?"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!interviewers,!are!presented!below.!!

If#the#federal#ban#on#assault#weapons#that#expired#in#2004#were#still#in#effect,#how#would#it#have#helped#avoid#the#Newtown#tragedy?

A!LOT!MORE!OF!THOSE!RIFLES!OFF!THE!STREET.!PEOPLE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!THEM.ACCEPTABILITY!WOULD!HAVE!NOT!BEEN!AVAILABLEACCESS!TO!THOSE!KINDS!OF!THINGS!I!DON'T!OPPOSE!TO!GUNS!FOR!PROTECTION!AND!HUNTING!BUT!OTHER!THAN!THAT,!NO.ANY!BAN!ON!GUNS!IS!GOING!TO!LIMIT!THE!AVAILABILITY!TO!ANYONE.ASSAULT!WEAPONS!ARE!FOR!THE!MILITARY!IF!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!IT!THEY!WON'T!USE!IT.ASSAULT!WEAPONS!SHOULD!ONLY!BE!USED!FOR!MILITARY!AND!POLICE.AVAILABILITY!OF!ASSAULT!RIFFLESAWARENESS!OF!WHO!OWNS!CERTAIN!TYPES!OF!ASSAULT!WEAPONS

BECAUSE!I!DON'T!THINK!THAT!MOTHER!THAT!HAD!THE!GUNS!SHE!WOULDN'T!HAD!THE!GUNS!AND!THE!SON!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!TO!KILL!ALL!THE!TEACHERS!AND!CHILDRENBECAUSE!I!DOUBT!THE!MOTHER!COULD!HAVE!AMASSED!THE!AMOUNT!OF!AMMUNITION!AND!WEAPONS!TO!COMMIT!THE!ACTBECAUSE!IT!WOULD!HAVE!MADE!THINGS!HARDER!TO!GET!THOSE!WEAPONS.BECAUSE!IT'S!EASIER!TO!SHOOT!OFF!10!TO!50!ROUNDS!A!SECOND,!&!THESE!PEOPLE!HAD!NO!CHANCE!AT!ALL!WITH!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPON.BECAUSE!NOBODY!CAN!BUY!GUNS!ANYMOREBECAUSE!THAT!TYPE!OF!WEAPON!WOULDN'T!HAD!BEEN!AVAILABLEBECAUSE!THEY!WOULDN'T!BE!GETTING!UP!IN!THESE!GUNS!SHOOTING!INNOCENT!PEOPLE.BECAUSE!YOU!WOULD!HAVE!TO!GO!THROUGH!A!WHOLE!LOT!TO!GET!THOSE!GUNS.!LIKE!THE!BACKGROUNDS!CHECKBETTER!SCREENING!FOR!GUNSBY!MAKING!IT!MORE!DIFFICULT!TO!OBTAIN!ASSAULT!WEAPONSCERTAIN!PEOPLE!MIGHT!NOT!HAVE!HAD!THOSE!TYPES!OF!WEAPONSCIVILIANS!SHOULD!NOT!HAVE!ASSAULT!WEAPONSCOULD!HAVE!LIMITED!THE!AVAILABILITY!OF!HIGH!CAPACITY!WEAPONS;!COULD!HAVE!LIMITED!THE!CASUALTIESCOULD!HAVE!MADE!DANGEROUS!WEAPONS!NOT!BE!IN!THE!GUYS!HANDSEVEN!WITH!THE!FEDERAL!BAN!OF!GUNS,!GUNS!CAN!STILL!BE!BOUGHT!OFF!THE!STREET

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

EVERYBODY!WOULDN'T!BE!ABLE!TO!GET!A!GUN

EVERYBODY!WOULDN'T!BE!ABLE!TO!GET!THESE!HIGH!POWERED!RIFFLES,!AND!THE!

BULLETS,!AND!THEY'D!HAVE!TO!REGISTER!THE!GUNS!AND!EVERYTHING

FEWER!PEOPLE!WOULD'VE!BEEN!KILLED

FOUNDED!OUT!THAT!CERTAIN!PEOPLE!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!GIVEN!CERTAIN!

PERMISSION!TO!HAVE!WEAPONS

GUNS!CAUSE!MORE!SERIOUS!AND!DEADLY!INJURIES

GUNS!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!LYING!AROUND!IN!HIS!MOTHERS!HOUSE.

HARDER!FOR!HIM!TO!GET!A!WEAPON

HARDER!FOR!THE!PEOPLE!TO!GET!THE!WEAPONS

HARDER!TO!GET!ASSAULT!WEAPONS

HAVING!RESTRICTIONS

HE!COULDN'T!HAVE!GOTTEN!OFF!AS!MANY!SHOTS

HE!MIGHT!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!SHOT!SO!MANY!KIDS!IF!HE!DIDN'T!HAVE!THE!CLIP

HE!PROBABLY!WOULD!NOT!HAD!A!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!WEAPON

HE!USED!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!HIS!MOTHER!HAD!STOCKED!PILED!THOUSANDS!OF!

BULLETS!IF!SHE!WOULD!HAVE!NOT!HAVE!THAT!STOCK!PILE!HE!WOULD!HAVE!NOT!BEEN!

ABLE!TO!THAT

HE!WOULD!HAVE!HAD!LESS!WEAPON!AVAILABILITY

HE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!A!GUN

HE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!KILL!AS!MANY!KIDS!AT!ONE!TIME.

HE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!USE!THE!ASSAULT!RIFLE!THAT!HE!HAD

HE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!GOTTEN!HIS!HANDS!ON!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPON

HE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!THE!BIG!GUN!CLIP

HE!WOULDN'T!OF!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!THE!WEAPONS

HELPED!REDUCE!THE!AVAILABILITY!OF!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS

HIGH!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!WOULD!NOT!BE!AS!READILY!AVAILABLE

HIS!MOTHER!HAD!ONE!AND!IF!SHE!DIDN'T!HAVE!ONE!HE!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!

ABLE!TO!USE!ONE.

HIS!MOTHER!MAY!NOT!HAVE!HAD!THOSE!WEAPONS

HIS!MOTHER!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!PURCHASE!THE!GUNS.

I!DON'T!BELIEVE!IN!THIS!GUN!BUSINESS!ANYWAY!I!SHOULDN'T!SAY!THERE!SHOULDN'T!

BE!EVERYBODY!ALLOWED!TO!HAVE!A!GUN!I!DON'T!BELIEVE!GUNS

I!DON'T!THINK!PEOPLE!SHOULD!BE!HAVING!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!RIFLES

I!DON'T!THINK!THE!MOTHER!WOULD!HAVE!HAD!THE!WEAPON!FOR!HER!SON

I!JUST!FEEL!THAT!AS!HUNTERS!THAT!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!LEAD!TO!WAR.

I!JUST!THINK!THAT!IS!NO!REASON!FOR!EVERYDAY!PEOPLE!TO!HAVE!ASSAULT!

WEAPONS.!IF!YOU!CAN'T!GET!THEM!THEN!THAT!WOULD!HAVE!HELP.

I!THINK!HE!WAS!USING!A!KIND!OF!WEAPON!THAT!MIGHT!HAVE!BANNED

I!THINK!IT!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!HARDER!TO!GET!THE!GUN!IN!SCHOOL

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

I!THINK!IT!WOULD!HAVE!PROBABLY!WOULD!HAVE!KEPT!THE!KID!MOTHER!FROM!

BUYING!THAT!TYPE!OF!GUN,!IF!IT!HAD!NOT!BEEN!THERE!IT!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!

AVAILABLE!TO!HIM

I!THINK!IT!WOULD!OF!BEEN!MORE!CONTROLS!ON!THE!TYPE!OF!WEAPONS!THAT!ARE!

SOLD!ESPECIALLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONS.

I!THINK!THAT!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!CAN!KILL!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!

TIME

I!THINK!THAT!WE!DO!NEED!MORE!REGULATION!ON!WEAPONS.

IF!AN!INDIVIDUAL!DOESN'T!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!THOSE!TYPES!OF!WEAPONS!IF!HE!GOES!IN!

TO!A!SCHOOL!THE!NUMBER!OF!LIVES!LOST!WILL!BE!MUCH!LESS

IF!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!WEREN'T!AVAILABLE!THEN!HIS!MOTHER!WOULDN'T!HAVE!

BOUGHT!ONE.

IF!GUARDS!WERE!AT!THE!SCHOOL

IF!IT!WAS!STILL!IN!EFFECT!ONLY!QUALIFIED!PEOPLE!COULD!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!THOSE!

WEAPONS

IF!IT!WERE!ILLEGAL!IT!WOULD!DECREASE!SHOOTING

IF!IT!WOULD!HAVE!A!BAN!ON!CLIP!THAT'S!HOLD!TO!THIRTY!TO!FORTY!ROUNDS!IT!

WOULD!STOP!!A!LOT

IF!IT!WOULD!HAVE!HELP!THE!BOYS!IDIOT!MOTHER!TO!BUY!WHAT!SHE!BOUGHT!IT!

WOULD!HAVE!HELPED

IF!IT!WOULDN'T!HAVE!EXPIRED!IT!WOULD'VE!BEEN!HARDER!TO!GET!THOSE!GUNS!IN!

HIS!REACH

IF!NO!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!THEN!THERE!WONT!BE!CRIMES

IF!THAT!HAD!NOT!BEEN!AVAILABLE!HE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!THAT!GUN,!AND!THE!

MULTIPLE!CLIPS

IF!THE!ASSAULT!BAN!WAS!EFFECT!WE!NEED!STRONGER!GUN!CONTROL!LAWS

IF!THE!BAN!WAS!IN!PLACE!HE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!THE!RIFLE

IF!THE!BANNED!WAS!UP!HELD!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!WOULDN'T!HAD!BEEN!THERE,!

IT!WOULD!HAD!BEEN!BANNED

IF!THE!MOTHER!DIDN'T!BUY!THE!GUN!THE!SON!WOULD!NOT!OF!GOT!A!HOLD!OF!THE!

GUN.

IF!THE!MOTHER!DIDN'T!HAVE!THE!ASSAULT!RIFLE!THE!SON!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!

ABLE!TO!HAVE!THE!RIFLE!TO!KILL!THE!CHILDREN

IF!THE!MOTHER!HAD!NOT!BEEN!ABLE!TO!PURCHASE!THE!GUN!SO!HE!WOULD!NOT!

HAVE!HAD!AN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!TO!FIRE

IF!THERE!ARE!NOT!THERE!TO!BUY,!I!THINK!THEY!ARE!JUST!WHAT!THEY!ARE!THERE!TO!

ASSAULT,!TO!KILL!YOU!OR!MAIM!YOU.

IF!THEY!ARE!NOT!AVAILABLE!IN!THE!HOME!THEN!THEY!ARE!NOT!AVAILABLE!TO!TAKE!

INTO!THE!SCHOOL

IF!THEY!CAN'T!GET!THE!THING!HOW!ARE!THEY!GOING!TO!USE!IT

IF!THEY!CANT!GET!THE!GUNS!THEY!CANT!DO!THINGS!LIKE!THAT

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

IF!THEY!DIDN'T!HAVE!THAT!TYPE!OF!WEAPON!THEY!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!KILLED!SO!MANY!PEOPLEIF!THEY!DON'T!HAVE!THE!HIGH!POWERED!RIFLE,!THEY!COULDN'T!GUN!SO!MANY!PEOPLEIF!THEY!WERE!BANNED!THEY!WOULDN'T!BE!ABLE!TO!HAVE!THEMIF!THEY!WERE!STRICTER!IT!WOULD'VE!CHANGED!HAVE!HANDLED!THE!GUNIF!THEY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!GET!THOSE!GUNS,!THEN!THEY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!USE!THEM.!CIVILIANS!HAVE!NO!NEED!FOR!THEM,!BUT!THOSE!IN!THE!SERVICE!DOES!NEED!THEM.IF!THEY'RE!NOT!THAT!AVAILABLE,!AND!ALSO!THEY!WOULDN'T!BE!MAKING!THE!AMMUNITION!AS!MUCHIF!WE!NEVER!PASSED!FOR!PEOPLE!TO!HAVE!ASSAULT!RIFLES!THE!CRIMINALS!WOULDN'T!HAVE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!TO!COMMITMENT!CRIMES..IF!YOU!CAN'T!TO!SOMETHING!YOU!CAN'T!USE!ITIF!YOU!DON'T!HAVE!AS!MANY!BULLETS!YOU!CANT!SHOOT!AS!MANY!PEOPLE.IF!YOU!DON'T!HAVE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!IN!THE!HAND!OF!THE!PUBLIC,!THEN!THEY!CAN'T!USE!THEM.!MAYBE!IT!WOULD!BE!A!LOT!LIKE!CHINA!WITH!THE!USE!OF!KNIVES!INSTEAD!OF!GUNS,!WHERE!THEY!JUST!INJURE!AND!NOT!KILL!PEOPLE.IF!YOU!DON'T!HAVE!THESE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!AND!HIGH!CAPACITY!WEAPONS!THAN!YOU!WILL!NOT!HAVE!CITIZENS!POSSESSING!THESE!WEAPONS!IF!THESE!WEAPONS!ARE!BANNED!THIS!WILL!REDUCE!CRIMEIT!COULD!HAVE!MEANT!THAT!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPON!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!AVAILABLE!TO!HIS!MOTHER!WHO!PURCHASED!THE!WEAPONIT!MAY!HAVE!LESSEN!THE!ABILITY!TO!OBTAIN!THIS!WEAPON

IT!MAY!HAVE!PREVENTED!THAT!INDIVIDUAL!FROM!GETTING!HIS!HANDS!ON!THAT!GUNIT!MAY!HAVE!STOPPED!HIM!ALTOGETHER!OR!THERE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!AS!MANY!CHILDREN!KILLED.IT!MAY!HAVE!SWAYED!THE!MOTHER!FROM!HAVING!THAT!TYPE!OF!WEAPON.IT!WILL!HELP!A!LOT!IF!PEOPLE!WERE!EDUCATED!IN!TO!GUNS!AND!PEOPLE!WERE!CHECKED!FOR!MENTAL!ILLNESS!PROBLEMSIT!WOULD!A!LOT!LESS!GUNSIT!WOULD!BE!HARDER!FOR!PEOPLE!TO!GET!THE!GUNSIT!WOULD!BE!LESS!GUNS!ON!THE!STREETS.!POLICE!SELLING!GUN!TO!MEXICOIT!WOULD!BE!MORE!DIFFICULT!FOR!PEOPLE!THESE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!AND!BE!SEVERELY!PENALIZED!FOR!OWNING!THEMIT!WOULD!BE!MORE!DIFFICULT!TO!OBTAINIT!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!HARDER!FOR!HIM!TO!OBTAIN!A!WEAPON!LIKE!THAT,!AND!TAKE!OUT!AS!MANY!PEOPLE!AS!HE!DID!HAD!THIS!LAW!STILL!BEEN!IN!EFFECT.IT!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!STRICTER!WITH!THE!SECURITY!OF!THE!GUN!LAWS.IT!WOULD!HAVE!HELPED!IMMEASURABLY.IT!WOULD!HAVE!LIMITED!THE!AMOUNT!OF!AMMUNITION!THE!SHOOTER!HAD

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

IT!WOULD!HAVE!MAD!IT!HARDER!FOR!THE!WOMAN!TO!BUY!THE!GUNS!TO!BEGIN!

WITH.!BUT!THERE!WON'T!BE!ANY!MEANINGFUL!CHANGE!UNTIL!THERE!IS!MORE!

COMPREHENSIVE!MENTAL!HEALTH!CARE,!REDUCTION!IN!VIDEO!VIOLENCE!AND!BETTER!

CONTROL!ON!WHO!HAS!ACCESS!TO!THESE!AS

IT!WOULD!HAVE!MADE!AN!EXTREMELY!DEADLY!WEAPON!LESS!AVAILABLE.

IT!WOULD!HAVE!MADE!IT!HARDER!FOR!THAT!PERSON!TO!GET!THE!GUNS

IT!WOULD!HAVE!MADE!IT!HARDER!TO!GET!ASSAULT!WEAPONS

IT!WOULD!HAVE!MADE!LESS!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!AVAILABLE

IT!WOULD!HAVE!REDUCED!THE!ACCESSIBILITY!OF!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!TO!COMMON!

INDIVIDUALS!VS.!MILITARY!OR!POLICE

IT!WOULD!HAVE!STOPPED!THAT!KID!FROM!HAVING!A!GUN!IN!HIS!POSSESSION.!

PARENTS!SUPERVISED!AND!TAUGHT!HIM!BETTER.

IT!WOULD!KEEP!THE!GUNS!OFF!THE!STREET

IT!WOULD!KEEP!THESE!WEAPONS!OUT!OF!THE!HANDS!OF!SOME!OF!THESE!PEOPLE

IT!WOULD!MAKE!IT!MUCH!HARDER!FOR!PEOPLE!TO!HAVE!THOSE!GUNS!AND!HE!

WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!KILL!AS!MANY!PEOPLE!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!TIME

IT!WOULD!NOT!BE!EASY!ACCESS.

IT!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!OCCURRED

IT!WOULD!OF!DECREASED!THE!OPPORTUNITY!OF!THE!YOUNG!MAN!OF!GETTING!THE!

WEAPON

IT!WOULD!OF!HELPED!THAT!MORE!PEOPLE!WOULD!OF!COUNTERACT!TO!HELPED

IT!WOULD!OF!HOPEFULLY!REDUCED!THE!AVAILABILITY!OF!ASSAULT!WEAPONS

IT!WOULD!OF!MADE!IT!DIFFICULT!TO!GET!PERPETRATOR!TO!GET!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON

IT!WOULD!OF!MADE!IT!MORE!DIFFICULT!FOR!HIM!TO!GET!THE!WEAPONS!USED

IT!WOULD!OF!REDUCED!THE!POTENTIAL!FOR!HEAVY!SALT!WEAPONS!TO!GET!IN!THE!

HANDS!OF!THE!WRONG!PEOPLE.

IT!WOULD'VE!BEEN!HARDER!FOR!THEM!TO!BUY!THOSE!KIND!OF!WEAPONS...

IT!WOULD'VE!BEEN!LESS!AVAILABILITY!OF!THE!GUNS!THAT!WERE!USED

IT!WOULD'VE!BEGAN!A!PROCESS!THAT!WOULD'VE!GROWN!THRU!THE!YEARS!THAT!

WOULD'VE!WORKED...

IT!WOULD'VE!MADE!IT!MORE!DIFFICULT!TO!ATTAIN!THE!WEAPON

IT!WOULD'VE!MADE!OF!IT!HARDER!FOR!SOMEONE!TO!GET!THE!WEAPON

IT!WOULD'VE!NOT!ALLOWED!FOR!HIGH!CAPACITY!WEAPONS

IT!WOULDN'T!BECAUSE!ALTHOUGH!THE!BAN!IS!THERE,!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!WERE!STILL!

AROUND.

IT'S!HELPS!PEOPLE'S!MIND!SET!CHANGE.

IT'S!POSSIBLE!THAT!THE!PERPETRATOR!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!HAVE!OR!GET!

THAT!WEAPON

IT'S!TOO!EASY!TO!GET!YOUR!HANDS!ON!ASSAULT!WEAPONS,!AND!THE!PUBLIC!DOESN'T!

NEED!GUNS!LIKE!THAT.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ITS!POSSIBLE!THAT!THE!PERPETRATOR!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!THE!HIGH!POWERED!RIFFLE!THAT!WAS!USEDJUST!HAVING!A!MACHINE!GUN!TYPE!MILITARY!WEAPONJUST!THINK!IT!WOULD'VE!HELPEDKEPT!PEOPLE!FROM!OBTAINING!WEAPONSKIDS!WOULD!HAVE!GOTTEN!MORE!HELP!AND!VERY!POSSIBLY!NOT!BEEN!IN!A!POSITION!WHERE!HE!WANTED!TO!UTILIZE!A!GUN!OR!GUNS!TO!KILL!HIS!MOTHER!AND!THOSE!POOR!CHILDREN!AND!EDUCATION!PEOPLELESS!ACCESS!TO!GUNS!WILL!BE!LESS!KILLINGLESS!GUNS!AVAILABLELESS!GUNS!SOLD!UNQUALIFIED!PEOPLELESS!PEOPLE!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!KILLEDLESS!POWERFUL!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!IN!THE!HANDS!OF!PRIVATE!CITIZENS.LIMIT!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONSLIMITED!HIS!ACCESS!TO!WEAPONS!THAT!COULD!CAUSE!THAT!MUCH!DAMAGE!THAT!QUICKLYLOCK!THE!GUN!UP!AND!NOT!LET!THEM!HAVE!THE!KEYSMADE!IT!A!LITTLE!BIT!MORE!DIFFICULT!TO!HAVING!ACCESS!TO!AN!ASSAULT.MADE!IT!HARDER!FOR!THE!YOUNG!MAN!TO!OBTAIN!THE!GUN(!MORE!ACCOUNTABILITYMADE!IT!MORE!DIFFICULT!TO!HAVE!SUCH!A!LETHAL!WEAPONMAKE!IT!HARDER!TO!GET!THE!GUNS

MAKING!IT!IMPOSSIBLE!TO!GET!THOSE!WEAPONS!THAT!WERE!USED!IN!THE!SHOOTINGMAYBE!IT!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!THE!MEANS!TO!GET!THE!WEAPONMAYBE!LESS!PEOPLE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!KILLED.MAYBE!THAT!PERSON!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!ACCESS!TO!THOSE!WEAPONSMAYBE!THE!MOTHER!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!IT.MORE!DIFFICULT!FOR!PEOPLE!TO!GET!THEMMORE!DIFFICULT!FOR!THE!GUNMAN!TO!FIND!HIS!WEAPONMORE!DIFFICULT!TO!OBTAIN!FIREARMSNO!NEED!FOR!ASSAULT!RIFLESNO!ONE!SHOULD!HAVE!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPONNO!ONE!SHOULD!HAVE!MORE!THAN!A!9!SHOT!CLIP!IN!THEIR!GUNS.NOT!ANYBODY!CAN!JUST!GET!A!GUN!AND!THERE!WOULD!BE!STRICTER!POLICIESNOT!ANYBODY!COULD!JUST!WALK!IN!AND!BUY!A!GUNNOT!AS!MANY!DEATHSNOT!AS!MANY!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!HARMEDNOT!BE!AN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!AVAILABLENOT!HAVING!ACCESS!TO!ASSAULT!WEAPONSON!LESS!KID!WOULD!HAVE!DIED

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ONE!OF!THE!WEAPONS!USED!WAS!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!&!HAD!THAT!BE!MORE!DIFFICULT!TO!ATTAIN!IT!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAPPENED.PEOPLE!DON'T!NEED!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!UNLESS!THEY'RE!TRYING!TO!CAUSE!MASS!DESTRUCTIONPEOPLE!NOT!HAVING!ACCESS!TO!THAT!KIND!OF!WEAPONSPEOPLE!SHOULD!HAVE!NO!REASON!TO!HAVE!THOSE!GUNS!WHERE!PEOPLE!WITH!MENTAL!HEALTH!OR!CHILDREN!CAN!GET!THEIR!HANDS!ON!THEMPEOPLE!WILL!HAVE!LESS!CONTROL!OF!GUNSPEOPLE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!WEAPONS!AND!THE!PEOPLE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!DIED!BECAUSE!OF!THAT!WEAPON.PEOPLE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!WALK!IN!STORES!AND!SCHOOLS!WITH!GUNS.!IF!YOU!ARE!NOT!LICENSED!TO!CARRY!A!GUN!THEN!YOU!WOULDN'T!BE!CARRYING!IT.PERHAPS!THAT!PERSON!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!HAD!ACCESS!TO!THAT!TYPE!OF!WEAPONPERHAPS!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!MORE!TIME!TO!SAVE!THE!CHILDREN!AND!TEACHERSPREVENTING!OR!LIMITING!ACCESS!TO!PEOPLE!WHO!SHOULDN'T!HAVE!GUNSREDUCE!THE!LIKELIHOOD!OF!HIGH!CAPACITY!WEAPONS!IN!THE!HANDS!OF!PEOPLE!WHO!SHOOT!INNOCENT!PEOPLEREDUCE!THE!NUMBER!OF!DEATHSREDUCED!THE!CHANCE!OF!THIS!HAPPENINGREDUCES!THE!NUMBER!OF!WEAPONS!OUT!THEREREDUCING!THE!AMOUNT!OF!GUNS!WOULD!OF!HELPEDREDUCING!THE!GUNS!HE!HAD!AND!THE!AMOUNT!OF!AMMUNITIONRESTRICTED!ACCESS!DECREASE!THE!NUMBER!OF!DEATHSSHE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!BUY!THAT!WEAPONSHE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!BUY!THE!GUNSHE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!ASSAULT!RIFLES.SHE!WOULDN'T!OF!HAD!THE!GUNS!IN!THE!HOME!FOR!THE!SON!TO!GRAB!THESHOULD!HAVE!HAD!METAL!DETECTORS!OR!CAMERASSHOULDN'T!BE!LEGAL!ANYWAYSOMEBODY!COULD!NOT!HAVE!GONE!IN!WITH!A!PISTOL!AND!DONE!THAT!MUCH!DAMAGE!THAN!THE!ASSAULT!RIFLE!AND!THEY!WOULD!HAVE!NOT!BEEN!AS!LIKELY!EITHER.STRONGER!GUN!CONTROL!AND!NOT!AVAILABLE!TO!THE!GENERAL!PUBLICTAKE!AWAY!GUNS!THAT!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!HAPPENEDTAKE!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPON!AWAY!NOT!MAKE!THEM!AVAILABLETAKING!THE!GUNS!AWAY!FROM!PEOPLETHAT!THE!ACCESS!TO!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!BY!MOTHER!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!REDUCEDTHAT!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!SHOULD!NEVER!HAD!BEEN!AVAILABLE!FOR!CIVILIANS,!THEY!WERE!FOR!THE!MILITARY.!WHAT!ARE!WE!GOING!TO!DO!WITH!THEM!ANYWAY.THE!ACCESSIBILITY!OF!PEOPLE!BEING!ABLE!TO!PURCHASE!THESE!RIFLES!WITH!RAPID!FIRE.THE!AMOUNT!OF!BULLETS!THAT!GUN!CAN!HOLD

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THE!AUTOMATIC!GUNS!WHEN!IT!WAS!ENFORCED,!THEY!DID!NOT!SELL!IT!ONCE!IT!WAS!

LIFTED!THEY!STARTED!SELLING,!WELL!WE!DIDN'T!HAVE!THIS!PROBLEM!BEFORE!THE!

BAN,!IT!WAS!DOING!SOME!GOOD.

THE!AVAILABILITY!OF!POSSESSING!AND!OWNING!THOSE!GUNS

THE!BOY!WOULDN'T!BE!ABLE!TO!GET!LEVEL!CLIPS!THAT!HE!DID

THE!CULPRIT!MAY!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!GET!A!GUN

THE!FELLOW!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!KILL!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE

THE!GOVERNMENT!SHOULDN'T!ALLOW!ANY!PERSON!TO!HAVE!A!GUN

THE!GUN!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!ACCESSIBLE

THE!INDIVIDUAL!IF!THEY!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!HAD!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!IT!WOULD!HAVE!

HELPED!AND!BETTER!MENTAL!HEALTH!TREATMENT

THE!KIDS!WON'T!BE!TAKING!THE!GUNS!OUT

THE!MAN!WOULDN'T!HAVE!HAD!ACCESS!TO!HIS!MOTHERS!ASSAULT!WEAPON

THE!NUMBER!OF!MASS!KILLING!HAS!INCREASED!AND!HAS!HAD!A!LOT!OF!PUBLICITY!IF!

THE!GUNS!WERE!NOT!SO!EASILY!AVAILABLE!THIS!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!HAPPENED

THE!PHONE!CALLS!HAD!ALREADY!GOING!OUT!FOR!ASSISTANCE!HE!WOULD!NOT!BEEN!

ABLE!TO!KILL!SO!MANY!PEOPLE

THE!PROBABILITY!OF!THE!STUDENT!OBTAINING!AN!ASSAULT!RIFFLE!WOULD!HAVE!

BEEN!DECREASED.

THE!RIFLE!HE!HAD!HE!MIGHT!NOT!HAVE!HAD!ACCESS!TO!THE!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!RIFLE

THE!SHOOTER!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!LESS!LIKELY!TO!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!THE!WEAPONS!HE!

USED

THE!TRAGEDY!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!LESS

THE!TRAGEDY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!AS!BAD

THE!WEAPON!MIGHT!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!AVAILABLE!TO!THE!PERPETRATOR

THE!YOUNG!MANS!MOTHER!WAS!THE!ONE!PURCHASED!SO!MANY!ASSAULT!GUNS!AND!

HE!HAD!A!MENTAL!DISABILITY!HARDER!TO!PURCHASED!THOSE!GUNS

THEIR!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!A!LIMITATION!TO!THE!TYPES!OF!WEAPONS!THAT!PEOPLE!

OWED

THEIR!WOULDN'T!BE!AS!MANY!GUNS!OUT.

THERE!IS!NO!REASON!FOR!REGULAR!CITIZENS!TO!HAVE!HIGH!POWERED!ASSAULT!

WEAPONS

THERE!IS!NO!REASON!THAT!PRIVATE!CITIZENS!SHOULD!HAVE!THOSE!HIGH!POWERED!

WEAPONS

THERE!WILL!BE!LESS!WAYS!TO!GET!GUNS

THERE!WOULD!BE!LESS!PEOPLE!WITH!GUNS!AND!HARDER!TO!BUY!THEM!AND!MAKE!

THEM!MORE!TRACK!ABLE

THERE!WOULD!HAVE!BEEN!LESS!CASUALTIES!IF!THE!SHOOTER!HADN'T!HAD!AN!

ASSAULT!WEAPON

THERE!WOULD!HAVE!NOT!BEEN!AN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON

THERE!WOULD!NOT!BE!ACCESS!TO!THEM!(!THEY!WOULD!NOT!BE!OUT!THERE...

THERE!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!THE!EASE!OF!HAVING!THOSE!GUNS!IN!THE!FIRST!PLACE.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

THEY!CAN!GET!THESE!GUNS!AK!47,!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS.!SOME!HAVE!MORE!WEAPONS!THAN!THE!POLICE!HAVE.THEY!COULDN'T!KILL!SO!MANY!PEOPLE!SO!FASTTHEY!CRAZY!PEOPLE!COULDN'T!GET!THEIR!HAND!ON!THE!GUNS!AS!EASY!AS!THEY!CANTHEY!DIDN'T!HAVE!IT!TO!USETHEY!SHOOTING!PROBABLY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!OCCURREDTHEY!WOULD!KNOW!WHO!HAS!GUNS!AND!DOES!NOT!HAVE!GUNSTHEY!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!FIREARMS!THAT!HAVE!WAR!CAPABILITIES!TO!SHOOT!SO!MANY!PEOPLE!AT!ONE!TIMETHEY!WOULD'VE!DONE!MORE!BACKGROUND!CHECKS!TO!SEE!WHO!CAN!BUY!GUNSTHEY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!GET!A!HOLD!OF!THAT!WEAPONTHEY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!GET!HOLD!OF!THE!GUNSTHEY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!ABLE!TO!OBTAIN!THESE!ONLINETHEY!WOULDN'T!HAVE!GUNSTHINK!IT!WOULD!HAVE!REDUCE!THE!AMOUNT!OF!BULLETSTHIS!YOUNG!MAN!AND!MOTHER!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!THESE!WEAPONSTHOSE!WEAPONS!WOULDN'T!BE!AVAILABLETHOSE!WEAPONS!WOULDN'T!BE!IN!THOSE!HANDSTHOSE!WEAPONS!WOULDN'T!OF!BEEN!IN!THE!HANDS!OF!JUST!NORMAL!CITIZEN!AND!NOT!IN!THE!OF!PEOPLE!MENTAL!PROBLEMSWE!WOULD!KNOW!WHO!HAS!WHAT!AND!LOOK!AT!THEIR!RECORDS!AND!KEEP!AN!EYE!ON!THEMWEAPONS!MIGHT!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!AVAILABLE!TO!THE!MOTHERWELL!HE!WOULD!OF!NOT!DONE!THE!DAMAGE!THAT!HE!DID!AN!BY!THE!TIME!THEY!FOUND!OUT!WHAT!WAS!GOING!ON!THEY!COULD!OF!GOT!HELP!THERE!QUICKERWELL!HOPEFULLY!THERE!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!BEEN!THE!ASSAULT!TYPE!WEAPON!AVAILABLE!FOR!USEWELL!I!DON'T!THINK!HE!WOULD!OF!BEEN!ABLE!TO!GET!HIS!HANDS!ON!AN!ASSAULT!RIFFLEWELL!IN!THE!FIRST!PLACE!THEIR!IS!NO!REASON!THAT!CHILD!SHOULD!HAVE!BEEN!AROUND!THEM!TYPE!OF!GUN.!THOSE!TYPES!OF!GUNS!SHOULDN'T!HAVE!BEEN!IN!THAT!HOME.WELL!THE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!WEREN'T!MADE!FOR!CITIZENS!THE!WERE!MADE!TO!KILL!PEOPLE!AND!THEY!SHOULD!NOT!BE!ABLE!TO!OWNWELL!UMM!!THE!BAN!ON!THE!WEAPONS!EXPIRED!BUT!IF!THE!BAN!WAS!STILL!IN!EFFECT!THE!SHOOTING!WOULD!HAVE!NEVER!OCCURREDWOULD!HAVE!BEEN!HARDER!TO!HAVE!GOT!THE!GUNSWOULD!HAVE!LIMITED!THE!DAMAGE!THAT!WAS!DONEWOULD!HAVE!MADE!ACCESS!TO!THOSE!WEAPONS!LESS!LIKELYWOULD!LIMITED!THE!PEOPLE!TO!BUY!ASSAULT!WEAPONSWOULD!MAKE!IT!MORE!DIFFICULT!FOR!AN!AVERAGE!PERSON!TO!GET!THAT!WEAPONWOULD!NOT!HAVE!ACCESS!TO!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!OR!THE!LARGE!MAGAZINES.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

WOULD!NOT!HAVE!THE!INDIVIDUAL!HAVE!THE!THING!HAPPEN!AND!WOULD!NOT!HAVE!ASSAULT!TYPE!WEAPONWOULD'VE!MADE!IT!HARDER!TO!OBTAIN!THOSE!WEAPONSWOULD'VE!PREVENTED!PEOPLE!THAT!SHOULDN'T!HAVE!GUNS!FROM!USING!THEMWOULD'VE!REDUCED!NUMBER!OR!DEATHSWOULDN'T!HAVE!ASSAULT!WEAPONS!RUNNING!AROUNDYOU!CAN'T!BUY!IT!(!SO!HE!WOULD!NOT!BEEN!ABLE!TO!KILL!SO!MANY!PEOPLE.YOU!COULDN'T!GET!THOSE!GUNSYOU!WOULDN'T!HAVE!KIDS!OR!PEOPLE!GETTING!A!HOLD!OF!THEM

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

In!the!Reason(Rupe!national!survey!conducted!from!January!17(21,!2013,!502!

respondents!were!asked!the!following!open!ended!question:!!"In!just!a!few!words,!how!

would!you!describe!an!assault!weapon?!"!!The!answers,!as!transcribed!by!the!

interviewers,!are!presented!below.!!

In#just#a#few#words,#how#would#you#describe#an#assault#weapon?#

10!SHOTS!IS!ENOUGH.!A!RIFLE!WITH!TEN!SHOTS.

A!BAD!THING!TO!HAVE

A!DEVICE!TO!KILL!PEOPLE

A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!RIFFLE,!HAND!GUN

A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON(!A!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!IS!NOT!AN!ASSAULT(!ITS!A!

FIREARM

A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON.

A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON.!SEMI'S!ARE!FINE.

A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!WHICH!ONLY!THE!MILITARY!HAS.!NO!ONE!HAS!AN!AUTOMATIC.!

I'M!NOT!WILLING!TO!GIVE!UP!AN!AR(15,!WHICH!IS!A!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!WHICH!IS!NOT!

THE!SAME

A!GUN

A!GUN

A!GUN

A!GUN

A!GUN!CAPABLE!OF!RELEASING!A!FAIRY!LARGE!NUMBER!OF!ROUNDS!IN!A!SHORT!TIME

A!GUN!DESIGNED!TO!TAKE!CARE!OF!BUSINESS

A!GUN!IS!A!GUN

A!GUN!OR!A!KNIFE

A!GUN!OR!A!KNIFE

A!GUN!THAT!FIRES!CANISTERS!OF!MULTIPLE!BULLETS!25(30!IN!RAPID!SUCCESSION

A!GUN!THAT!FIRES!MORE!THAN!10!ROUNDS

A!GUN!THAT!FIRES!MORE!THAN!2!BULLETS!AT!A!TIME.

A!GUN!THAT!FIRES!MULTIPLE!BULLETS!BY!PUSHING!THE!TRIGGER!ONLY!ONE!TIME.

A!GUN!THAT!HAS!100!BULLETS

A!GUN!THAT!HAS!A!LOT!OF!AMMUNITION!THAT!CAN!BE!FIRED!QUICKLY.

A!GUN!THAT!IS!MEANT!FOR!MILITARY!USE!AND!HAS!MULTI!BULLET!MORE!THAN!15!

ROUNDS

A!GUN!THAT!WILL!RAPID!FIRE

A!GUN!WITH!A!CLIP!WITH!A!LOT!OF!BULLETS

A!GUN,!KNIFE.

A!GUN,!WITH!BULLETS!THAT!RAPIDLY!FIRE

A!HAND!GUN

A!HIGH!CAPACITY!HIGH!VELOCITY!WEAPON

A!HIGH!CAPACITY!RAPID(FIRE!GUN

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

A!KNIFE!AND!A!GUNA!LOT!OF!BULLETS!&!A!SMALL!AMOUNT!OF!TIME.A!MACHINE!GUNA!MACHINE!GUNA!MACHINE!GUN!THAT!FIRES!LOTS!OF!ROUNDS!PER!SECONDA!MILITARY!GUN!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!A!NUMBER!OF!BULLETS!AT!ONE!TIME.A!MILITARY!WEAPONA!MORE!POWERFUL!GUNA!MULTI!FIRE!ITEMA!MULTI!SHOT!WEAPON!DESIGNED!TO!KILL!PEOPLEA!MULTI(SHOT!WEAPON!WITH!AUTOMATIC!FIRING.A!NUMBER!OF!ROUNDS!THAT!CAN!BE!FIRED!WITHOUT!RELOADINGA!PERSONS!DEFENSEA!RAPID!FIRE!GUN,!AUTOMATIC,!CAN!SHOOT!12!ROUNDS!OR!MOREA!RAPID!FIRE!HEAVY!AMMO!LIKE!MILITARYA!RIFLE!CALIBER!!AN!AR!OR!AKA!RIFLE!MORE!THAN!ONE!ROUND.A!RIFLE!OR!SUB!MACHINE!GUN!NOT!JUST!A!SEMIAUTOMATIC!WHEN!YOU!PULL!THE!TRIGGER!IT!KEEP!FIRING!AND!HOLDS!MORE!THE!SEVEN!ROUNDSA!RIFLE!THAT!COULD!RAPID!SUCCESSIONA!RIFLE!THAT!SHOOTS!OR!HAS!AUTOMATIC!CAPABILITIES!OR!CAN!FIRE!A!LOT!OF!ROUNDS!PER!MINUTEA!SAWED(OFF!SHOT!GUN!OR!UZIA!SEMI!AUTOMATICA!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON.!A!MILITARY!TACTIC!THING!CAPABLE!OF!HOLDING!AN!EXCESS!OF!30!ROUNDS!IN!ITS!CLIPSA!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!GUN!THAT!IS!POWERFUL!ENOUGH!TO!TAKE!DOWN!A!SMALL!GAME!ANIMALA!TRUE!ASSAULT!WEAPON!IS!A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!LARGE!MAGAZINE!THAT!IS!USED!IN!COMBAT!AND!IT!HAS!GOTTEN!OUT!ONTO!THE!PUBLICA!VERY!DANGEROUS!OBJECTA!WAY!TO!TAKE!OUT!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!WITHOUT!HAVING!TO!RELOAD.A!WEAPON!A!RIFFLE!CALIBER!THAT!HOLDS!UP!!TO!30!PLUS!ROUNDS!OF!AMMUNITIONA!WEAPON!CAPABLE!OF!CARRYING!MORE!THAN!10!ROUNDS,!AND!FIRING!THEM!AT!A!MORE!RAPID!PACE.A!WEAPON!DESIGNED!FOR!MASS!KILLINGA!WEAPON!DESIGNED!FOR!MULTIPLE!HIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINEA!WEAPON!SIMILAR!TO!MILITARY!WEAPONS,!IN!LOOKS!ONLY.!BUT!ARE!NOTA!WEAPON!THAT!AIM!TO!KILL.!THIS!ONE!YOU!DON'T!STAND!A!CHANCE.A!WEAPON!THAT!CAN!FIRE!ROUNDS!RAPIDLYA!WEAPON!THAT!CAN!KILL!MANY!PEOPLE!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!TIMEA!WEAPON!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!MORE!THAN!TEN!ROUNDS

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A!WEAPON!THAT!FIRES!A!LOT!OF!ROUNDS!PER!SECOND!AND!IS!ABLE!TO!INJURE!OR!KILL!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!IN!A!SHORT!PERIOD!OF!TIMEA!WEAPON!THAT!FIRES!MULTIPLE!ROUNDSA!WEAPON!THAT!FIRES!OFF!AT!LEASE!15(30!ROUNDS!PER!MINUTE.A!WEAPON!THAT!FIRES!ROUNDS!ONE!AFTER!ANOTHER.A!WEAPON!THAT!HAS!MILITARY!PURPOSE!HIGH!CAPACITYA!WEAPON!THAT!HAS!MULTI!CLIPS!OF!AMMUNITIONA!WEAPON!THAT!IS!AS!CAPABLE!OF!SHOOTING!10!TO!20!SECONDSA!WEAPON!THAT!IS!CAPABLE!FIRING!MULTIPLE!SHOTSA!WEAPON!THAT!IS!CAPABLE!OF!SHOOTING!3!ROUND!BURSTS!OR!FULL!AUTOMATIC!BURST!ON!A!TRIGGER!PULLA!WEAPON!THAT!IS!DESIGN!TO!PROVIDE!MAXIMUM!DAMAGE!BEYOND!WHAT!IS!NEEDED!FOR!HUNTING!AND!PERSONAL!PROTECTIONA!WEAPON!THAT!IS!MEANT!TO!KILL!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!QUICKLYA!WEAPON!THAT!IS!USED!BY!SOLDIERS,!USED!TO!KILL!AS!MANY!PEOPLE!AS!POSSIBLEA!WEAPON!THAT!SHOOTS!OFF!MULTI!AMMUNITIONA!WEAPON!THAT!SHOTS!VERY!FAST!THAT!HAS!A!MAGAZINE!THAT!HOLDS!A!LOT!AMMUNITION!AT!ON!TIMEA!WEAPON!THAT!USED!INTO!TO!WARFARE!A!GUN!THAT!SHOOT!MORE!THAN!ONCE!AT!A!TIME!ASSAULT!USED!FOR!KILLINGA!WEAPON!THAT!WAS!CONCEIVED!ILLEGALLYA!WEAPON!THAT!WHEN!YOU!PRESS!THE!TRIGGER!IT!AUTOMATIC!FIRES!AT!THE!TARGET!AND!STOPS!WHEN!IT'S!RELEASEDA!WEAPON!THAT!YOU!CAN!PULL!THE!TRIGGER!THAT!KEEPS!GOING.A!WEAPON!USED!TO!HURT!AN!INDIVIDUAL.!ITS!USED!TO!HURT!ANOTHER!PERSON.A!WEAPON!USED!TO!HURT!SOMEONEA!WEAPON!WITH!MILITARY!FEATURES!&!PROMOTED!AS!A!MILITARY!WEAPON.ABILITY!TO!FIRE!LOTS!OF!ROUNDS!FASTAK!47AK!47AK!47,!SOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!A!LOT!OF!ROUNDSAK(47AK(47AK47,!ANYTHING!THAT!IS!USED!IN!WAR.AK47S!AND!15S!OR!WHATEVER!THEY'RE!CALLED.!THE!GUNS!THAT!HAVE!20!OR!30!ROUND!MAGAZINES.ALL!WEAPONS!ARE!ASSAULT,!THE!MIND!OF!THE!USER...

AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!CAN!GO!EITHER!WAY!YOU!EITHER!USE!IT!FOR!GOOD!OR!FOR!BADAN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!IS!SOMETHING!THAT!COULD!CARRY!A!LOT!OF!FORCE!AUTOMATICAN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!IS!STRICTLY!A!MILITARY!WEAPON.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

AN!ASSAULT!WHILE!I!WAS!IN!THE!UNITED!STATES!MARINES___AN!AUTOMATIC!GUNAN!AUTOMATIC!MACHINE!GUN!LIKE!AN!AK47AN!AUTOMATIC!RIFLE!LIKE!AN!!AK47!OR!AN!AR15AN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONAN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONAN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!THAT!HAS!RAPID!FIRE!WITH!ONE!SQUEEZE!OF!THE!TRIGGERANY!AUTOMATIC!GUN!THAT!CAN!HOLD!MORE!THAN!10!BULLETS!IN!A!CLIP.ANY!DEADLY!WEAPONANY!FIREARM!THAT!FIRES!OVER!6!TIMESANY!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!RIFLEANY!GUN!IS!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPONANY!GUN!IS!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPONANY!GUN!THAT!AUTOMATICALLY!FIRES!WITHOUT!HAVING!TO!RELOADANY!GUN!THAT!HAS!FULLY!AUTOMATICANY!GUN!THAT!HAS!MORE!THEN!TEN!SHELLS!IN!THE!MAGAZINEANY!GUN!THERE!ISANY!KIND!OF!GUNANY!KIND!OF!WEAPONANY!KIND!OF!WEAPON!THAT!FIRE!MORE!THAN!10!ROUNDSANY!MILITARY!STYLE!WEAPON!THAT!FIRES!MORE!THAN!ONE!ROUND!WITH!A!PULL!OF!THE!TRIGGERANY!OF!THEM!ARE!BADANY!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!THAT!CAN!RAPID!FIRE.ANY!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!THAT!HOLDS!5!TO!10!SHOT!MAGAZINE.ANY!THING!THAT!IS!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!WITH!A!DOZEN!BULLETS!OR!MOREANY!TYPE!OF!GUNANY!TYPE!OF!GUN!THAT!CAN!FIRE!OFF!A!LOT!OF!AMMUNITION!AT!ONCEANY!TYPE!OF!RIFLE!OR!MILITARY!MFG!MACHINE!GUNSANY!TYPE!OF!WEAPON!THAT!HAS!MORE!THAN!ONE!ROUND!OF!FIRINGANY!WEAPON!DESIGN!TO!KILL!SOMEBODYANY!WEAPON!IS!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON,!AND!THEIR!OK!JUST!DEPENDS!ON!WHO!OWNS!ITANY!WEAPON!IS!ASSAULTING!EVEN!A!KNIFE!ANYTHING!THAT!CAN!BE!USED!TO!ASSAULT!SOMEONEANY!WEAPON!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!A!SIGNIFICANT!AMOUNT!OF!BULLETS!THAT!COULD!KILL!10''S!TO!HUNDREDS!OF!PEOPLE!IN!A!VERY!SHORT!PERIOD!OF!TIMEANY!WEAPON!THAT!FIRES!A!LOT!OF!AMMUNITION!FASTANY!WEAPON!THAT!GOES!BEYOND!TRADITIONAL!HUNTING!OR!LEISURE!WEAPONANY!WEAPON!THAT!IS!A!LONG!ARM!THAT!IS!CAPABLE!OF!FIRING!IN!RAPID!SUCCESSION!BURST.!SUCH!AS!AR15!AK47!MP5!ANY!TYPE!OF!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!SUBMACHINE!GUN.ANY!WEAPON!THAT!IS!USED!TO!HARM!SOMEONE!WHICH!WOULD!A!KNIFE,!GUN,!CAR

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ANY!WEAPON!THAT!SOMEONE!USES!WITH!AN!INTENT!TO!KILLANY!WEAPON!THAT!WEAPON!THAT!CAN!BE!CONVERTED!TO!A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONANY!WEAPON!USED!TO!COMMIT!AN!ASSAULTANY!WEAPON!USED!TO!KILL!PEOPLEANY!WEAPON!USED!TO!PERFORM!AN!ACT!OF!VIOLENCEANY!WEAPON!WITH!A!MAGAZINE!WITH!MORE!THAN!6!ROUNDSANY!WEAPONS!USED!MY!MILITARY!WOULD!CONSIDER!ASSAULTANYTHING!ANYBODY!USES!IN!AN!ASSAULTANYTHING!BEYOND!SHOTGUNANYTHING!CAN!BE!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!LIKE!KNIFE!FRYING!PAN!HAMMER!BOARD.ANYTHING!DESIGNED!TO!KILL!OTHER!HUMAN!BEINGS.ANYTHING!LIKE!A!SUBMACHINE!GUNANYTHING!MILITARY!BASED.ANYTHING!MILITARY!OFFICIALS!OWN!IS!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON.ANYTHING!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!OR!AUTOMATICANYTHING!THAT!CAN!DO!DAMAGE!TO!SOMEBODYANYTHING!THAT!CAN!FIRE!20!ROUNDS!OR!MOREANYTHING!THAT!CAN!FIRE!A!LARGE!NUMBER!OF!BULLETS!RAPIDLYANYTHING!THAT!CAN!FIRE!MORE!THAN!ONE!BULLETANYTHING!THAT!CAN!HOLD!A!MAGAZINE!WITH!MORE!THAN!TEN!ROUNDS.!ANYTHING!AUTOMATICANYTHING!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!15!OR!20!ROUNDSANYTHING!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!A!LOT!OF!BULLETSANYTHING!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!DOZENS!OF!ROUNDS!OF!AMMUNITION!IN!SECONDS.ANYTHING!THAT!CARRIES!MULTIPLE!ROUNDSANYTHING!THAT!COULD!BE!SWITCHED!TO!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPONSANYTHING!THAT!FIRES!A!BULLET.ANYTHING!THAT!FIRES!AUTOMATICALLY,!LIKE!A!MACHINE!GUN.ANYTHING!THAT!FIRES!MORE!10!BULLETS!IN!A!SPLIT!SECONDANYTHING!THAT!HAS!AN!OPTION!OF!RAPID!FIRE!THAT!IS!USED!FOR!KILLING!PEOPLE!(IT!HAS!NO!OTHER!PURPOSE...NOT!USED!BY!POLICE!DEPTS.!BUT!COULD!BE!USED!IN!WAR.)ANYTHING!THAT!HAS!MORE!THAN!10!ROUNDS!IN!IT.ANYTHING!THAT!HOLDS!30!ROUNDS!OR!MOREANYTHING!THAT!IS!A!GUNANYTHING!THAT!IS!AUTOMATIC!FIRINGANYTHING!THAT!IS!AUTOMATIC!REPETITIVE!FIRINGANYTHING!THAT!IS!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!AND!THE!MAGAZINE!CAN!SHOOT!20!ROUNDS!OR!MORE!CAN!BE!CONSIDERED!AN!ASSAULT!RIFLE

ANYTHING!THAT!IS!MORE!THAN!A!SINGLE!SHOT!AN!AUTOMATIC!AND!SEMIAUTOMATICANYTHING!THAT!IS!NOT!A!PISTOL.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

ANYTHING!THAT!IS!NOT!FOR!HUNTING,!ANY!GUN!YOU!CAN!CARRY!WITH!YOU

ANYTHING!THAT!IS!NOT!USED!FOR!HUNTING

ANYTHING!THAT!IS!PRETTY!MUCH!AUTOMATIC(AK

ANYTHING!THAT!IS!RAPID!FIRE!MORE!MILITARY!THEN!HUNTING

ANYTHING!THAT!IS!SIMILAR!TO!THE!ARMS!THAT!ARE!CARRIED!BY!THE!MILITARY.

ANYTHING!THAT!IS!USED!IN!WAR!AND!MILITARY

ANYTHING!THAT!PRODUCES!MULTIPLE!BULLETS!IN!A!SHORT!PERIOD!OF!TIME!WITHOUT!

AIMING

ANYTHING!THAT!SHOOTS!CONSECUTIVELY

ANYTHING!THAT!SHOOTS!IN!RAPID!SUCCESSION

ANYTHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!THAN!ONE!BULLET!AT!A!TIME.

ANYTHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!THAN!ONE!BULLET!WITH!EACH!PULL!OF!THE!TRIGGER

ANYTHING!THAT!SHOOTS!OVER!10!ROUNDS.

ANYTHING!THAT!SHOOTS!RAPIDLY!AND!CAUSES!A!LOT!OF!DAMAGE.

ANYTHING!THAT!WILL!SHOOT!MORE!THAN!18!TIMES!IS!MEANT!TO!KILL!OR!MAIM.

ANYTHING!THAT!WOULD!BE!USED!IN!A!MILITARY!FUNCTION

ANYTHING!THAT!YOU!CAN!KEEP!PULLING!THE!TRIGGER!AND!THE!BULLETS!KEEP!

COMING!OUT

ANYTHING!THAT!YOU!CHOOSE!TO!FEAR!OTHERS

ANYTHING!THAT!YOU!PRESS!THE!TRIGGER!AND!MORE!THAN!1!BULLET!COMES!OUT.

ANYTHING!THAT'S!GOING!TO!KILL!SOMEONE

ANYTHING!THAT'S!HAS!THE!CAPABILITY!OF!RAPID!FIRE!LIKE!A!MAGAZINE!WITH!10!

BULLETS!OR!MORE.

ANYTHING!THE!KEEPS!REPEAT!SHOOTING.

ANYTHING!USED!IN!A!CRIME!TO!HURT!SOMEONE

ANYTHING!USED!TO!HARM!ANYONE!ELSE

ANYTHING!WEAPON!THAT!CAN!FIRE!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!OF!AMMUNITION,!IF!IT!CAN!

FIRE!MULTIPLE!SHOTS...

ANYTHING!WITH!A!MAGAZINE!THAT!HOLDS!OVER!TEN!ROUNDS

ANYTHING!WITH!MILITARY!GRADE!POWER,!LARGE!AMMUNITION!CLIPS

ANYTHING!WITH!RAPID!FIRE!SOMETHING!YOU!USE!FOR!HUNTING!YOU!SHOULDN'T!

HAVE!IN!THE!HOME

ASSAULT!WEAPONS!THAT!SHOOTS!RAPIDLY!AND!AUTOMATICALLY

AUTOMATIC!AND!HIGH!CALIBER

AUTOMATIC!FIRE!WITH!A!CLIP!OF!15

AUTOMATIC!FIRING

AUTOMATIC!HIGH!CALIBER!RIFLE

AUTOMATIC!HIGH!POWER!RIFLE!FULLY!AUTOMATIC

AUTOMATIC!MACHINE!GUN

AUTOMATIC!OR!SEMI!AUTOMATIC

AUTOMATIC!OR!SEMI!AUTOMATIC

AUTOMATIC!OR!SEMI!AUTOMATIC,!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!IN!THE!CLIP!MORE!THAN!10.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

AUTOMATIC!OVER!SIX!ROUNDSAUTOMATIC!WEAPONAUTOMATIC!WEAPONAUTOMATIC!WEAPONAUTOMATIC!WEAPONAUTOMATIC!WEAPON!HIGH!POWERED!WEAPONAUTOMATICSBAD!DEFINITION!OR!TERMBAD!GUN!TO!HAVEBASICALLY!A!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!WITH!A!LARGE!CAPACITY!MAGAZINEBASICALLY!THE!SAME!THE!MILITARY!USES!LIKE!AUTOMATIC!MACHINE!GUNSBEING!FULLY!AUTOMATICBIG!KNIFEBIG!MORE!THAN!ONE!ROUND!THINGS!LIKE!AKSCAN!BE!ANYTHING!USED!TO!OVERPOWER!SOMEONE!ELSE,!IT!COULD!BE!A!GUN,!A!BAT,!A!STICK,!OR!ANYTHING.CAN!SHOOT!A!LOT!OF!BULLETS!IN!VERY!LITTLE!TIMECLASSIFIED!AS!ASSAULT!WEAPON!WHERE!IT!IS!MULTIPLE!ROUNDSCOMPLETELY!AUTOMATIC!AND!HOLDS!MORE!THAN!TEN!ROUNDSCONTAINS!MORE!THAN!!10!BULLETS!AT!A!TIMEDANGEROUSDANGEROUSDANGEROUSDANGEROUSDANGEROUSDANGEROUSDANGEROUSDANGEROUS!WEAPONDANGEROUS;!VERY!DANGEROUS!FOR!PEOPLE!THAT!DON'T!KNOW!WHAT!TO!DO!WITH!THEMDEADLY,!IT!KILLSDIFFERENT!FROM!WHAT!THE!NEWS!DOES.!IT!IS!A!HIGH!CALIBER!WEAPON!THAT!IS!FULLY!AUTOMATIC.DOING!MORE!WITH!AMMUNITIONFILTHYFIRING!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!WITH!A!PULL!OF!THE!TRIGGERFOR!ME!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!IS!A!WEAPON!WITH!THE!CAPABILITY!OF!FIRING!AUTOMATICFOR!PROTECTION!ONLYFULLY!AUTOMATICFULLY!AUTOMATICFULLY!AUTOMATIC

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

FULLY!AUTOMATIC!30!SHOT!CLIPFULLY!AUTOMATIC!AND!HIGH!CALIBER!RIFLE!WITH!HIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINESFULLY!AUTOMATIC!AND!LARGE!MAGAZINE!CLIPFULLY!AUTOMATIC!ASSAULT!RIFLEFULLY!AUTOMATIC!FUNCTIONING!MILITARY!WEAPON!SPECIFICALLY!USED!FOR!MILITARY!FUNCTIONFULLY!AUTOMATIC!MACHINE!GUNFULLY!AUTOMATIC!OR!CAN!BE!CUT!DOWN!TO!SINGLE!FIRE!AND!HAS!A!LARGE!MAGAZINEFULLY!AUTOMATIC!RIFLEFULLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONFULLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONFUNNY!LOOKING!GUNGOODGUNGUNGUN!AMMOGUN!HOBBYISTGUN!THAT!WILL!KILL!MORE!THEN!6!OR!8!TIMES!A!POWERFUL!BULLETGUNS!AND!GRENADESGUNS!ARE!GUNS!ALL!IN!HOW!YOU!RESPECT!THEM!BOILS!DOWN!ON!HOW!WE!RAISE!OUR!CHILDRENGUNS!THAT!HAVE!A!CLIPGUNS!THAT!KILLS!PEOPLE.HAS!MORE!THAN!8!ROUNDS,!SEMI(AUTOMATICHAS!THE!CAPABILITY!OF!NON!STOP!SHOOTING!USING!A!LOT!OF!AMMUNITION!WITHOUT!HAVING!TO!LOADHIGH!CALIBER!AUTOMATIC!A!LOT!OF!ROUNDS!AND!TAKE!DOWN!SEVERAL!PEOPLE!AT!ONCEHIGH!CAPACITY!AND!THE!OVERALL!DESIGN!OF!THE!PURPOSE!OF!THE!GUNHIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINEHIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINE!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!RIFFLEHIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINE,!JUST!LARGE!MAGAZINESHIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINESHIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINES!THAT!WOULDN'T!BE!FOR!HUNTING!PURPOSESHIGH!CAPACITY!TO!FIRE!MULTIPLE!ROUNDSHIGH!HEEL!SHOE!ANYTHING!DANGEROUSHIGH!POWERED!ARM!THAT!ARE!MEANT!TO!BE!USED!IN!WAR!AND!TO!TARGET!MANY!TARGETSHIGH!POWERED!GUNSHIGH!POWERED!RIFLE

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

HIGH!POWERED!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!RIFLE!ABLE!FOR!FIRE!AND!CARRY!MULTIPLE!ROUNDSHIGH!POWERED!WEAPON!TO!USE!A!LOT!OR!ROUNDS!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!TIMEHIGH!REPETITION!LARGE!CAPACITY!MAGAZINE!AND!SIZE!OF!AMMUNITIONHIGH!ROUND!OF!AMMO!AND!DOES!MORE!DAMAGE!THEN!A!REGULAR!GUNHIGH!SPEED!MILITARY!WEAPON!WITH!HIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINE,!AND!VERY!DAMAGING!AMMUNITION!OR!BULLETS.I!DON'T!KNOW!WHAT!THE!TECHNICAL!DEFINITION!IS!(!ANYTHING!FROM!A!KITCHEN!BUTCHER!KNIFE!CAN!BE!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPONI!THINK!ANY!WEAPON!THAT!CARRY!MORE!THEN!4!OR!5!BULLET!IN!A!WEAPONI!THINK!THEY'RE!THE!ONE!THAT!HOLD!A!LOT!OF!AMMUNITION.I!WOULD!DESCRIBE!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!AS!A!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!LIKE!AN!MACHINE!GUNI!WOULDN'TIS!A!FULL!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONIS!A!WEAPON!THAT!SHOTS!MORE!THAN!MORE!THAN!TWO!OR!MORE!BULLETS!AT!ONE!TIME.IS!A!WEAPON!UMM!WHICH!SOUL!PURPOSE!IS!USE!IN!KILLING!PEOPLEIS!LIKE!SOMETHING!THAT!HOLDS!MORE!THAN!15!ROUNDS!AND!CAN!BE!RAPID!FIREIS!WAR!WEAPON!((!IT'S!VERY!DANGEROUS!IN!THE!STREETIT!HOLDS!MORE!THAT!ONE!ROUND!OF!AMMUNITIONIT!SHOOTS!MANY!ROUNDS!WITH!ONE!PULL!OF!A!TRIGGER.!YOU!DON'T!NEED!THAT!MUCH!POWER.IT!WOULD!BE!A!LARGE!CALIBER!GUN!THAT!SHOOTS!A!LARGE!AMOUNT!OF!BULLETSIT'S!FAST!REPEAT!GUNIT'S!JUST!THAT!AND!ASSAULT!WEAPON.ITS!A!DANGEROUS!THING.ITS!A!GUN!THAT!HAS!30!SHELLS.ITS!A!TOY!FOR!PEOPLE!WHO!ENJOY!FIRING!THEM!AND!GUN!COLLECTORSITS!ANYTHING!THAT!FIRES!MULTIPLE!ROUNDSITS!DANGEROUSJUST!A!RIFLE.JUST!A!SEMI!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONJUST!HAVING!THE!WEAPONKILLING!MACHINEKNIVESLARGE!CAPACITY!MAGAZINE!AND!LONG!GUNLARGE!MAGAZINES!THAT!SHOOT!MANY!BULLETSLIKE!A!MACHINE!GUNLIKE!A!MACHINE!GUNLIKE!A!MACHINE!GUNLIKE!A!MACHINE!GUN!OR!SOMETHING.

!Reason(Rupe!Poll!|!January!17th(21st!2013!|!http://reason.com/poll

LIKE!A!MACHINE!GUN,!INSTEAD!OF!JUST!ONE!BULLET,!IT!CAN!SHOOT!SEVERAL.

LIKE!A!MILITARY!WEAPON.

LIKE!BRACE!KNUCKLES,!KNIFE,!METAL!PIPE,!GUNS...

LIKE!MACHINE!GUNS!OR!SOMETHING!THAT!CAN!WIPE!OUT,!LIKE!IN!THE!CLASS!ROOM!

THAT!CAN!WIPE!OUT!A!LOT!IN!A!FEW!MINUTES

LIKE!ONE!I!CARRIED!IN!VIET!NAM.!THEY!ARE!A!DISTINCTIVE!TYPE!WEAPON.!THEY!ARE!

SHORT!BARRELED!AND!HIGH!AMMUNITION!CLIPS.

LIKE!THE!GUNS!THEY!USE!IN!THE!ARMY(MACHINE!GUNS

LIKE!THE!ONES!THAT!THEY!IN!THE!TIME!OF!WAR

LONG!RANGE!FIREARMS

M16

MACHINE!GUN

MACHINE!GUN

MACHINE!GUN!AK(47

MACHINE!GUN!SOMETHING!THAT!HAS!RAPID!FIRE

MACHINE!GUN!THAT!CAN!REPEAT!OR!FIRE!RAPIDLY

MACHINE!GUNS!A!GUN!WHERE!YOU!CAN!PUT!IN!A!MILLION!BULLETS

MACHINE!GUNS!SOMETHING!THAT!FIRES!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!WITHOUT!TO!RELOAD

MAGAZINE!20!OR!MORE!AND!FULLY!AUTOMATIC

MAGAZINE!LIKE!THEY!HAD

MAGAZINES!MORE!THAN!20!BULLETS!AND!AUTOMATIC!FIRE

MANY,!MANY!ROUNDS!OF!AMMUNITION

MASS!KILLING

MILITARY!COMBAT!TOOL

MILITARY!GRADE,!AUTOMATIC!FIRE,!ANYTHING!THAT'S!NOT!A!HUNTING!RIFLE

MILITARY!RIFLE!M4!M16!AK47

MILITARY!STYLE

MILITARY!STYLE!WEAPON

MILITARY!STYLE;!HIGH!CAPACITY

MILITARY!TACTICAL!WEAPONS

MILITARY!TYPE!FIREARM!THAT!IS!DESIGNED!TO!TAKE!THE!LIFE!OF!ANOTHER!HUMAN!

BEING

MILITARY!TYPE!HARDWARE!WITH!MORE!THAN!10!BULLET!MAGAZINES!AUTOMATIC!

FIRE

MILITARY!USE!ONLY

MORE!ROUNDS!PER!MINUTE

MORE!THAN!30!ROUNDS

MULTI!SHOTS

MULTI(CLIPS.!BIG!CLIPS!WITH!A!LOT!OF!BULLETS

MY!UNDERSTANDING!IS!FIRES!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!WITH!JUST!ONE!PULL!OF!THE!

TRIGGER

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NO!DIFFERENT!FROM!ANYTHING!THAT!CAN!CAUSE!HARM!TO!ANOTHER,!ITS!NOT!THE!WEAPON!ITS!THE!INDIVIDUAL,!WE!NEED!STRONGER!BACKGROUND!CHECKS.NOT!A!HAND!GUN,!ONE!THAT!HAS!A!LOT!MAGAZINES!IN!THEM!LIKE!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONNOT!HAND!GUN,!NOT!RIFLEONE!THAT!CAN!FIRE!MANY!BULLETS!WITHOUT!RELOADINGONE!THAT!CAN!FIRE!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!IN!A!SHORT!PERIOD!OF!TIMEONE!THAT!CAN!FIRE!OFF!RAPID!ROUNDS!LIKE!THAT!WITHOUT!STOPPING!TO!RELOADONE!THAT!DOES!NOT!HAVE!TO!BE!RELOADED!AFTER!2!SHOTSONE!THAT!FIRE!MANY!BULLETS!RAPIDLYONE!THAT!FIRES!A!HIGH!AMOUNT!OF!AMMUNITIONONE!THAT!HAS!AN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!THAT!HAS!MULTIPLE!CLIPS!AND!FIRES!BULLETS!RAPIDLYONE!THAT!HAS!MULTIPLE!BULLETSONE!THAT!IS!A!MILITARY!WEAPON.ONE!THAT!JUST!KEEPS!SHOOTINGONE!THAT!KILLS!FAST!AUTOMATICONE!THAT!PUT!OUT!A!FEW!BULLETS!MORE!WITH!OUT!RELOADING!MILITARY!STYLEONE!THAT!SHOOTS!A!LOT!OF!ROUNDS.ONE!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!THAN!ONE!BULLET!AT!A!TIME.!A!MAGAZINE!THAT!SHOOTS!RAPIDLY.ONE!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!THAT!6!OR!12!ROUNDSONE!THAT!SHOOTS!MULTIPLE!BULLETS!IN!A!SHORT!PERIOD!OF!TIMEONE!THAT!SHOOTS!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!AND!A!FEW!SECONDSONE!THAT!USES!MAGAZINES!WITH!MULTIPLE!BULLETS!AND!THEY!ARE!MILITARY!STYLE!WEAPONSONE!THAT!YOU!CAN!KILL!TWENTY!PEOPLE!WITH!WITHIN!MINUTESONE!THAT!YOU!DON'T!HAVE!TO!LOAD!TOO!OFTEN!AND!CAN!TAKE!OUT!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLEONES!THAT!ARE!CARRIED!IN!THE!ARMYONES!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!LONGER!BULLETSOUT!OF!CONTROL.PEOPLE!OWNING!GUNS!ARE!DEADLYPOWERFULPOWERFUL!DANGEROUS!NEED!TO!KNOW!WHAT!YOU'RE!DOING!AND!NOT!USE!IT!FOR!ANYTHING!ILLEGALPROBABLY!ONE!OF!THE!MOST!DANGEROUS!GUNS,!I!DON'T!KNOW!THAT!MUCH!ABOUT!GUNS!BUT!THEY!SEEM!KIND!OF!WICKEDPROTECTING!AND!DEFENDING...PROTECTIONRAPID!FIRERAPID!FIRE!WITH!MULTIPLE!CLIPS

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RAPID!FIRING

RAPIDLY!FIRES!LARGE!NUMBER!OF!ROUNDS

RAPIDLY!THAT!FIRES!A!LARGE!AMOUNT!OF!ROUND!WITHOUT!RELOADING

REPEATED!SHOOTING!GUNS

RIFLE

RIFLE!PROTECTION!PISTOL

RIFLE.

SCARY!WEAPON!THAT'S!FROM!A!MOVIE

SEMI!AUTOMATIC

SEMI!AUTOMATIC

SEMI!AUTOMATIC!HIGH!CAPACITY!INTENDED!TO!KILL!PEOPLE

SEMI!AUTOMATIC!HOLDS!A!LOT!OF!AMMUNITION

SEMI!AUTOMATIC!OR!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!RIFLE!WITH!A!HIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINE

SEMI!AUTOMATIC!QUICK!FIRE!AMMO

SEMI!AUTOMATIC!SOMETHING!THAT!LOOKS!A!MILITARY!WEAPON

SEMI!AUTOMATIC!WEAPON!CLIPS!RAPID!FIRE.!DESIGNED!FOR!OFFENSIVE!AND!

DEFENSIVE.

SEMI!OR!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!MILITARY!TYPE!RIFFLE

SEMI(AUTOMATIC

SEMI(AUTOMATIC!WITH!MORE!THAN!A!10!ROUND!CLIP

SHOOTS!A!WHOLE!BUNCH!OF!TIMES

SHOOTS!MORE!THEN!6!TIMES

SHOOTS!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!FAST

SHOOTS!RAPID!FIRE!WITH!A!CLIP!OF!10!OR!MORE!ROUNDS

SHOOTS!RAPID!ROUNDS

SHOTGUN

SHOTGUN!AR15!M16

SIMILAR!TO!A!MACHINE!GUN

SMALL!CALIBER!MILITARY!FIRE!ARM!CAPABLE!OF!FULLY!AUTOMATIC!FIRE.

SOME!TYPE!OF!GUN!OR!HANDGUN

SOMETHING!BIGGER!THAN!A!SUBMACHINE!GUNS!THAT!SWITCHES!FROM!AUTOMATIC!

TO!SEMI!AUTOMATIC

SOMETHING!BOUND!THE!NEED!FOR!QUICK!SELF!DEFENSE

SOMETHING!LIKE!A!MACHINE!GUN!OR!A!RIFLE!WITH!A!LOT!OF!BULLETS!LIKE!A!CLIP

SOMETHING!MADE!FOR!MILITARY!USE!HAS!NO!USE!IN!CIVILIAN!POPULATION

SOMETHING!THAT!CAN!CAUSE!DEATH!TO!SOMEONE!ELSE

SOMETHING!THAT!CAN!FIRE!MORE!THEN!10!ROUNDS!AT!PULL!OF!TRIGGER

SOMETHING!THAT!CAN!HARM!THE!HUMAN!BODY.

SOMETHING!THAT!CAN!INJURE!AN!INDIVIDUAL!CAN!BE!USED!AS!AN!ASSAULT!SHOULD!

BE!UNDER!CONTROL

SOMETHING!THAT!CAN!KILL!AND!HURT!PEOPLE!REAL!BAD!MAKE!THEM!BECOME!

DISABLE!OR!LOOSE!THEIR!LIFE

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SOMETHING!THAT!CAN!SHOOT!MULTIPLE!ROUNDSSOMETHING!THAT!COMES!WITH!HIGH!CAPACITY!AMMUNITION!CLIPSSOMETHING!THAT!FIRES!HIGH!CAPACITY!AMMUNITION.SOMETHING!THAT!FIRES!LOTS!OF!BULLETS!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!TIME!THAT!IS!DESIGNED!TO!KILL!A!WHOLE!BUNCH!PEOPLE!AT!ONE!TIMESOMETHING!THAT!FIRES!MORE!THAN!1!SHOT,!LIKE!MACHINE!GUNSSOMETHING!THAT!FIRES!MORE!THAN!TEN!ROUNDSSOMETHING!THAT!FIRES!MULTIPLY!ROUNDSSOMETHING!THAT!FIRES!RAPID!BULLETSSOMETHING!THAT!HAS!A!CARTRIDGE!THAT!WILL!SHOOT!10(20!ROUNDS!AUTOMATICALLYSOMETHING!THAT!HAS!A!CLIP!AND!CAN!SHOOT!MANY!ROUNDSSOMETHING!THAT!HAS!A!SCOPE!THAT!CAN!KILL!A!BUNCH!OF!PEOPLE!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!TIMESOMETHING!THAT!HAS!MULTIPLE!AUTOMATED!ROUNDS!THAT!COULD!KILL!MULTIPLE!PEOPLE!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!TIME.SOMETHING!THAT!HAS!RAPID!FIRE!AND!LOTS!OF!ROUNDSSOMETHING!THAT!HOLDS!A!BUNCH!OF!ROUNDSSOMETHING!THAT!HOLDS!THAT!YOU!CAN!FIRE!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!AT!A!TIME!IN!QUICK!SUCCESSIONSSOMETHING!THAT!IS!QUICK!FIRE!AND!HAS!MORE!THEN!SIX!ROUNDS!IN!IT.SOMETHING!THAT!IS!SEMI(AUTOMATICSOMETHING!THAT!IS!USED!FOR!MILITARY!PURPOSES!OR!SOMETHING!THAT!DOES!NOT!HAVE!TO!BE!RELOADED!FREQUENTLYSOMETHING!THAT!KILLS!PEOPLESOMETHING!THAT!REPEATS!ITSELFSOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!A!CONTINUAL!STREAM!OF!BULLETSSOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!AT!A!FAST!RATE!LIKE!AN!AK47!OR!AUTOMATIC!RIFLESOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!BULLETS!PER!SECOND!OR!MINUTE.!RAPID!FIRESOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!THAN!ONE!BULLET!AT!A!TIME,!LIKE!AN!AUTOMATIC,!SEMI(AUTOMATICSOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!THAN!ONE!BULLET!EVERY!5!SECONDSSOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MORE!THAN!ONE!DEER!AT!A!TIME.!THINGS!FOR!MASS!KILLINGS.SOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS!PER!SECONDSOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!MULTIPLE!ROUNDS,!SOMETHING!MORE!OF!A!MILITARY(TYPE!GUNSOMETHING!THAT!SHOOTS!SO!MANY!BULLETS!AND!THERE!IS!NO!CONTROL.SOMETHING!THAT!SHOULD!BE!USED!FOR!MILITARY!USE!ONLYSOMETHING!THAT!SHOULD!ONLY!BE!USED!IN!THE!MILITARY!NOT!IN!PRIVATE!SECTORSSOMETHING!THAT!THE!MILITARY!WOULD!USESOMETHING!THAT!THE!POLICE!CARRY!AND!THE!TROOPS.

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SOMETHING!THAT!WOULD!BE!MORE!LIKELY!TO!BE!USED!IN!MILITARY!OPERATIONS.SOMETHING!THAT!WOULD!SHOOT!MORE!BULLETS!WITHOUT!HAVING!TO!RELOADSOMETHING!THAT!YOU!CAN!JUST!KEEP!ON!FIRING!AND!FIRINGSOMETHING!THAT!YOU!CAN'T!HUNT!WITHSOMETHING!THAT'S!AN!AUTOMATIC!WEAPONSOMETHING!TO!BE!USED!IN!THE!MILITARYSOMETHING!WITH!THE!CAPACITY!TO!KILL!MORE!THAN!ONE!PERSON!AT!A!TIME.THE!CLIP!WILL!SHOOT!ONE!SHOOT!AT!A!TIME.THE!MOVIE!LIKE!RAMBO,!RAPID!FIRE,!GUNS!LIKE!THE!PEOPLE!IN!THE!ARMY!HAVETHE!MULTI(MAGAZINE!CLIPSTHE!ONE!THAT!SHOOTS!30!BULLETS!PER!MINUTETHE!POWER!GOES!BEYOND!SELF!PROTECTION!AND!DON'T!HAVE!TO!OWN!THAT!TYPE!OF!WEAPONTHERE!IS!NO!DEFINITION!FOR!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPON!ANY!GUN,!ANY!KNIFE!,!ANY!BASEBALL!BAT!!ANY!GOLF!CLUB!IS!AN!ASSAULT!WEAPONTHEY!ARE!TOO!DANGEROUS!AND!SHOOT!TOO!MANY!ROUNDS!AT!ONE!TIME.THEY!DANGEROUSTHEY!HAVE!MORE!THEN!TEN!AROUND.THINK!OF!A!AR15!M4.THREATENING!AND!POWERFULTO!KILL!A!LOT!OF!PEOPLE!AT!ONCETOO!MANY!ROUNDS!TOO!QUICK.TYPICALLY!A!SEMI(AUTOMATIC!WEAPON.!POSSIBLY!A!HIGH!CAPACITY!MAGAZINE.UNNECESSARY!THING!THE!MILITARYUSED!BY!THE!MILITARYVERY!DANGEROUSVERY!DANGEROUS!IN!SOCIETYVERY!TACTICAL!WEAPON,!USEFUL!IN!COMBAT.!IF!SOMEONE!BREAKS!INTO!YOUR!HOUSE!YOU!HAVE!A!RELIABLE!WEAPON!TO!PROVOKE!THEM!TO!LEAVEVIOLENT!REPEATING!WITHOUT!STOPPINGWEAPON!CAPABLE!OF!FIRING!A!LARGE!AMOUNT!OF!AMMUNITION!IN!A!SHORT!AMOUNT!OF!TIME!WITHOUT!RELOADINGWEAPON!DESIGNATED!FOR!MILITARY!USEWEAPON!NOT!USED!FOR!HUNTING!OR!USED!FOR!TARGET!PRACTICEWEAPON!THAT!CAN!KILL!QUICKLY!AND!HOLDS!A!LOT!OF!AMMUNITIONWEAPON!THAT!FIRES!100!BULLETS!IN!A!COUPLE!OF!SECONDSWEAPON!THAT!IS!SIMILAR!THE!ONE!THAT!CAUSED!THE!TRAGEDY!IN!NEWTOWNWEAPON!THAT!MEANT!TO!KILL!MASSES!QUICKLY!NOT!A!HUNTING!GUN!ITS!MEANT!TO!KILL!PEOPLEWEAPON!THAT!SHOOTS!LARGER!CALIBER!BULLETS(100!BULLETS!IN!10!SECONDSWEAPON!THAT!WILL!FIRE!MORE!THAN!10!ROUNDS,!CARRY!MORE!THAN!10!ROUNDS!IN!ONE!CLIP

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WEAPONS!THAT!ALLOW!YOU!TO!SHOOT!A!LOT!OF!BULLETS!IN!SHORT!PERIOD!OF!TIMEWELL!JUST!WHAT!IT!SAYS!THE!WORD!ASSAULTWHEN!IT!HAS!A!LARGE!MAGAZINE!OF!AMMUNITIONWHEN!IT!SHOOTS!A!TREMENDOUS!AMOUNT!OF!AMMO!IN!A!SHORT!PERIOD!OF!TIME.!LIKE!200!ROUNDS!A!MINUTE,!SOMETHING!THE!MILITARY!USES.YOU!PULL!THE!TRIGGER!AND!MULTIPLE!BULLETS!COME!OUT