I only watched like the first minute and half. Too much drama.
2:50 - Repeal right for congress to vote for their own raises - Reasonable, as long as you put in some other mechanism for providing cost of living increases.
Not sure about this. If we'd left it up to the people than they'd never get a COL increase. I know that congressional pay isn't a flat system and perhaps it should be?
3:17 - Term limits - Reasonable request. I'm not sure I'm for or against them, but it's reasonable.
Term limits have their merits (allows for new blood) and some downsides (if the person is doing a good job and the people agree what is wrong with keeping them)?
3:52 - Increased pay and benefits for military - Certainly agree with that.
I've always believed you can never spend enough on the military and on education. Rather than pay/benefit increases I would much rather see an increase in modernizing equipment and making sure that the military has what they need.
4:00 - Start no war unless you intend to win it - Makes sense. Don't think anybody has every done anything different here in the U.S.A, though.
I have to agree that we've only engaged in battles that we thought we could win. Sometimes arrogance has us over estimating our ability to win. And it really should be realized by now that you can't defeat an idea with force of arms.
4:03 - English as official language - Reasonable, but I'd say it works fine now. I don't want to live in a melting pot, I want to live in a salad bowl.
Never got this idea. What is wrong with providing services to our citizens in languages they can understand easier? As long as English is still available I don't see a problem with allowing other languages to be used.
4:12 - No taxpayer money for illegal aliens - I guess this is reasonable (although hopefully intentional hyperbole). I'm generally against most benefits for illegal aliens, but If it costs me a few pennies to save a human being's life even if that human is here illegally then I'm ok with it. I'm ok with medical services for prisoners, too. Is there a difference?
This is a tough one. On one hand I agree but there are certain services that should be provided regardless of who you are and where you were born. If you are injured I would expect a hospital to treat you, just as our doctors will treat enemy soldiers in a time of war. It should also be realized that for a lot of illegal aliens the only crime they are committing is entering the country illegally. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority work hard and actually help the economy. As the joke goes: Do you want to pick that cabbage?
4:19 - Abolish the electoral college - I've actually started leaning towards keeping the electoral college, although I wouldn't be sad to see it go the either way. The idea that because the electoral college exists the people aren't the ones that elect the president isn't very reasonable, though.
I think we are fine with or without it. It is pretty rare that the college doesn't reflect the majority vote.
4:24 - Universal service - I like this idea. I'm not sure it needs to be mandatory, but I like the idea in general.
What was this? Something like you have enlist in the military, peace corps, or some other service related organization?
The thing about the whole "you told/ask them to do XYZ and they didn't". Part of being a leader is ignoring what the majority wants and instead doing the right thing. One of the things that really helps our country is that we aren't a direct democracy. We've got a lot of republic structure that helps us from having the majority tyrannizing the minority.[/list]