The States can bypass Congress if they really wanted an Amendment.

Not always. My job makes us re-select every year, when they have the option of changing plans.

"better" is a matter of opinion.

For society as a whole, we single payer countries tend to see better results. But per person, the healthcare in the US is the best. Assuming you have a good health insurance plan.

Yes, Parties are not mentioned in the Constitution. However, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton all belonged to political parties. Not to mention, Madison and Hamilton did speak about parties (factions) role within a society in the Federalists Papers. Not saying they supported them, but they knew they'd exist in a free society.

And yes, George Washington did speak about against them.

Yeah it does... It's Three Biggest offenders are: The Military, Social Security, and Medicare.

Any real spending cuts would have to come from those three sources.

What he means is that they've tried to change the law (The ACA) through legislative means 41 times and failed each time. So they attached their failed legislation to a budget bill hoping to force it down. They failed.

You mean, if Bush hadn't reduced income by giving tax cuts to the wealth and then ramped up Defense Spending by starting Two wars.

Good luck with that. The House enjoys a 90% reelection rate.

Yeah,

You do know that Lobbyists and Polls are two ways that Congress finds out what people want? You pretty much jsut said:

They only cave when THE PEOPLE tell them to.

How are you surprised that he voted no?

He didn't vote to defund the government, he voted to end all government spending except for essential operations, including paying debt. HE voted true to his mindset and word. IF you canceled Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and reduced the military to a few special ops. teams, there would be more then enough money to stary paying off the debt and no need to default.

the internet as we know it will die and be replaced by "apps". Companies don't like that the user controls one half of the interface. Companies prefer apps because it allows them to control everything.

If something damages somebody's reputation, you better be able to show that you believed it was true or you're on the hook for libel or slander.

If only that was true.

In the US, the burden of proof is on the accuser of libel, not the defendant. Meaning you have to prove that someone knew it was false and still presented it as the truth to prove libel. This is very hard to do without a paper trail.

Another great reason to hold Presidential Primaries all on he same day.

And the tone is "I'm going to hang myself with this noose?"

everyone can attend more meetings - where all the real work gets done!