A living wage will never exist. It is impossible to think that if you raise the living wage to $7 (Kerry) or $10 (Nader), that the price of all goods would not go up in porportion to the wage increase. Think about it this way, minimum wage increased from 4.25 to 4.75 and prices for everything went up, the it increased to 5.15, and the cost of living went up again, raise minimum wage to 7 or 10 dollors an hour and the cost of living will be outragous. Raise minimum wage to 7 an hour, then g...

What is the difference between teaching nutrition and sex ed in schools? Sex has to do with the body's health also, abstinence is always best because there is no risk of pregnancy or STD's, but kids that don't learn that STD's can be transmitted by non sexual activities, or how to prevent STD's and pregnancy if they choose sex are more likely to be fooled by "more mature" persons that just want sex and don't care about the youth in question. Like jumping up and down will keep you from gettin...

Extreme Punishment, what a joke! The only extreme punishment in the US would be the Death Penalty, and the odds of a murderer actually being A)Put on death row and B)Actually being executed are soo low, it's not worth the thought. Extreme Punishment wouldn't be 3 square meals a day, bed with clean linens and a laundry service, cable TV, Utilities, "yard privileges" such as gyms, basketball courts, etc. All for free! Oh yea, I forgot the free college education and/or GED, and job training,...