How can the war on terror be won?

Would you support an increase in FICA payroll taxes?

The current FICA payroll tax maxes out at just a little over $100k. Those who earn more can afford to pay a little more. Would you support this increase?

Do you support an single payer health care system to help veterans and elderly?

some cannot afford doctors or medical bills. Do you believe citizens deserve more efficient medical help?

Should "boots on the ground" require a formal declaration of war by Congress?

As a Vietnam-era vet, I cringe when politicians commit to "boots on the ground" in establishing "diplomacy by other means" (Carl von Clauswitz). Would you demand Congress' approval for this act?

Would you back requirements or incentives for states to integrate schools?

Integrating schools along socioeconomic and racial lines, based on programs like those in Cambridge, Eden Prairie, and New York, would improve outcomes for all students.
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Is Sen. Sanders right that the system is rigged and if so how can is be fixed.

Elected officials should support the wishes of their constituents. If they do not, should they be recalled?

Elected officials should support the wishes of their constituents. If they do not, should they be recalled?

Hillary says she wants to “crack down” on the Sharing Economy. Agree or disagree?

Hillary Clinton has threatened to “crack down” on independent contractors – the backbone of the sharing economy. As a US Senator, do you oppose or support her approach?

What will you do to avert the corporate take over of Higher Education?

At colleges and universities across the country, Administration and its costs have been ballooning, while vital programs and faculty are being cut, and adjuncts are being underpaid and overworked.
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Are you willing to reign in our military, shift to peace & domestic investment?

Massive military industrial complex budget for failed aggressive foreign policies that increase rather than decrease safety; a crumbling domestic infrastructure, crap healthcare and education etc

What measures would you take to improve education in this country?

Education and literacy are the core of an evolving society. However it is flawed with high costs, huge bridge to the work force and we currently are 10th in the world graduation rate (source: oecd).

When will you stop asking for money with immidiate interest?

The United States government needs to print its own money backed on something.

What do you plan to do that will help us veterans and senior citizens ?

What will you do to ensure that poor Floridians & others can afford healthcare?

Currently Florida is one of 19 states to not expand Medicaid which would allow low income/poor citizens to purchase affordable (subsidized) healthcare. AKA close the Medicaid gap.
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Do you foresee the use of FEDRAMP model to ensure proper IT Governance?

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring
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Would you support Congress and retiring on Social Security?

With Congress retiring on Social Security the 1% would not get away with paying no tax while the 99% starve and the Social Security system would once again become a viable system and the trillions "b

Do you support or oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)?

Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and Ted Cruz oppose the TPP. Where do you stand? Do you think the TPP should be voted on in a lame duck session of Congress?

Why do they hate us? Is American Intervention or Islamic fundamentalism to blame

In the 2008 GOP primary debates Ron Paul struck a cord among both the left and right when he said 9/11 was "blowback" from American intervention in the Middle East. Was he right?
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Would you support expanding health care insurance?

Currently, hearing aids aren't covered and a separate insurance is needed for eye and dental care. Would you support adding these to the basics covered by ALL health insurances?

Fact checking for congressional record?

Should there be an independent government agency to fact check statements by officials on the congressional record? Corrections could be read into the recordat the start of the Congressional day.

Is there waste in the DOD.

What will you do to improve our electoral system?

Lawrence Lessig's "Citizen Equality Act of 2017" laid out several specific issues that need to be addressed.

The Panama Papers have now linked money for political favours. How do we fix it?

Clinton donors;Frank Giustra Chagoury Family Ng Lap Seng Marc Rich Gabrielle Fialkoff Sandy Well.Received favours from mining rights to pardons to the lifting of Glass Stegal.Does money influence? Yes
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What will you do to work with the President to stop Heroine addiction in the US?

Over 50k American citizens are dying every year due to heroine overdose from drugs coming from the Mexican Cartels and we have to stop them now!

How would you work to make American political institutions more democratic?

Imagine you had the power to change whatever you wanted about the structure of our government and/or elections--how, if at all, different would this new American system look?