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Who gets to vote? It's all about power, but not of, by, or for the people

 Here's the question: Who should be allowed to vote for U.S. Senators and members of Congress in the House of Representatives? Should foreigners get to vote in United States elections? For the past several years there's been a constant, unrelenting pounding of the drum by Democrats and Liberals about Russian or Chinese or other influence in U.S. elections. So, if you are concerned about foreign influence swaying the election, wouldn't you want to also make sure so don't have any foreigners actually voting in the election? To a reasonable person, it makes sense that U.S. citizens should vote for their U.S. Senators and Representatives. Foreigners should not be allowed or permitted in any way to actually vote. Doesn't that make sense? So how do you make sure foreigners are not voting for your senators and representatives and even the president? Simple. You only allow citizens to vote. And, that means if you want to vote you should be required by law to prove you are a...

The difference between liberal and conservative

Not going by actual word definitions but by political characteristics, there is a big difference between liberal and conservative mindsets. I'm intentionally not using Democrat and Republican because while most Democrats are liberals, there are some who are more conservative, or more traditional Democrat. Likewise, while most Republicans claim to be conservative, there are Republicans who are liberal. A big example are many of those in the Utah state legislature. There is a lot of legislation that is being pushed that is not conservative in nature, but I'll get to that. The big difference between conservative and liberal is freedom. I expect most liberals will want to disagree with that and say they believe in freedom, but here is my reasoning. Where does freedom come from? Is freedom our ability to choose what we are going to do and say? Or does freedom come from the government telling us what we can do and say? The conservative mindset wants to minimal government ...