On "The Situation Room" today, we asked viewers the following questions, and here are some of our favorite responses that we didn't get to read on air:
What effect will a 5-day workweek have on Congress?Jack, let's do some arithmetic. Monday evening is only part of one day. Friday until 2pm is only part of one day. How do you get Congress working five days out of this? And that doesn't mean they will actually be there let alone do anything.
Al, Camarillo, CaliforniaA five-day workweek will be a good initial dose of reality for Congress. Can we pay them minimum wage for the first week so they can see the economic reality for the millions of working poor?
Mike, Etters, Pennsylvania
Jack, For God's sake, don't you see the damage they can do being in the Capitol an entire week?
RichardThe 5-day workweek will kill off the members of Congress. Plain and simple. This is too much like work and their delicate constitutions will not be able to handle the stress of working a full week.
Pat, Toronto, OntarioWill a border fence "get in the way" of U.S.-Mexico relations?Building a fence will not secure our borders and will damage our relationship with our neighbors. It will not keep the Mexicans out, but rather makes us prisoners. You want to secure the borders? Here is an idea. Ask any third grader anywhere in the world, what the main purpose of any country's military force is and they will tell you "to defend the borders!" And where is our military force? In Iraq.
F.Come on, Jack! Of course the fence will get in the way of US-Mexico relations. But there are times you gotta let things get in the way of relations to keep people from walking all over you. Forget the fence, put a wall across the entire border, and have the US Army there, with loaded weapons. This is a democracy, and it is high time the government did what the people want.
Stuart, Tybee Island, Georgia
Of course sealing the border will impact our relations with Mexico. Who cares? They need us more than we need them... Maybe it's time Congress and the president concern themselves with their relations with the American public.
Steve, Palm Harbor, FloridaWho the hell cares? For God's sake, this is our country.
John, Royersford, Pennsylvania
