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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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State Senator Roger Kahn (R) introduced a bill on September 13, 2011, to require classes in public schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance each day. The bill would prohibit compelling a student to recite the pledge. <br />
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Some teachers argue that small children are unable to understand what&nbsp; giving their consent means or understand the Pledge they are taking.<br />
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The Pledge of Allegiance was originally written as an expression of loyalty to the federal flag and the republic of the United States in 1892 by Christian Socialist Francis Bellamy. In 1942, Congress adopted the pledge and it&rsquo;s been modified four times since. The most recent change was in 1954, when the words &ldquo;under God&rdquo; were added.<br />
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The Supreme Court has upheld the opinion that anyone has the right not to recite the Pledge.<br />
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THE PLEDGE: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice for all.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should Michigan public schools require the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance each day?<br />
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Should the Social Security Tax Ceiling be eliminated?<br />
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Every analysis of all the proposed flat taxes show it is the middle class that gets hit the hardest. The super rich have had their taxes cut by far the most in the last ten years.<br />
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I don't know if it should be totally eliminated, but it should be adjusted so that everyone pays their fair share, keyword being fair. 46% of the people in this country don't pay taxes. How is that fair? The &quot;rich&quot; get all kinds of tax breaks, and the poor pay no taxes, so the tax burden is put primarily on the working middle class. I'm all for a flat tax!<br />
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