Obama care included a provison that the health programs would not be allowed to negotiate discounts for drugs from the drug companies. This kills competition and the longterm costs to the heathcare system will be highly inflated. We must uphold free market to keep these costs competitive. This needs to be applied to all govenrment funded programs (include VA system)for all drugs and supplies.

The Massachusetts legislature approved the licensing of up to 3 casinos in our state without ever getting voter approval that they agreed with the concept of expanded gambling. I think before any regional casino plan moves forward for local approval, citizens of the Commonwealth should have the right to decide if we even want expanded gambling in the first place.

I believe my home went to foreclosure in an unethical/illegal term.

Many Americans are without jobs because corporations like Comcast Cable keep exporting jobs. How many times have you called to pay your bill, ask questions or request service just to have your call answered by someone in the Philippines or Mexico? Comcast - Please Come Home! Americans are ready, willing and able to do the jobs you continue to export.

As the gun control debate rages in the wake of Newton and other similar tragedies, I am interested in knowing how donations from the NRA may or may not have shaped the opinions of our representatives in Congress.

MORTGAGE FRAUD & CORRUPTION

U.S. mortgage lenders will benefit in a deal to settle charges that they wrongfully foreclosed on many homeowners. Under the deal, 12 mortgage lenders will pay more than $9 billion to compensate hundreds of thousands of people whose homes were seized improperly, a result of abuses such as "robo-signing." That's when banks automatically approved foreclosures without properly reviewing documents. Taxpayers will end up subsidizing them for the settlement money they will have to pay. The Internal Revenue Service regards the lenders' compensation to homeowners as a cost incurred in the course of doing business. Result: It's fully tax-deductible.

The app, released for free on the Apple iTunes store Sunday, provides news and information for the organization, but also includes a 3D shooting simulation that the gun advocacy group says “ instills safe and responsible ownership through fun challenges and realistic simulations.” Gamers can choose between 3 environments including a skeet shoot and 9 firearms, but further weapon upgrades can be bought for $0.99. The current top in-game purchases are the Colt Pistol along with two sniper rifles, the MK11 and Dragunov SVD. The app’s main menu provides information for gun safety, NRA news, hunting season and relevant legislation. The official description claims the app “strikes the right balance of gaming and safety education, allowing you to enjoy the most authentic experience possible.’ Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/01/15/nra-releases-3d-shooter-game-for-people-4-and-up/#ixzz2ILoYE0zS

Any agency that garnishes a person's wages and tax returns for a home foreclosures.

Corporations have been deemed people by the US Supreme Court, they are allowed to spend unlimited funds and hide behind free speech while not being held to the same standards as any private citizen. This petition will allow corporations, their excutives, board members and major stockholders be for their criminal behavior. Federal and state attorneys can now bring criminal charges against any corporation as if they were ordinary people who break the law. That they be punished in the same manner when found guilty. Facing incarceration in federal or state prisons maybe then corporations will no longer expect to be ABOVE THE LAW!

Business Roundtable is a group of Conservative CEO's whose companies revenue is around $7.3 Trillion. Many of the companies are taxpayer funded like Boeing or have received bailout funds in addition to their normal subsidies. They shouldn't have more of a say than we do.

One of the brightest and most active young leaders of the internet generation, Aaron Swartz, took his life last week. He did so at least in part due to over-zealous prosecution of a violation of a Terms of Service breach; a violation that had already been resolved between Swartz and the institution that was affected. This sort of violation should be treated as any other civil breach of contract, rather than as a criminal offense.