As a past college administrator, I am so concerned about the level of student debt in this country. Students have been led to borrow huge amounts of money often at for profit colleges without the placement statistics to give students a fighting chance at landing a job which will allow them to ever pay back their loan. They may never have enough money to own a home, buy a car or put anything away for their own retirement. Additionally, it becomes an albatross around their necks that affects their energy and capabilities to the detriment of the country as a whole. Without some way to defeat these loans through some form of civil service, loan forgiveness, employer incentives as part of a benefits package or other creative process an entire generation of citizens could be lost to poverty. Also, the vast size of the debt has the potential to become the next bubble to burst as graduates, unable to meet their pay back requirements default, the country could once again be facing an economy melt down.

Edward Rose and Sons is the landlord for the apartment I live in. Each Month I scrape together enough to have a place to stay but often it is not on the day it is due. If you pay by the 5th of the month there is a $25 late fee that rises to $75 if rent is not received by the 9th. By the 12th of the month, the landlord begins eviction papers and the tenant now incurs court costs of $120. Thus, if I am relying on my unemployment to pay my rent by the time I can get it together ( $294/ bi-weekly) (rent=$545) there is an additional $220 in fees which get tagged on to my bill. There should be AT LEAST one month before eviction papers are filed with the court, as most renters have a security deposit and tenants should not be squeezed for fees that impede the ability to get ahead.

Those of us who are of "retirement" age and who haven't been able to find intelligent positions that pay intelligent salaries, and who need to find such positions because our savings & assents are melting away, need to be able to find such jobs. We need real work that is realistic for our ages and abilities, useful for society, and that pays enough to live on.

To run and control a State bank outside the big banks that brought us this event.This can be revenue generating for the state and the residents.

Senior Citizens are having a much harder time supplementing their social security with paying employment, yet it's first on the list to be cut for the good of the budget, as well as medicare. Yet congress has no such concerns.

Extreme legislators in Raleigh are pushing a bill that would make the most draconian cuts to unemployment insurance in the country. The bill would reduce the number of weeks workers are eligible for unemployment insurance, drastically cut the maximum amount of weekly benefits unemployed workers can receive and require workers to wait longer to receive unemployment insurance. With the unemployment rate in North Carolina still greater than 9%, the last thing we need to be doing is asking workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own to take another hit. This bill has already advanced in the House. Tell North Carolina senators and Gov. McCrory to oppose this extreme, anti-worker measure.

A third of our U.S. tax dollars went to the military in FY2011. We spend more on the military than the next 14 nations. Don't cut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, education, access to parks, transportation and food safety, care of our earth. Cut military spending.

enough is enough,tax breaks for the richyou have cut the education budget so bad,that a higher court has found it ...un-constitution...so now you are going to ,eliminat the intrest morgage deduction,[this will raise the working people's taxes and home values will fall

Simply put, please do not add taxes onto MN. Veterinary services. Currently the average cost of veterinary is, many times, out of financial reach for many middle and lower income families. The burden then falls upon the family pet and it's health or wellbeing. Being able to afford spay or neuter results in less abandoned animals at pounds and shelters and consequently less deaths. Being able to afford vaccinations or surgeries or tests needed save lives. Veterinarian offices depend upon the public continuing to seek services in order to support staff and purchasing and paying off equipment that is also needed.

Governor Patrick has proposed a bold plan to make taxes more progressive and to raise money to pay for roads, bridges, mass transit and education. The legislature has taken his proposal under advisement and will probably pare it down. The gas tax has not been raised since 1991. It's time for drivers to pay their way.

This Bill is being delivered to Congress and incorporates the Public Interest by empowering Congress to: - declare War on Inflation

This about NYC Department of Education and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg offering not JOB Protection for unionized members. ATU Local 1181 needs JOB Protection for safety of employees, children, and student, including passengers on Long Island Railroad, Metro-North Railroad, when some school bus are used for substitute shuttle buses.