Reducing or preferably eliminating all corporate subsidies, beginning with the oil companies, is a better alternative to reduce the US Government spending deficit than reducing or eliminating benefits for Social Security , Medicare, Medicaid and other safety met than benefits the poor and middle class.

Atlanta City Council just increased their salary by 52%! Given the economy and the fact that many workers in Atlanta have lost their jobs, I think this is an insensitive slap in the face, not deserved and should be revoked.

The current salary (2013) for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year. For all its rhetoric, the US congress has done an exceedingly poor job dealing with the federal defecit and mounting national debt. As a symbol of its commitment to solve these problems, congress should give itself a 75 percent pay cut, to $43,500 per year. When the federal budget becomes balanced and the defecit is near zero, it can restore its pay.

Congress lacks common sense to do whats right for the nation. They need to be held accountable to those who elected them. This can be accomplished by punishing them through their paycheck . Let the first budget cut be their pay for poor performance. Make a difference today, let your voice be heard.

Congress is unwilling to solve the national debt problem; consequently, the citizens of the United States must act to force Congress to address the issue.

My friends daughter was attacked and found murdered and raped in one of HUD's abandoned properties in Chicago along with 3 other young women. The incident shocked the communmity.

The Income Tax has been taking us down the wrong road

It's unfortunate that there are no extensions in place for individuals like myself whose 4th tier was dropped. If extensions are in place, why aren't there any extensions for people who lost their 4th tier as part of this Fiscal Cliff deal?

Mitch McConnell demands deep budget cuts, AND he wants President Obama to take all the heat. That's not leadership. That's being wimpy. McConnell can start the budget cuts debate today by proposing the SPECIFIC cuts he wants. It's simple. He could do it this afternoon. Tell Mitch McConnell if he wants the cuts, HE needs to spell them out.

Republicans want to reduce the Federal Budget deficit by reducing programs & benefits that primarily affect the middle class, yet refuse to end subsidies, loopholes, & tax-breaks for their rich supporters. A strong middle class is essential for a strong economy, and a strong economy should be our top priority. Thus attempts to reduce the deficit on the backs of the middle class while protecting the wealthy should be stopped immediately.

Comprehensive Flat Rate Income Tax, and Social Security Finance Program. For Economic Recovery, Stabilization, Growth and National security.

The wealth disparity has reached incidious conditions. Patent and copyright oversight regarding reaping economic award has trashed the founding principles and constitutional provisions regarding equality. Over shadowed by this form and inception of racism, tainted moral clarity and reduced the neutrality of both the Criminal Justice and Judicial System ( in it's entirety) to tyrannical jacktations -via the plea aggreement. Similarly militarization designed for promoting advantage seeking corporatization that continues to trash and overstep originating boundaries, seeks untouchable international empericism yet remains for a tiny powerful fraction of benfactors crazed by an apparently coy and detached two party monopoly rigging the justice system...