Listen to economists. Let the tax cuts expire. Just deal with the budget.

Rumors are swirling in D.C. that Republicans might be willing to include higher tax rates for the wealthy in a deficit deal if Democrats agree to dangerous benefit cuts like raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. Raising the eligibility age is very bad policy. The problem here isn't with the benefits Americans have earned -- it's a cost-of-healthcare problem. Medicare is lower-cost than private insurance, and squeezing the youngest Medicare recipients into private insurance will only make costs worse. We need to control health care costs, not limit access. We can't let the wealthy corporate interests that are spending furiously to push for this succeed.

IN THIS 21ST. CENTURY NO ONE WITH A JOB SHOULD GET PAID LESS THAN A LIVING WAGE. LET'S PETITION THE CONGRESS AND THE WHITE HOUSE TO PASS A LIVING WAGE BILL FOR ANYONE THAT HAS A JOB. LETS CHANGE THE NAME FROM "MINIMUM WAGE" TO "LIVING WAGE" . A LIVING WAGE CALCULATED AUTOMATICALLY FOR EVERY CITY IN AMERICA USING A SIMPLE FORMULA "COST OF LIVING+RATE OF INFLATION = LIVING WAGE"

End the Bush Tax Cuts for the Richest 2% Allowing taxes to go up an average of $2,200 per family of four would pose an additional hardship on middle-class families who have already suffered through the Great Recession and its aftermath. The fairest way to address the current fiscal situation, to promote economic growth and to protect middle-class families is to extend tax cuts for the middle class and allow cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire. Please support a deal that allows the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest 2% and extends tax cuts for those earning under $250,000.

End the Bush Tax Cuts for the Richest 2% Allowing taxes to go up an average of $2,200 per family of four would pose an additional hardship on middle-class families who have already suffered through the Great Recession and its aftermath. The fairest way to address the current fiscal situation, to promote economic growth and to protect middle-class families is to extend tax cuts for the middle class and allow cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire. Please support a deal that allows the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest 2% and extends tax cuts for those earning under $250,000.

Allowing taxes to go up an average of $2,200 per family of four would pose an additional hardship on middle-class families who have already suffered through the Great Recession and its aftermath. The fairest way to address the current fiscal situation, to promote economic growth and to protect middle-class families is to extend tax cuts for the middle class and allow cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire. Please support a deal that allows the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest 2% and extends tax cuts for those earning under $250,000.

End the Bush Tax Cuts for the Richest 2% Allowing taxes to go up an average of $2,200 per family of four would pose an additional hardship on middle-class families who have already suffered through the Great Recession and its aftermath. The fairest way to address the current fiscal situation, to promote economic growth and to protect middle-class families is to extend tax cuts for the middle class and allow cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire. Please support a deal that allows the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest 2% and extends tax cuts for those earning under $250,000.

End the Bush Tax Cuts for the richest 2% Allowing taxes to go up an average of $2,200 per family of four would pose an additional hardship on middle-class families who have already suffered through the Great Recession and its aftermath. The fairest way to address the current fiscal situation, to promote economic growth and to protect middle-class families is to extend tax cuts for the middle class and allow cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire. Please support a deal that allows the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest 2% and extends tax cuts for those earning under $250,000.

End the Bush Tax Cuts for the richest 2% Allowing taxes to go up an average of $2,200 per family of four would pose an additional hardship on middle-class families who have already suffered through the Great Recession and its aftermath. The fairest way to address the current fiscal situation, to promote economic growth and to protect middle-class families is to extend tax cuts for the middle class and allow cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire. Please support a deal that allows the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest 2% and extends tax cuts for those earning under $250,000.

End the Bush Tax Cuts for the richest 2% . Allowing taxes to go up an average of $2,200 per family of four would pose an additional hardship on middle-class families who have already suffered through the Great Recession and its aftermath. The fairest way to address the current fiscal situation, to promote economic growth and to protect middle-class families is to extend tax cuts for the middle class and allow cuts for the wealthiest two percent to expire. Please support a deal that allows the Bush-era tax cuts to expire for the wealthiest 2% and extends tax cuts for those earning under $250,000.

The Federal minimum wage should be adjusted for each company according to the size of their revenue stream. As corporations grow in size, they become virtually impossible for smaller business to compete against, mostly due to their vastly lower overhead and the efficiency of their acquisition pipelines. To IMPROVE competition in almost every industry, companies should be required to pay HIGHER minimum wages based on the size of its revenues, with very large companies being required to pay as much as 50% higher wages than businesses with fewer than 10 employees.

Federal aid, money derived from federal taxes, should not support millionaires. Examples include millionaire farmers who qualify for federal aid due to drout and millionaire home owners on the Jersey shore who will be the primary beneficiaries of federal money to restore the Jersey beaches after hurricane Sandy. Because of global warming, extreme weather conditions will become more common. We need to limit federal spending, as a response to extreme weather conditions, when that spending will add to the prosperity of the super rich. We need to put limits on personal gain from federal disaster relief funding.