I am so tired of my salary being cut, paying more for insurance, giving up paid holidays. Before the house and senate talk about cutting our entitlements, lets start by cutting their entitlements first. No need for their own private retirement, healthcare etc. they can have the same benifits as the average worker!

EVERYONE IS CONCERNED ABOUT NOT ONLY THE PERCENTAGE OF LOSS IN JOBS BUT ALSO THE QUALITY OF NEEDED JOBS.

I believe that this would be best for our country.

Lowering the payroll taxes boost the economy in several ways: 1). The holiday payroll tax puts more money into the pockets of virtually all Americans. For lower and middle class families that means paying for slightly higher produced goods and services while they still have money to save. 2).For the households constrained by excessive borrowing in the turbulent years, it means quicker repayment of debts and a faster return to normalcy for their families. 3).Finally, for employers considering extension, it also means slightly higher real wages for workers at no higher cost to the employer. That means at the gross margin it makes more sense to hire and boost productivity through staffing. And extending the payroll holiday tax is a very important issue for lower and middle income families. Over the course of one year, the average American family will keep approximately $1,200.00 rather paying the sum out in taxes. Businesses will receive tax credits for creating and hiring new positions. Extending the payroll holiday tax is a win-win situation for lower and middle class families along with small businesses.

Paid for benefits aren't entitlements and don't effect our deficit.

The middle class has suffered greatly in the last 8 years and paid their fair share in taxes on their earnings while our 'elite' wealthy have received a low tax rate on their earnings. In Texas our Govenor and legislature has shown a disdain for education and healthcare for our citizens.

Solve fiscal cliff while putting the USA on a new, fair and sustainable income tax.

Because Republican lawmakers refuse to sign off on Middle Class tax cuts, Middle Class Americans are dreading the impending fiscal cliff. This dread leads to more cautious spending or halted spending which, in turn, is hurting my family's small business!

If my entitlements are on the table, Lawmaker's should be too!! If mine is cut, theirs should be cut too!! They get life time health care and full retirement salary, WTF!!

With the stagnant atmosphere of congress in the past few decades, the divisiveness and inability the act in the best interest of the nation as a whole, I submit this idea for your consideration from Warren Buffet as a way to regain control of the politicians we send to act in our interest in Washington, and to regain control of OUR GOVERNMENT before we reach a point of no return. "Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election. The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971 - before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven (7) took one (1) year or less to become the law of the land - all because of public pressure. Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around."

Stop the grid lock in Washington DC. We have you elected as well as pay you in Congress to do a job. The legislative branch, as a whole, is charged with passing the nation's laws and allocating funds for the running of the federal government and providing assistance to the 50 U.S. states. Do your job or resign and let someone that is really interested in moving this country forward.

In 2012, there were 506 people killed in Chicago. More people than the number of Allied Forces killed in the war in Afghanistan. January in Chicago was the bloodiest month in 10 years. In one week alone, a mother lost her fourth and final child to gun violence, and a 15 year old girl, who a week prior had performed for the President’s, Inauguration, was gunned down in the rain, on her way home from school. Most of these victims, like this young girl have been innocent bystanders, caught in the crossfire. Unemployment among youth in Chicago, is greater than 70%. Too often, these young people are left standing on the mean streets of our city.is greater than 70%. Employed youth are less likely to be victims or perpetrators of gang and gun violence.