Solution to our hemmhoraging Debt-Crisis

Mr President, and Representatives of the People--House & Senate, Please accept our bread and butter request to continue to support us with unemployment benefits that are due to expire December 29, 2012. Unemployment is not an entitlement; it is an insurance; a fund we paid into! The latest report is that the extensions will create 300,000 jobs! One dollar of unemployment is re-invested in the community $1.60. Some of us will end depending on other social support, the end result of which will be the government still paying. We need a profound solution and not band-aids. The meager payments end up spent on survival bills and are still helping the economy! A fellow person affected explains to me that she is going to college for special ed and she was cut off at her last semester; these cuts are affecting a lot more people than just the unemployed. Personally, if I do not land a job by the end of the year, I will be homeless. Please ask your information services how much I have contributed to our beloved nation!!! Or look me up in Who's Who or the 100 Most Prominent Women in the U.S.A.! Respectfully, Alkistis Von Gizycki

Congress has until December 31 to make a critical and historic choice. They can ask the richest 2% of Americans to pay their fair share, or they can put more money in wealthy pockets at the expense of the struggling middle class.

You represent the people of the United States. Stop political posturing and make reasonable compromises to avoid the so called "fiscal cliff". This equivocation prevents businesses from planning expansion and, if not solved, will lead to another recession or depression.

We seem to be making enemies the world over with our aggressive and arrogant attitude. Let us give peaceful strategies a chance.

Congress as our Elected Leaders should set the Example and cut their benefits and retirement first.

Everyone is worried about this problem.. for years now. We, the people DEMAND our elected representatives compromise IN PUBLIC and find a reasonable solution to this.

Property tax in New Jersey have been excessive for far too long, senior citizens should not have to pay these high rates on fixed income. Tell officials its time for a change and tese taxes be lowered

Senator Durbin, we urge you to stand up for us and make sure any fiscal deal ends the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% AND protects Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefits from any cuts.

Please, join me in asking lawmakers to increase the amount of income tax deductions (1098-E) on student loans. Currently, the maximum amount is $2500. As a federal education loan recipient, I would like to see the deduction doubled to $5000. It provides debtors an incentive to pay off their loans as quickly as possible. I strongly believe this will benefit responsible individuals who wish to get the student loan burden off their backs.

Last year the US government disbursed $10.6-billion in Parent PLUS loans to just under a million families. The interest rate is 7.9%.

If a deal is not reached before Dec. 31, the Bush tax cuts will expire for everyone, and severe cuts to vital programs will occur. It's important that only the Bush tax cuts for the top 2% end, and that Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are protected from benefit cuts. As a key player in the current fiscal talks in Washington, D.C. we are demanding that Illinois Senator Dick Durbin protect these programs and insist the wealthy pay their fair share.