We, as taxpayers, can not afford the current retirement package (full pay for life) after serving just 2 terms. This is outlandish. Congress says we can't afford "social programs" to benefit their constituents, and yet we can afford their outrageous perks!

Only the first $110,000 of income is currently taxed for Social Security purposes. Let's change that. Put a social security contribution requirement either on all income or start taxing again at $250,000.

I'm a displaced worker and senior that is unable to manage repayment of student loan debt without creating a hardship on me and family.

Democrats have allowed Republicans to gain the initiative and to control the national narrative by asserting that a progressive tax system kills jobs. Democrats have not challenging that narrative or pointed out the cost to our social fabric by creating a plutocracy of the 1 percent. A progressive tax system is the foundation of any just society. If you want the government off of your back, go to a third world country where there are not roads, police, infrastructure or rule of law.

No matter where you live in the U.S., you're invited to sign this petition. ... More and more, the tax burden has been falling to those of us who have to work for a living, and less and less on those who make money on money. The time has not only come, it's long overdue, to tax income from speculative short-term investments, interest and dividends at the same rates as taxes on income from wages & salaries, and to apply a sales tax to all purchases, including stocks, derivatives, currency exchanges, etc., and not just the purchases of lower- and middle-class consumers. ... Wtih your help, we will forward all Vermont signatures to pur state legislature and the governor, and everyone's signature to the Congress and the President. ... Stand up for fair taxes for those who work to earn a living.

Comprehensive simpler tax reform

The Postal Service is Historic and should be saved and all revenue put in the wrong place by the Right for the last 20 years need to be revisited and retooled to save jobs.Our everyday letter mail and privacy should not be sold to the highest bidder through privitization.

Food Stamps. We cant buy very much nor healthy food.Too many reviews and strict guidelines. Stop world hunger and Disease also.

Our town police do not adequately enforce speeding in a residential area with a speed limit of 25 mph. The reasoning is too little personnel and eventual costs for overtime to officers who have to go to court on a contested ticket.

Economic Fall Out.

Every entity needs to be paying their FAIR share of taxes. Especially multi-billion dollar corp.

Tax Increment Finance (TIF) districts extract billions of dollars in property taxes from property owners across the USA and channel money to large corporations and private developers with little or no public input. Chicago (where this effort is located) has 163 TIF districts that extracted $454 million in 2011. Over the years hundreds of millions of dollars have been showered on such companies as Coca-Cola, United Airlines, UPS, Home Depot, Target, Hyatt Hotels, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. This is a time of repeated cut backs in public education, mass transit, public health and other essential services. We simply call on all state legislatures to pass a "Truth in Property Tax Bill" law that would place the amount of property taxes that are taken by a TIF district on your property tax bill if your property is located in one. Right now, for most jurisdictions, this NUMBER IS NOT SHOWN. Let's not let our property tax bills LIE to us. If you are in a TIF District (sometimes these special taxing zones have different names) and some of your property taxes are being diverted to this body - therefore NOT going to the units of government that rely on property taxes that rely on them for operation - then we want that amount clearly stated on all property tax bills. For more information: http://www.tifreports.com