While working in ptrivate industry money was taken from my paycheck and put into the social security system. Mr. Reagan decided that because I started to work in the government later in life and retired from the government I would be "double dipping" to get my own money from social security and he passed a law disallowing me to get my own money when I retired. Think about how it affects me in this day and age when 80% of my social security is stolen from me and I either pay rent, buy food and get my medicine or pay gas and electric. .

The US worker is the most productive in the world, ahead of Germany, Japan, and leaving China in the dust, with the average GDP of $70,000 per year ($33.65/hour)! Raising minimum wages to $12/hour would generate added revenue into the economy, without greatly affecting inflation. And costs would only rise between 0.5% and 3%, meaning those on the lower income brackets would find less need for social programs, and have room for more purchases. Think tanks and pundits from both political sides agree (the American Conservative Magaizine, and Demos, a progressive think tank) that at least $12/hour would be appropriate for a real benefit to society. A wage increase of 27%, for average low income or minimum wage earners, translates to an estimated $11.8-15.2 billion per year in extra spending. "This move would also reduce the number of people on programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit, Food Stamps, and Medicaid as well by raising their standards of living to the point they no longer needed the programs. This would reduce the federal budget by several billion per year without painful cuts to programs which hurt people directly. As it is right now, these programs effectively subsidize lower wages, an unintended consequence of the stagnation of the minimum wage for decades." This change would not affect those in high earning fields, but those on the lower end of the socioeconomic ladder

Proposition 13 was advertised originally as a means to let people keep their property It rapidly morphed into a method to allow business to put their business properties into a ongoing way to keep their properties forever in the Proposition 13 benefits program.

As a senior who had recently returned to Pennsylvania, I am one of the voters who could have been without the ability to vote in my state had the courts not intervened and set aside the Voter ID Law for the recent election. Please reconsider this law as it is currently written and permanently set it aside.

This petition is to make our GOP Congressional officials accountable to the people and not to special interest.

President Obama and the Congress must demand that Corporate and other dollars held in foreign banks and countries must not be allowed to enter the USA at reduced tax rates.

The Fiscal Cliff is coming, we have been bombarded about Citizens United and with Republican Candidate Romney saying "Corporations are people, too" if corporations are people then why not treat them as people. If you do not pay your taxes, you have liens slapped against your property, judgements go against you and sometimes you are put into jail for not paying your taxes. Why should corporations be any different? Congress and the IRS must hold Multinational Corporations to the same standard. If they do not bring their approximately 1.5 Trillion in profits back to the United States then Congress and the IRS must stand up to them and force tax liens against them, slap jugdements against them and if necessary slap them in jail.

President Obama has called for Congress to at least pass the tax cuts for the middle class before they adjourn for the holidays! Tell Congress to pass the Budget before vacationing!

Fair Compensation

We expect the President and Congress to work together in establishing policies and a budget that will eliminate the deficit over a period of time; however, the deficit belongs to We The People and We should be able to expedite the elimination of national debt by voluntarily contributing to the paying of this debt through contributions to a Deficit Reduction Fund much as we do when making contributions for political campaigns.

There are some jobs out there that require CA license and I can not apply because my registration is in TX. If WA, AZ, and NV already have this trade with CA, why not TX.

It's time to stop the silliness and create jobs for people. There is much work to be done and many ready hands to do it. If the private sector can join in, great, if not, the government needs to do it. If not now, when?