Underwater homes are the "forgotten" piece of the housing debacle in Maryland and in this country. Lost equity, inability to sell the property, and paying on a mortgage that is basically worthless. It's time Congress addressed this issue.

Get the money out of politics; this will clean corruption out of our government.

The Mormon Church, among others, own enormous amounts of valuable real estate, pay no tax, and use the commons like any other tax-paying businesses. They've taken a stand on issues affecting women's health and equal rights for all Americans regardless of their sexual orientation. If they continue to preach political ideology from their tax-free organizations, it's time for them to pay to play, like the rest of us.

Our fiscal cliff is affecting businesses hiring and the stock market, which affects me and millions like me.

we have been ask to take cut after cut, but the politician are not making cut to there salaries.and we pay there salaries,after they leave office, an we can't pay our bill after we get off work.....

Moving! Beyond the Congressional Gridlock

Make mony for goverment to pay down deficit, help use money for infer structure of USA and have more jobs created, by taxing those who are not small owners like me but large ompanyies or persons wo make millions.

Social Security does not affect the budget and only is part of the debt because past Congress used the money to pay for bills they did not raise taxes enough to pay for before. It has always paid its own way. There is no reason for a limit on contributions.

Since the mid 1980s, Republican leaders and politicians at every level of government have signed a pledge organized by lobbyist Grover Norquist to refuse to raise taxes under any circumstances. This pledge gives an unelected lobbyist unprecedented power over the GOP. There is a reason Republicans only want to cut spending, but won't consider revenue increases to reduce the deficit, pay for programs that help the needy, or make our environment safer. The reason is that Norquist will fund primary candidates against any Republican who votes to raise taxes. Yet the American people re-elected President Obama and Democrats who consider tax revenue part of solving our budget deficit and our economic problems. We must end the hold Norquist has over the GOP so that every option, including tax increases, is on the table when discussing solutions to America's economic woes and the federal budget.

Right now Obama and the Republicans are negotiating about how much to punish the poor and middle class and how little to tax the rich. Whatever compromise they come to will have significant negative consequences for most of us. We must do this immediately.

We must be FAIR to everyone alike: TAX ALL INCOME whether it is earned or won. We need not pick on the rich--right now they don't pay taxes on their capital gains! Anyone who lives on unearned income is getting away with stealing from the rest of us. Close this loophole! Income is income. Period!

In order to deal with the upcoming fiscal crisis, there should be no cuts to entitlement programs