THE WEALTHY OF THIS COUNTRY CAN AND SHOULD PAY THE MOST TAXES ...NOT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BARELY MAKING ENDS MEET BY WORKING 2 JOBS AND/OR LONGER HOURS .....THE RICH STAY RICH AND THE POOR GET POORER MENTALITY OF THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO CHANGE .AND IT NEEDS TO START WITH THE GOVERNMENT ......

Most analysts agree that the repeal of the financial regulation provided by the Glass-Steagall law made possible the financial meltdown that hurt so many of our citizens and led to the worst recession since the 1930s. I personally lost $50,000 of a $60,000 investment that was a large part of my retirement nest egg, and others in the same investment lost everything.

The basis of the GOP economic plan is tax cuts for the "job creators." How many permanent, full-time, non-campaign, American jobs has Mitt Romney created with the money saved since the Bush tax cuts went into effect?

New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Joe Kyrillos made waves recently when he said that he might support 'smart' taxes on the wealthy. This comes after years of siding with his good friend Chris Christie and opposing all attempts for a New Jersey millionaires tax as a member of the state legislature. We think asking New Jersey's millionaires to pay their fair share so that the state can invest in education and job creation is pretty smart. Let's see if Joe Kyrillos is willing to do more than just talk about making the wealthy pay their fair share. Tell him to co-sponsor the millionaires tax in NJ!

Trillions of unproductive dollars are siphoned out of our economy every year by everything from simple nepotism to cash bribery. As a result the wealth that we generate as a society has been redistributed to the top 1% where it has effectively been hoarded and taken out of productive circulation. After thirty years of labor saving technological developments this siphoning off of our collective wealth by the scam artists has left the rest of us struggling to make ends meet. As a result we can not address ourselves to society's challenges of climate change and global hunger because we are too busy trying to keep our head above water to feed our families.

Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney.

We can't take our middle class economy for granted. It will not somehow fix itself. In fact, it is more likely to continue to devolve into an economy that cannot grow or provide economic opportunity for most of us. Neither the “invisible hand” of the market, nor piece‐ meal legislative initiatives proposed by well‐meaning politicians, will get us where we need to be. We need something bigger, something more comprehensive, something more lasting. That “something” is an amendment to the United States Constitution to protect our middle class economy

President Obama promised that he would reorganize the NAFTA agreement and in his first years he has not come up with a plan to share with the American people. I still think it was the wrong thing for president Bush and Clinton to sign this bill. It has weaken the American work force and increased unemployment and weakened America's backbone.

Create a flat rate for all homeowners that have negative equity in their homes and high interest rates above 5%. Those who have rates lower would not be impacted. All loans regardless of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac ownership would be eligible to flat rate their loans to 5% saving money on their housing payments which would slow foreclosures and in turn put money back into homeowners poackets and spending in local economies.

Create a flat rate for all hoeowners that have negative equity in their homes and high interest rates above 5%. Those who have rates lower would not be impacted. All loans regardless of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac ownership would be eligible to flat rate their loans to 5% saving money on their housing payments which would slow foreclosures and in turn put money back into homeowners poackets and spending in local economies.

This would bring back the Glass-Steagall Act from 1933. It helped the US to prosper economically for 60+ years. Most major Economist feel this would be a major step in fixing some of the Banking mistakes made in the last several years.

The real truth behind the scarcity of jobs. The president has presented a jobs bill that would put millions of Americans back to work, but the house refuses to cooperate. There should be funding to run this ad all over the country to be sure all Americans know that the house has made it their business to make sure the president fails. Even though their plan is failing, the country should never forget those eleven hateful words.