Removing regressive affect of SS tax

It is unfair to have to pay a 10% penalty for early withdrawal of your retirement savings when you have been laid off your job, are under 55, and have no other source of income.

The republican congress members have signed several pledges that are divisive and ignore the needs and desires of the American public. They should ignore the pledges not to raise taxes on those making one million dollars a years, ignore the pledge to eliminate planned parenthood, and support funds for national, infrastructure restoration.

Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget proposes radical and unnecessary changes to railroad retirement that will adversely affect current and retired railroad workers and their families while saving the taxpayer nothing. Railroad retirement is fully funded by railroad workers and the rail industry with no public funds used. Please contact your elected officials to stop the needless changes to railroad retirement.

Military retirement pay is being taxed at an astounding rate by the Federal Government. I don't believe that military retirement pay should be taxed by either the Federal, State or Local Governments.

I JUST PAID 25.95 TO CASH MY CHANGE IN AT WAL MARTS Coin star change cashing machine....Free at banks and credit unions, for same service. THIS IS ONE COMPANY OUR COUNTRY DOES NOT NEED

Underwater homes were caused by the bubble that the banks created. People are stuck with homes that they cannot sell for what they owe. They can't move for a better job, they can't downsize to meet the current economy. Our government is now allowing for and reimbursing banks for writing down mortgages, all except those backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. People who have jumbo loans on second homes can get their mortgage written down to the current value (conditions apply), so the government is bailing out those homeowners and their banks (again), but middle class citizens who have their primary homes underwritten by Fannie or Freddie are out of luck. This is SO wrong. No help for the middle class repeated.

Student Loans are destroying this country.

Add your voice to the more than fifty community groups urging leaders in Annapolis to come together and resolve Maryland’s ongoing budgetary crisis now. Ask the Governor and legislature to raise the necessary revenues in a special session to fully fund the public programs and services that make our state a great place to start a business and raise a family.

We can all agree that the minimum wage is too low to meet cost of living expenses in most states, but blanketly raising it hurts small businesses more than large ones, ultimately stifling competition and further empowering large corporations. We all support a graduated income tax, why not a graduated minimum wage. Large corporations have managed to grossly reduce their effective tax rate due to voter complacency, but would they find the same complacency if they tried to lower their employees wages? Most small businesses usually pay over min. wage as is. So simply raising it may not obligate them to pay more than they already are, while requiring the larger corps. that do pay the minimum to catch up. HOWEVER: graduating it nullifies the largely false argument that small businesses can't afford the wage raise, and still protects them in that their *perceived obligation* to pay above the minimum can still be met. This is not in contradiction to the minimum wage raise to $9.80 (~$20k/yr for full-time, it's about time), it's just for the big-box employees' minimum wages to rise to $11+/hr too.

Oil from American property should not be allowed to be sold overseas. Oil is a national security issue and it should not be allowed to be sold as a profit-making commodity.

Time to bust the trust break up the the MULTI NATIONAL corporations and expand the market place for competition make them create jobs