State budget cuts during the Great Recession have been devastating. Tuition is up more than 50% at the University of California and California State University systems. CalFire is doing its best to fight raging wild fires in Southern California, despite cuts of $27 and $34 million. Thanks to progressives, California passed Proposition 30 last fall, increasing income taxes on the wealthiest 2% of Californians. The results are better than anyone could have hoped. In one year, we've gone from a $16 billion deficit to a $4.5 billion surplus. But now, Gov. Brown refuses to use the extra funds to restore horrific cuts made during the Great Recession. Instead he wants to pay Wall Street banks. The real way to fix California's debt problem is to grow the economy through funding education and other vital programs.

The reason for this petition is because of the terrible behavior of congress, our elected representative that we have all witnessed in the past years.

TERM LIMITS NOW!

Electronic voting machines and electronic scanners can be easily manipulated and hacked. We are paying private corporations to count our votes in secret. Let's do our elections like Germany and Switzerland and use only hand counted paper ballots.

We have elected too many officials that always side with corporate America. We also have to many people in government that hate government.the majority public 's will is not being addressed

We've all been personally affected by this issue. VERY few of our elected officials show genuine concern for our Country as a whole or the needs and concerns of its citizens while in office.

complete gridlock caused by men and women who care of noting other than their own voices and pockets. Lack of consensus without personal risk. It's embarrassing to think we elected these people, this is a system that is so obsolete and over burdened that decisions are seemingly impossible to come by. specific issues are below and they will be ignored anyway so FWIW...

The nation recognized that unlimited tenure as President was unhealthy for the nation. It is time to acknowledge that unlimited tenure for members of congress also is unhealthy. It allows a few individuals to acquire disproportionate power and control. As a result, needed legislation hs been - and will continue to be - needlessly delayed or abandoned entirely because of a small minority of congress.

The current campaign system has allowed for the systemic corruption of the greatest democracy in history. Our elected officials have decided that this is no longer a government of the people. Rather, they are beholden to any entity with a large enough bank account to ensure reelection. There is a simple solution to this problem. We can allow our leaders to once again perform the work that is the will of people by creating a campaign finance system that is 100% publicly financed. No more private donations, no wasted time on fundraisers, no super PAC's. We should fund the presidential campaign at the federal level and allow the states to create a funding mechanism for congressional campaigns. Why would this work? The power of the lobbyist in our current system is money. If those lobbyists could no longer promise campaign contributions in exchange for legislation which favors the issue they are lobbying for or against, that power vanishes.

The nation recognized that unlimited tenure as President was unhealthy for the nation. It is time to acknowledge that unlimited tenure for members of congress also is unhealthy. It allows a few individuals to acquire disproportionate power and control. As a result, needed legislation hs been - and will continue to be - needlessly delayed or abandoned entirely because of a small minority of congress.

The nation recognized that in.imited tenure as President was unhealthy for the nation. It is time to acknowledge that unlimited tenure for members of congress also is unhealthy. It allows a few individuals to acquire disproportionate power and control. As a result, needed legislation hs been - and will continue to be - needlessly delayed or abandoned entirely because of a small minority of congress.

There should be term limits for Congress, House and Senate.