The US is up to $ 16.6 trillion now in the stealing from our Great Grand Children. It is a spending and leadership problem at the highest levels of our national government. Congress needs to be restructured to reflect the original ideas of "citizen representation". Vote for term limits for Congress!

Long standing members of the General Assembly control many aspects of all Marylanders' lives, in all districts, even though the majority have never voted for or against their continuance in office. Our local representatives are powerless against the entrenched political machine. Term limitations will help ensure such vast power does not become concentrated in individuals who were not directly elected by those upon whom their actions effect.

A friend of my family grieved himself to death because of a senseless crime . His daughter was murdered with a stolen gun. Shot in the head along with two other of her friends. Louisiana has the largest number of people killed with guns according to CDC findings (46%).

Eliminating the electoral college system of electing the president of the United States of America

The fact that politics is now profession for the rich which does not represent the population. I call for all wages to be in line with the average citizen in military and the same benefit package. We shall no longer allow ellected officials to vote on there own raises.

I am currently using Comcast to access the internet and access basic cable channels. The costs are high and the premium channels are bundled making the cost of TV access excessive. A local public utility could easily provide internet and cable TV access at a lower cost. This would help the school system by making high-speed internet available to students.

Purple is a symbolic mix of Red and Blue. All of us see our Congress in gridlock, and in this petition we call for compromise where both sides work to protect and champion the other's imperatives while sculpting legislation that works, without refusing to participate, to cover broad interests for the good of the Nation.

I think that it is time we take back our rights as United States Citizens and let the people in office know that we do not appreciate the way they are handling things. They are suppose to be working for us but I do believe that they have lost sight of that concept, so we have to remind them by this petition that we are not going to stand for our voices not to be hear.

All votes for President are equal. Do not change the Electoral College system in Michigan. This is Un-Democratic and Un-American.

The children of the U.S. and British Virgin Islands have strong voices that need to be heard by all adults. They want a good education, they want a safe environment to grow up in, they want the ability to support themselves when they grow to adulthood, and all Caribbean Islanders want the ability to remain on their home island, if they choose. So many must move to other islands and countries, away from their families and friends, in order to work to feed their families. It's time to pay attention. Represent!

A recent article in The New York Times (http://tinyurl.com/nytimes-amgen) reported on a provision that was tucked into the “fiscal cliff” deal exempts a specific class of drugs from government controls for two years. That exemption will cost Medicare, YOU, nearly $500 million. Ironically, the deal was introduce by Senators McConnell, Baucus, and Hatch, known for their desire to reduce government spending, are known to have received campaign funding from Amgen through its political action committee. Amgen is the same company that had pleaded guilty to marketing an anti-anemia drug illegally and agreed to pay criminal and civil penalties of $762 million, a record settlement for a biotechnology company. The one-paragraph bill was introduced by Peter Welch (D-VT) (http://tinyurl.com/welchbill) and is co-sponsored by Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), and Bruce Braley (D-Iowa).

The over payment of American tax payers for government services.