Term limits for congress and Senate. The President has them and the others should also. Incumbency leads to members becoming so engrained in the election system, that a successful challenger must go in the sewer to have a chance and this mind set is not good for our country. A person in office for 50 years has no idea what two or three generations removed is interested in leading to dumb statements like legitimate vs. illegitimate rape. Enough is enough. A person may maximize their elected service with a total of 20 combined years in the house and senate and eight in the presidency. Twenty-eight years is the average time most American spend on a single career.

As senior citizens, we do not think it fair that Congress wants to cut Social Security and Medicare benefits in order to prevent budget cuts to the Defense Department, protect oil company subsidies and the wealthiest 2%. If they want the whole country to suffer through the budget cuts, then they, too, must be included. Make members of the Senate and House pay for their health insurance and take away all pension benefits.

It is unbelievable that, Our do NOTHING Congress and Senate expect a raise this year. They are all over paid as it is. For doing NOTHING . And should be paid minimum wage. But cutting their pay by 50% is a small start.

Two terms for President, two terms for Senators and 4 terms for Representatives. We get this on the ballot. Congress certainly won't do it by themselves. With unlimited terms their main concern is to get re-ellected not to represent the people.

Change how we redistrict for Representatives in The House of representatives

Our current Congress is the worst in the history of the United States. They do nothing. They obstruct. They gerrymander districts. They submit stupid bills suggesting to deprive Americans of their basic rights. Enough ! Until these guys start earning their pay and benefits, paid for by the American people, we will petition to cut them.

Between ages 62 and 65 years old, Social Security (SSA) places a limit on the amount a person can earn when receiving SSA retirement benefits. If you earn more than the allowable amount, you have to pay a penalty. You have to pay back a part of the retirement benefits you have already received. The problem is that the SSA retirement check is not enough to live on in many cases, Therefore, a person might have to get another (retirement) job to suplement the Social Security retirement income. I might add that while working the "retirement job", one is still paying into the Social Security System and to my knowledge, that money is not being used to increase the person's retirement check in any way! What happens to this additional money? At age 66, there is no limit to the amount a person can earn while receiving a SSA retirement check and there is no penalty to pay. It appears that this policy was instituted some time ago with no good reason. It also appears that retiree's within the age group of 62 through 65, still working may not be receiving the appropriate amount of benefits based on the money they are still paying into the system. I would like to have the policy changed. I would like it if retired people between ages 62 and 65 could be allowed to earn as much as they can without having to pay back money that they have already paid into the system and earned the right to retire. Reasons for early retirement may vary from one person to another and therefore, the question of why a person retired early should not be a factor in having this policy changed. Mr. President, I thank you for your assistance in this situation.

Congressional members are beholden to special interests that finance their campaigns. As a result, America has been held hostage twice in recent months. Both had to do with fiscal responsibility. First,we suffered through their deadlock on raising the debt ceiling. And now, we are stuck with their "kick the can approach" once again regarding the "fiscal cliff." All this means is no one is willing to work together in a nonpartisan way to hash out a balanced budget. We all suffer as a result of their inability to work together. The upper 2% who hold their purse strings are in charge of the remaining 98%. Let's march together, as one voice of America and demand that Congress stop doing business as usual and get down to work and do what they were elected to do. To serve the people, by the people of this great Nation. Taking holiday time off at a time when such a serious deadline was due is totally inexcusable. Now, because they again waited til the last minute to resolve issues between parties, we are once again held hostage. Tell them they can't kick the can (US) around anymore. Tell them they will be removed, voted out, impeached, and black-balled come next election if they can't restore balance in Congress! March with One Voice! It works.

Help the US lower its debt and give every tax payer the right to enjoy life.

National debt

This is a concern for all of America. The people that get voted into office are doing it for the money and benefits, not for the American people. We need to get Congress and the Senate to act for the people and this is the way to do it.

What are we afraid of? Purportedly the 3 founding principles of our Democratic Republic are "Liberty, Equality and Justice", Right? So, why isn't the word "Equality" included into the last line of the Pledge of Allegiance?