As with many people, I am disgusted with the way Congress has performed over the past several years. They seem to be out of touch with those who they represent and with the idea they are in Washington to stonewall legislation which would help the economy and the American people. Maybe taking away the privileges they have legislated and giving them the same benefits most people have, would give them a different perspective on healthcare, social security and medicare. Granted this has been passed around the internet, but nobody seems to know how to get the ball rolling to make this happen. Hopefully a petition through your organization might be the means.

The worst entitlement program in this country is the politicians retirement and health policy currently in affect.

Income Tax Refunds is a fundamental right and citizens who are entitled to refunds continue to be denied of this right to a refund and on time. The law provides for a 10% set-a-side from all income taxes collected annually. The Government has failed to adhere to the law and as such continue to violate the rights of those owed refunds. Citizens are being affected and this clearly affects the U.S. Virgin Islands economic cycle.

I am calling on the Presidential Candidates to stop their negative campaign advertisements and agree to only put out what they can do for us as a society. These negative adds are very stressful and usually not even truth. My 11 year old son is also very affected by these as he is an extremely sensitive child. In this already stressful time, we don't need more stress and hate. The PACs should also be notified by the candidates and agree to NOT put out these horrible ads.

LOBBYING IS ANTI DEMOCRACY....END CORPORATE & SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBYING NOW!

It has come to my attention that in recent years hi profile citizens have been allowed to live in multiple states and declare dual residencies for the sole purpose of running for public office just so they could run for a higher office. Mitt Romney is from Utah, yet he claimed to be a resident of Massachusetts while also living in New Hampshire just so he could run for Governor of Massachusetts and then eventually have a shot at running for the Presidency. That any and all citizens be limited to one state when running for any high public service office. If you weren't born there, you can't hold a public service office. Its a conflict of interest

Freedom of expression does not extend to lies to manipulate an ignorant populace. false or misleading political advertisement should be punishable by law. Being carpet-bombed with falsehoods for political gain harms the American psyche. That practice falls under the "harm" or "offense" exceptions to the first amendment (freedom of thought and expression). When we talk about rights (i.e. freedom of expression), we can't forget the other side of the coin: responsibility, since "freedom without responsibility degenerates into licentiousness".

These are not my words or ideas, they reportedly came from Warren Buffet with input from many people before me and I don't totally agree with every point, but that's exactly the point. These are a starting point to build on and should be equally important to everyone who believes in democracy; left, right or center. I just formalized them in a petition to the President and Congress. Please join in and sign today, its really important. "We the people need to demand this bill be acted upon as a constitutional amendment." J.Q. Public This will work if we all do our share. Please send it to as many people as you can. If nothing else it will scare the fence-riders in congress when they see the broad support we have. This may be our last chance to stop this so let's get involved. Please read and pass this petition on to 20 of your friends... 04/14/12 Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election." The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971–before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven took one year or less to become the law of the land–all because of public pressure. Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email (petition) to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around. If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Don't you think it's time? This is how you fix congress!

Abolish the electoral college and let the president be elected by popular vote.

WE should have the American people VOTE to abolish the electoraal college which is obsolete.

Bill Montgomery AZ state attorney is causing problems for the state's VOTING IN the medical marijuana program. I am petitioning to recall his pettiness and allow the state to let their vote be followed thru as the people legally voted in !!

Currently each state can decide how to construct its ballot for the presidency and vp elections. Since these elections are for national office we should have a uniform ballot for president and vice president. This will do much to stop the chicanery and corruption within states over what the ballot looks like, how it can be audited and who can vote.