If you want to hold a government office in The USA and determine its laws, you should believe enough in our country to leave your money in it! Financial parasites affect the health of our economy negatively. In for a penny, in for a pound.

To insure valid counting of ballots during the November presidential election, PLEASE pledge to vote by PAPER BALLOT ONLY. The 2000 and 2004 elections contained too many discrepancies to put the presidency in the crosshairs of those extreme corporations that manufacture the electronic voting machines.

Religion has affected far too much of policy and lawmaking in this country. It has caused divisiveness , bias against women and minorities, and there are far to many polititians eho rum on religiuos platforms in political office who tout their religious views as policy goals. Keep the church out of government policy making or strip them of their tax free status. Do not allow lawmakers to use their personal religious beliefs to make law or policy decisions

/" The results of the presidential election is determined by a system that no longer reflects the will of the voters throughout our nation.Since computers are able to count accurately the popular vote they should be used exclusively to fairly decide our next president.

I would like to suggest that rather than a 4 year Presidential term of office, with the option of a second 4 year term, we change to a single 6 year term with no second term option. I belive that first it would give a leader and his/her team a chance to initiate changes and have enough time for the policies to mature and perform during their term. Further, it would eliminate the (typical) two year period of campaigning for a second term, that cannot help but detract from quality management of the public's business as our national leader. I also believe that it might dramatically reduce the escalating financial cost of our 4 year election cycle.

Mitt Romney's refusal to disclose at least 5 years of his tax returns leaves the public wondering what he has to hide. All citizens have a right to know as much as possible about a Presidential candidate in order to make a reasoned decision about who to vote for. The candidate's tax returns tell a lot about the individual and in past years candidates have been willing to voluntarily disclose. However, Romney's refusal shows the need for legislation to require disclosure.

American Citizens must call on the US Congress to "Level The Playing Field" for every electoral campaign in this country by limiting the amount that any campaign or political party can spend on advertising in support of any given candidate. Specifically, limit the total permissible airtime minutes on all TV networks, per candidate, per election. If all are treated the same, this is not a First Amendment issue as some people claim. Caps for advertising spending would be different for city, county, state, and national elections, but SOME kind of reasonable limits are needed to prevent wealthy individuals and/or organizations from unfairly influencing election outcomes. I want the American public to collectively put pressure on Congress to enact legislation to that end.

A petition to require ALL political ads to adhere to the truth.

The average family is worth $77,500. The average Congressman's net worth is $13,000,000. The average senator's net worth is $6,000,000. How are the average people of this country supposed to believe that these elected "public servants" are really representing the average American family when their ways of life and lifestyles are so drastically different. Petition Letter Greetings, I just signed the following petition addressed to: American people, President, media. ---------------- Return Congrees to public servants The average family is worth $77,500. The average Congressman's net worth is $13,000,000. The average senator's net worth is $6,000,000. How are the average people of this country supposed to believe that these elected "public servants" are really representing the average American family when their ways of life and lifestyles are so drastically different. Congressmen and Senators are out of touch with the normal American family.I would like to change, not the process of election, but how our "public servants" operate in Washington.

Make issues single issues instead of packing favors into them to get agreement. Tell Congress to be straightforward, not sneaky and self-serving.

Petition the fed to allow tax payers the option to submit a small amount of a refund (amount on the payers discretion), even $1 to the deficit and have it applied like a 401k or similar type investment once we are out of the red. I myself get back 5 to 8k every year so I would throw in at least $300. The def would be paid within a decade and the contributers could collect a nice return on their small investment. This would allow America to take control of the finances and wage their own golbal financial domination. Just afraid the leaders in Washington don't have enough iintelligence to manage such an easy concept. This would also give Americans confidence in the Govenment. It doesn't get any easier than this, lets push it forward. Thanks Don 602-434-4773

Many members of congress signed a pledge to follow Grover Norquist's instructions when voting on policy matters, even though Grover Norquist is not an elected official. I believe that members of Congress should pledge to work for the American people instead. Pledging away all your future votes to some private citizen's command, thereby giving up your right to think for yourself, is simply not the American way.