Every day, I read scary things in the newspaper. Today, I read that "A hammer-wielding madman — dressed in a suit and tie — bashed in the skull of a Spanish tourist who was sitting quietly with his wife on a bench in City Hall Park yesterday". source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/hammer_attack_on_tourist_hrxXS1XMoS0EYxnPqNQFKI#ixzz22DMKD73M

A debate between Darrell Issa and his Democratic opponent, Jerry Tetalman, is of national importance because his policies are jeopardizing important organizations like the post office and well established personal freedoms. He needs to justify his position in one or more debates. As chairman of the House Oversight Committee, he holds lawmakers accountable. The voters have a right to know where he stands on the issues so they can hold him accountable. We can not tolerate his refusal to debate his election opponent, Jerry Tetalman. See www.JerryforCongress2012.com for more information or to donate.

Government Elected Officials should not have separate retirement benefits, health care or receive the same pay once retired. All Americans should follow the same structure including all elected officials.

To avoid the ongoing and worsening conflicts of interest, all the investments (with the exception of two dwelling places) for the President, Vice President, Cabinet members, Congress and Senate and Supreme Court Justices and their immediate familiy should be converted to US Treasury Bonds or notes ONLY!

I advocate 6 yearTerm Limits for all members of Congress...There should be no retirement or preferred insurance following their service in Congress. They should not be allowed to become Lobbyists for a minimum of 6 more years following their service in Congress and then only for four years.

Non-Productive Lawmakers being paid exhorbitant salaries and giving themselves raises while taking expensive and extended vacations... all on taxpayers dollars!

In the Clear Spending Project, the Sunlight Foundation discovered $1.3 trillion dollars of inaccurately reported federal government spending on the open data website (data.gov). This could be remedied with application of the Digital Accuracy and Transparency Act (DATA), which would standardize reporting by all government contractors and agencies by ensuring complete disclosure of each expenditure, tying it to a specific program and reporting it in a standard data format. DATA passed UNANIMOUSLY by voice vote in the House but is currently stalled in the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee of the Senate.

I live in a city where a relatively unknown rich man spent millions of dollars to campaign to become Mayor. He won. I am tired of rich people, or those who can gain the support of rich people or corporations, buying their way into office. It is time to level the playing field and take away the advantage of big money.

House of Representatives,Limit the number of terms the United States House of Representatives can represent,

Following the crash of 1929, Wall Street faced reforms that addressed the excesses of stockbrokers and banks. When those regulations expired or were weakened leading us to the latest economic meltdown with financial institutions looking after their own profits at the expense of their clients and the American public in general, our government has yet to respond by taking strong measures to regulate those interests and this must be changed. Let's call on President Obama to take whatever executive actions he can muster and push Congress to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4173 (111th) as a first step now.

Following the crash of 1929, Wall Street faced reforms that addressed the excesses of stockbrokers and banks. When those regulations expired or were weakened leading us to the latest economic meltdown with financial institutions looking after their own profits at the expense of their clients and the American public in general, our government has yet to respond by taking strong measures to regulate those interests and this must be changed. Let's call on President Obama to take whatever executive actions he can muster and push Congress to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4173 (111th) as a first step now.

Following the crash of 1929, Wall Street faced reforms that addressed the excesses of stockbrokers and banks. When those regulations expired or were weakened leading us to the latest economic meltdown with financial institutions looking after their own profits at the expense of their clients and the American public in general, our government has yet to respond by taking strong measures to regulate those interests and this must be changed. Let's call on President Obama to take whatever executive actions he can muster and push Congress to pass the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act H.R. 4173 (111th) now.