As we have seen this election year, certain candidates do not feel they should have to share their IRS income tax return with the nation when they run for office. I believe the policy needs to be changed as the President helps set the budget and choose where the tax money is spent.

The U S Congress men and women have become careers for many and have lost touch with what it is like to live in the hometowns and live by the same rules. So since the positions started out as civil service commitments and not careers let's continue the concept the founding fathers had in mind. In addition, the Congress men and women spend too much of their time in their re-election effort rather than in guiding the country and negotiating with the "other side of the aisle".

Congress has spent countless hours debating funding for the federal government, simply because our elected representatives are more interested in representing their parties and lobbyists instead of the people who elected them. This gridlock has threatened to shut down the federal government more than once. I feel that the primary job description of a member of Congress should be, "to keep the federal government functioning."

Seneators and Congress people should have a term limit of three terms.

Thousands of acres of public land are being destroyed by gold miners along the Resurrection Creek in Hope, Alaska. When the moratorium on patents is lifted, the mining claim owner will attain the title to this land immediately. This law is archaic. We can no longer afford to give up land as in 1872, when land was plenty and development and settlement important. This law is giving our land to miners (uranium, silver, gold, copper, etc.) across the country, and we are not only losing land to companies but the bonds they must put forth are not nearly enough to clean up the damage done. All of this is based on 1872 prices. There is only a temporary moratorium on patents (which gives miners title to public lands). This must be renewed every year through an addendum to the budget (i.e. no money can be spent on giving people patents.) The people are getting no benefit from the mining operations that devastate the land.

We must demand from our political leaders the truth. Our Politicians must be truthful in their advertisements because, how are we suppose to make intelligent decisions based on lies.

Allow Rocky Anderson, the 2012 Presidential candidate of the independent party, the Justice Party, participate in the Presidential debates this year. The Republican and Democratic Parties control the presidential debates and exclude third party candidates. This is antithetical to democracy. We petition the Commission on Presidential Debates to allow Rocky Anderson to participate in all of the presidential debates this year.

All federally elected officials be required to take drug tests on a monthly basis.

I would like to see Senate and congress with term limit with they can only be in office for two terms just like the President and no one is grandfathered in. Also they need to pay into retirement and health insurance just like the every day average working person.

Candidates should be given the same amount of money, set a budget and stay within it. This would be a way to demonstrate they could understand balancing the state and federal budgets

Congressional Office Term Limitation

It is becoming clear that there is no downside to lying in political ads but this must change. There are no penalities for half truths, lies, or distortions in political campaign ads that would never be permitted in commercial ads. Campaign ads are certainly more important to the public in making informed decisions based on FACTS.