Congress is the body that makes the laws and can override the President's veto. We need to go to the source of our problems and not look toward the President who just serves as an idea man and a fall guy. We should be concentrating more on who gets into and remains in Congress. In Obama's first term, even if he tried to deliver on what the American majority said that they wanted by their vote, the Democrats who were in control of Congress at the time did not allow it; now, the Republicans aren't either. They have said it is their main goal to make Obama a one-term President verses doing what they can to better our country! Congresses complacency may be due to their individual wealth and lack of enforcement for them to pay their taxes, so they in fact, are out of touch with our working class society. No matter what President we vote into office, as long as the same members remain in Congress with their self-serving policies, such as great Healthcare packages for their families, which when offered to us are labeled Socialist, and their finances which allow them to afford to send their kids to college and have off shore accounts. This body of legislation would not want the higher echelon to be taxed at a higher rate because at the 1.3million dollars they currently owe and have not paid, they would refuse to pay that too. They are out of touch and also as of yet untouchable!!! WE need to CHANGE them then maybe our Presidents can do what the voting majority want!

We need new Financial Protection Legislation that includes a new Glass Stegall act that not only separates Commercial & Investment banking but it must solve the problems with derivatives and naked shorting because they have the American Economy on the verge of another financial disaster. The 5 largest banks have a value of over 50% of the GDP. They are not only too big to fail they are too big to manage and must be broken up to protect We the people on main streets and real streets of America because we continue to feel the pain of the last financial crisis. Together we have more that unites us than divides us.

The Deficit

The oath that every elected official takes when he or she is sworn into office Grover Norquist is a rich business man who finance's mostly the tea party candidates election campaigns or any Republican that will sign his pleage or oath not to ever raise tax's period no matter how the country is doing.

Clearly, Tea Party and Occupiers along with most independents despise the FORM our hateful parties-bound government has taken with continual 24/7 media obsession. We need a one six year Presidential term so he/she doesn't have to lop off a year to run again. Six year Senate term limited to three; four year House terms limited to three -- affording plenty of time to jockey for other offices and serve their corporate masters. Elections financed by the government. End the Senate 60% majority for passage with one-man-one-vote. This may be possible without a constitutional convention.

The city of St. Petersburg, FL is forcing a resident to sell his home in order to reimburse the city attorney and related court fees since the residents lawsuit, for his serious injuries due to his innocent car accident with an city police car, was rejected by a jury.

I modified the code of ethics of a major international organization to make it appropriate for candidates for public office. Grover Norquist was successful in shaming Republican candidates into signing his no-tax pledge. Let's see if we can shame candidates from BOTH political parties to sign on to this Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.

The minimum wage for waiters is $2.13/hour,and that doesn't cover the taxes,and has been the same for the past 20 years. We also have to tip out to cover buss,host,and food runners,and do not receive over time pay/holiday pay.

Get our vote out and make it count!!!!!

The filibuster and the 60% requirement in the Senate to pass legislation is a blatant usurpation of our democracy! It has become a perpetual and pathetic excuse for inaction on both sides of the isle within the United States Senate. Americans who value the democratic principal of majority rule should demand that the filibuster be abolished immediately.

People can do a better job with real time governance and make the congress as Museum. Real time governance will be online voting system, as such, each congressional seat would take vote for each legislation and budget with simple majority in the constituency and would be counted as 1 vote. Each state with 51% or more vote will get 2 senate vote or else it would be 1 in favor and 1 in against.

House & Senate officials gets healthcare, salary , & pension for life after leaving office & do not pay into the Social Security, & medicare programs. They should only get paid & have benefits while in office. They should pay into the programs that all other citizens support, have to get a job, purchase health insurance & save for retirement, just as they tell us we should do.