Modifying our Banking System: It is mathematically impossible for the United States to solve the financial catastrophe we find ourselves in without dramatically modifying our banking system. We cannot tax our way out of the problem nor "cut" (spending) our way out of it nor borrow our way out of it. The reason, as understood by Benjamin Franklin and other "founding fathers" is that with our system, there is always more money owed back than there is in existence and since the only source for new money coming into the system under our current banking scheme is a loan which is a debt that carries an interest burden, it is not possible to not go deeper into debt. About the banking system we are now operating under, Franklin said that collectively, it represents an impossible contract which cannot be fulfilled. He is right. We have to go back to what our constitution says at Article I, Section 8 [5] - Congress shall have power to "Coin money (and) regulate the value thereof..." The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 purported to change this constitutional congressional mandate although our constitution was never amended to reflect that change. The Federal Reserve Bank (the Fed) is a secret cartel of large private banks that creates our money and regulates its value contradictory to the provisions of our constitution. The entire banking system, including the Fed, mainly utilizes "fractional reserve lending", compound interest and the bonding process to transfer as much of the meager accumulated wealth of the 99+% at the bottom into the pockets of the less than 1% at the top as fast as they can, thereby enslaving all those below the less than 1% at the top. We have to go back to congress creating our money and regulating the value of it and our government spending that money directly into the economy (for education, roads, ports, health care for all, social security etc.) without borrowing any of it at interest. It's as simple as that and the only way out of our economic problems. You see, eliminating the monetary inflation generated by our "private" banking system by the three main methods I outlined above would automatically also eliminate price inflation. Our economy would stabilize and we would move toward full employment, foreclosures would virtually be eliminated, cities and states could slip back into the black and out of the red, taxes in all jurisdictions could be lowered and the list of benefits goes on and on. This will not be easy and those at the top that created this system to benefit themselves will fight to the death to keep it in place. They have most of congress and the courts in their pockets and we therefore have to take the decision to institute a change out of the hands of the congress and the courts and circulate a constitutional amendment to eliminate current banking practices, specifically prohibiting the federal bonding process, fractional reserve lending and compound interest. Short of doing this, we are doomed.

Are you fed up with a Congress that can't seem to work together to solve the urgent problems of our time ? Me too. It's time more voters acknowledge they have been co-opted into voting for candidates whose agendas are actually not in their own self interests . We MUST restore the Democrats to a majority in both houses of Congress. STOP ELECTING REPUBLICAN OBSTRUCTIONISTS .

The Social Security/ Medicare fund was always well funded by those who payed forward. Unfortunately it wasn't locked and over the years Congress has borrowed from it and not paid back. This fund needs to be unavailable for any reason except to its investors for pension and health care. It has not run out of money as we've been told. It was embezzled out of money.

Pennsylvania (and other states) should revise DUI laws to permit offenders LIMITED driving privileges to work/school, mandated Counseling and Highway Safety School attendance, and medical care. People convicted of DUI are losing jobs, dropping out of school, and avoiding medical care because their licenses are suspended and they are prohibited from driving under any circumstance.

In the average state election, less than 20% of campaign contributions come from within the election district. What honest purpose could companies and individuals have when giving money to influence who will represent you but not them?

People should sign my legalizing marajuana petition because being bad for you is so old school. My husband had cancer and this was the only thing that helped his pain.. He choose it over the prescription pain medication which in my eyes was a good thing, thank you.

Since we are stuck with "Citizens United" and unlimited corporate money in politics, we should at least get TRUTH in advertising. This will hold politicians accountable with what they say in ads. Right now, lies are allowed to be perpetrated with no penalty. This must stop!

about legalizing medical marijuana for those who have cancer crohns and other diseases also for people who suffer from chronic pain medinal marijuana would greatly help with their quality to live a higher quality of life and not in pain constantly I know i suffer chronic pain from 2 bike wrecks and an getting tired of not enjoying life and having to take medications that are way worse such as morphine, oxycontin and dursgesic and belive medical marijuans may help me get off these very additive drug. I have keep switching between these 3 mdicines because lose their pain contol. there are also alot of others suffering from these these diseases and chronic pain. I think we deseve a higher quality of life

With all this talk about cutting into State worker's and now Railroad worker's pension funds to feed the political machine, the question must arise: What about Politician's pensions? Anyone in the workforce, be it State, Union, or otherwise, pays into their own pension fund which they can not draw from until they reach retirement age. This is NOT an entitlement for them. Politicians, on the other hand, receive a lifetime pension for serving a single term (4 to 6 years in most cases) which is funded solely on our tax dollars! It is time we stand up and demand that these "public servants" give up their pensions first!

We can scale the multiplier from the local level to the highest office. For example if a govenor of a state is found guilty of a crime committed while in office the multiplier can be 1.1, a senator 1.5, the president 2.0.

Impose term limits on congress. Limiting terms on members of the house and senate will stop them from becoming career politicians and and spending more time trying to get elected rather than doing the country's work.

This court has and is continuing to rewrite the laws and Constitution heavily in favor of the one percent over the rights of the people.