Declare that the government of Idaho be responsiable for all its own medical coverage, pay into social security, abandon all contributions from lobbyists and declare a equal taxes for all companies no matter what the size or welth.

The Post Office, founded at the beginning of this country as an institution for the benefit of all citizens, has been desiccated by Congressional imposition of a crazy pension plan, that sabotages instead of utilizes available funding. It will take Congress to undo this.

The Post Office, founded at the beginning of this country as an institution for the benefit of all citizens, has been desiccated by Congressional imposition of a crazy pension plan, that sabotages instead of utilizes available funding. It will take Congress to undo this.

Jindal has strategically started this legislative session with issues that he knows will have low public participation from the target audience because of their jobs as teachers, state employees, other members of the schools or state retirement systems. These are all median to low wage earners. He has stacked all the committees with his appointees and made sure that there is no deviation to his republican ideological plan. There is no "for the people" in this man's mind yet he cloaks it in "for the children". How diabolical!

If AB2299 passes, then our government officials, elected and non-elected, including law enforcement officers, DMV employees, etc., will be able to hide their property ownership which is now a matter of public record. Why you ask? To quote a Press Democrat editorial, "Ostensibly, it's to protect them from the threat of personal harm from someone who could otherwise discover where they live. But when asked by the California Newspaper Publishers Association about the prevalence of this kind of hostility, the legislator's staff could not come up with a single example of a public safety officer having been harmed or threatened by way of information obtained in this fashion. We could find no record of any public official being threatened in this way, either." If this passes, then these government officials will be able to hide any ill gotten gains. Current public record allows an individual or a reporter to investigate possible corruption of "bought" elected officials, law enforcement officers, etc. We need to stop this from happening. With the current state of affairs in this country and state, we need more transparency not less. Please tell your representatives to stop this bill cold!

As of last year (2011) the government has taken away the adoption credit. Adoption whether through an agency or private attorneys is very expensive. It is such a shame that people like my husband and I who already have one adoptive child and have so much love to give to another child may not be able to ever adopt another baby because of the costs. Without bringing back the adoption credit many couples like us may never be able to adopt another child.

Help pave a better way for citizens to take more direct action in Utah government than just voting for politicians every couple years. We can pick the subjects as we go along. As now we could consider reforming the initiative process itself. Or finally doing something about the ethics reform, or what is your subject? Help build an internet list of 100,000 Utah registered voters willing to be contacted about proposing, and/or downloading and signing, to put various potential initiatives on the election ballots for the people to decide. This is a cumulative, on going process to build something re-usable. The CountMyVote initiative cost big bucks, but was taken seriously as it got close to success, and lead to a compromise. Time will tell if the new system will work or be undermined. We don't have big bucks--but we do have time on our side. Full disclosure: I am currently running for House District 46 as a Libertarian. They have no caucus system--I will be on the Ballot in November. When asked what good one Libertarian can do: I can say things people who want party funding can't. Like champion this route to put issues to the vote of the people.

Voting is the bedrock of our democracy: we should encourage every eligible voter to do so, not create additional and unnecessary obstacles.

Before Illinois can even begin to really tackle the really tough issues of budget, education, infastuture, we need to trust our elected leaders. With our past two Governors now in jail, we need the strongest ethics legislation passed now.

Every time the general assembly meets it is expensive to taxpayers. This is why we must end pay for extra and extended sessions. If this pay isn't brought to an end, we will continue to incentivize and subsidize the lack of leadership in the state assembly. How many other jobs get a bonus for stagnation (not counting Wall Street)? Usually subsidies are from the government to the private sector. Not in this instance. This is a case of the fox guarding the hen house.

Mayor Anthony Chavonne is guilty of Vietnam Sister City insult to Veterans, an insulting decision to include the Quaker House and its anti-war Stance in Homecoming Heroes celebration, Political Corruption - Ticket Gate Fiasco, Political Corruption - Illegal Consent Search Moratorium, and Political Corruption - Moorish Nation Separatist Group Proclamation, Being insulting, defiant and impertinent towards the Honorable Superior Court Judge Gregory Bell. It's time for him to resign.

It is heartbreaking when you hear from a lawyer that 90% of all who apply get rejected, despite medical evidence proving the inability to work due to a condition. This is damaging our economy because it is preventing our ability to spend or save that would improve the Gross Domestic Product. The fact that many feel it is an entitlement is wrong; we paid for it by paying our taxes. I am currently considered disable due to a combination of blood clots and bulging in the cervical discs. On June 14th, my muscles stiffen up and I went unresponsive. People around me thought I had a stroke (it was a LARGE muscle spasm). From that point, my doctor told me he will not clear me until the conditions that caused this to occur disappear, because the next time it will be a stroke. A year later, the flow in my brain is slightly improved, which means it may be another year before I can actually work. I got enough documentation to prove the clots were real and potentially dangerous if I get stressed, but the rejection rational is “You don’t bend, squat, walk, stand, so you can return to your company for employment.” I am a technical support person, when do we not get stressed on the call? I am 33 years old, and prior to this I had been working since I was 19. I have enough credit in the system to be eligible for social security. I have paid them each year, and when I need them: I get denied. I am currently working with a lawyer to appeal this, but it should not have to be this way. If we have the plenty of facts proving our condition that negates our ability to work, it should be enough to state “Ok, we will approve you.” Sign if you feel that SSA and our Government is doing us a great disservice by allowing this to continue.