Public Finance of all campaigns

Our present system of financing campaigns for all offices is destroying democracy. Having politicians write the rules of campaign financing is self-serving. Presently almost no one runs for office without backing from organizations. Corporations, unions and foreign countries expect a return on their money when they contribute to a candidate. Their interests seldom support the 99%. Corporations are not people and yet our Supreme Court has ruled they are when it comes to financing campaigns. Doing what's right for the country is secondary to doing what's good for a particular political party. Besides costing billions, never-ending campaigning takes leaders away from their elected jobs and is an intrusion in our lives

To stop the wastes of billions of our tax dollars and end the war on the American people and their families

It's about making paid political ads (which are nothing more than sound bites, usually) go away in favor of only debates and Q and A sessions.

To get a petition going for a nation wide referendum ballot for Congressional term limits 0f one term no longer than six years for both the House Of Representatives and the Senate. Our elected officials spend more time and money trying to get re-elected the they do on the matters and issues that are destroying our Country. If there isn't an option for re-election, they could put all of their attentions on running our Country.

Corporations do not vote. Corporations should not give money to candidates or PACs. The very wealthy should not be able to buy elections. Elections should be publicly funded so that voters are not deceived by unaccountable and misleading interest groups.

We hear about cutting medicare, medicaid and social securtiy to balance the federal budget. Why haven't we heard about cutting the salaries of government officials? And cut the retired officials off the dole. The working majority has had salary and benefit cuts, why not them? If enough people sign this petition, we can give our public servants a strong message of change.

They are not doing their job. If you and I don't do our jobs, we get a pay cut or worse. They deserve a paycut.

As we watch these career politicians do their work, time has come that the voice of the people needs to be heard. We need to stop these career politicians. We need a strong voice saying we are tired of career politics and rich families. We the American people want our voice back! Let freedom ring for ALL Americans!

I believe all people running for office, should have to pass a basic appitute test, similar to the sat test students take to enter college. Too many of our present canidates, and also already elected officials, are not competent to do so. These offices are too important and effect too many American lives to have uneducated people holding them. Please pass onto to President Obama.

Members of Congress have been trading on insider knowledge, engorging themselves like pigs at a trough, not just on stocks, but on real estate and other money-making vehicles.

All American should have the right to travel to Cuba and have people to people exchange of ideas and be freinds. Cuba is making adjustment and changes and we need to give them ideas how to better themselves. Americans should be able to be free to find out about Cuba and the Cuban people and make their own mind if Cuba is or not a hostile country as our Government claims. We are friends with China. VietNam and many other countries and can travel to them. Why our Government have to hide about Cuba?