Taxpayers are paying millions in pensions & family insurance to one time congress members. We need to change it to match the public sector's benefits. Members of congress should pay health insurance for their spouse & children. Members of congress should receive no pensions until they have served for twenty years. If they serve for ten years they could receive a pro rated pension unless they are convicted of a felony or forced to resign due to scandal.

At the heart of all of our problems as a nation is that we want a government that is truly BY the PEOPLE, FOR the PEOPLE but instead we are suffering from an institution that is being crippled by private / special interest groups. We the people need to take special interest money out of politics and make it illegal to accept private money, bribes or favors from lobbyists.

Getting governments to obey their oath to obey our constitution. This ignoring of our supreme law has led to inflation, unemployment, corruption, usurpation, tyranny, excess regulations, rules, codes, acts, orders, mandates, laws, restrictions, high taxes, low representation and loss of freedom.

Congress has passed laws that provide it special privileges. Congress should not be treated differently than the public. They should have a retirement plan the same as federal or state workers.

Mayor Bloomberg used his economic influence to corrupt the City Council and thwart the City of New York's democratically determined two term limit. Aside from his numerous other failings as Mayor, Bloomberg has made fallacious statements about the Occupy Wall Street protesters, presided over a violent and out of control police department, and publicly stated that he will remove peaceful protestors from Zuccotti Park, presumably by force. Not surprisingly, Bloomberg has failed to publicly disclose his personal relationship with one of the board members of a private company that owns Zuccotti Park. It's time for New Yorkers to take a stand against this insidious infiltration of economic interests into our public sphere. This kind of corruption must end. We demand that Mayor Bloomberg step down and relinquish his office immediately. For more information: http://blog.littlesis.org/2011/10/05/the-public-private-partnership-behind-zuccotti-park/

Changing the way Congress and The Senate operate. American citizens will want to sign this petition because all Americans including members of Congress and The Senate should have the same rights and benefits. End the unfairness that has gone on for too long.

Our government is no longer performing as it should and the entire Congress must be purged and replaced in order for real change to occur.

This petition supports a Constitutional Amendment that mandates public funding of all Federal Elections, and makes illegal the contribution of any financial support by any person, corporation, or other legal entity to any candidate in a Federal Election.

Cut the salaries of U.S. House and Senate members by 20% and arrange so that they have to pay 10% copays on their health insurance.

People in congress, the senate, and the corporations need to pass an amendment to live under the same laws. Did you know people in congress don't pay into social security, taxes, and more? Sign to get congressional attention to pass this bill.

Make it illegal for any elected official to lie as an employee of the people by the people. Do not allow any official tasked with making decisions that affects the lives of the people to whom they were elected to protect to use the 1st amendment as a sham and excuse for misinformation. Make them held to a higher level of accountability due to the level of office that they hold. We, the people of the United States of America, as their employer deserve nothing less than what any employer would ask of us.

Florida legislators and Governor Rick Scott have imposed drug testing on welfare applicants. If drug testing is needed for out of work Floridians, why not for those responsible for the State's multi-billion dolllar budget and the laws which affect all of us?