We need to invest in our communities and keep middle-class families working and earning! By allowing us to invest in education, innovation and infrastructure, The Act to Invest in Our Communities proposal builds on our state's strengths, making life better for our families today and into the future. By asking more from high income households and investors who received large windfalls from the Bush tax cuts, while raising the personal exemption as a way to hold down the tax increase for middle-class families, the bill raises needed revenue primarily from those who can best afford to pay. With that revenue, we can keep the quality schools and services that make our state a good place to live and do business.

I'm getting $60 more per month taken from my paycheck now that the relief expired on Jan 1 2013 and in this economy, with prices rising and salaries stagnant, the extra should be made up by those who are more able to take the hit.

San Francisco has an unofficial, unwritten policy to allow church members to double park all over the city. This occurs not just on Sunday but on Wednesday night and in some cases on Saturday. The same rights are not granted to non-religious gatherings.

Texas is the 51st out of 51 in services for the Mentally Ill. We need funding for Mental Health Services and Affordable Housing.

Stop the attacks on Social Security and Medicare.

Social Security and Medicare are taxes paid by American workers. They should not be described as Entitlements. I'd like to see the Democrats change their talking points when it comes to debates over Social Security and medicare by calling them " Worker Paid Benefits

I have watched as both parties in Congress, and our president, use the money taken from the paychecks of all working Americans as a bargaining chip in political battles. This needs to stop. This fund was instituted to provide a needed cushion to senior citizens and disabled citizens. It should be immune to being plundered by politicians for other causes. These funds belong to the American people, not the politicians for their political maneuvering.

During this past Summer, Metro implemented a 'new rush' schedule which eliminated most of the Blue Line service and increased the Orange Line service. The public needs more Blue Line service in order to reach such destinations as Foggy Bottom/GW University/GW Hospital, Farragut West, Arlington Cemetery, Ronald Reagan Airport, The Pentagon and Pengaton City Mall all of which are on the Blue Line, some are popular tourist attractions. We need this service returned.

Yes. It is very hard to live on such a limited income, especially when you are a senior citizen.

Social Security and Medicare are not ENTITLEMENTS. Workers have paid into the funds all of their working lives, and the money goes into a separate fund. Medicaid is for people who have fallen on hard times and need the basics to survive.

Want to start a real generational war? Then keep bringing up the solution to Medicare funding that does not add up. The Kaiser Family Foundation did the math, raising the medicare eligibility age to 67 will save the government 5.7 billion but would end up costing every citizen and state and federal government 11.4 billion! Raising the Medicare eligibility age instead of focusing on the speculative COST of health care is bad for everyone's health!

Support for entitlement reform is contingent upon exempting current plan participants but any changes made should be borne equally by all Americans