At age 18 EVERY person living in USA serves 2-years of government sponsored service including but not limited to military training and advanced specialty education. Education training could cover unlimited subjects--how to build low cost housing, teacher's aides, hospital orderlies, police force adjuncts--wherever a need for help is required. Four million Americans turn 18 each year; a host of helping hands and eager minds addressing some of our most trying needs.

The City of Long Beach is cutting funding for a daily hot lunch program which feeds approximately 100+ elderly residents at local parks. This will cause a hardship for many who are not able to travel long distances to get a meal and often are on a fixed income with limited food resources. This will lead to more senior citizens experiencing unnecessary hunger. I have heard from a reliable source that the more phone calls that go to the City council regarding this issue, the more likely that funding will not be cut for this particular program, at this time the elderly clients do not picket or lobby to encourage council to vote for a continuance in City support. AHS is the non profit who is losing funding for four daily park feeding centers. If funding is cut more than 120+ seniors may go without a hot meal each day.

PMG Donohoe wants authority from Congress to reduce days of mail delivery. He says from 6 to 5 now, but once given that authority it could be reduced to 4 or 3 days. The PMG strategy of "cut,cut,cut" is wrong and takes away an essential sevice to all Americans. The US Postal Service is in financial difficulty because of a 2006 PAEA law that mandates pre-funding retiree health benefits 75 years into future at a cost of $5 Billion a year. No other Federal agency or company suffers from this burden. The US Postal Service was created by our Constitution and serves to bind all of our citizens together nationwide. Many elderly, poor, and rural citizens depend on 6 day delivery of mail. Many mailers, such as the VA or Netflix also depend on 6 day delivery. We should require the PMG to retain 6 day delivery for the benefit of all.

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is strongly considering killing Metro Rail's planned phase II expansion into Loudoun County. As one of the fastest-growing counties in the country, Loudoun deserves, Loudoun needs, a transportation infrastructure that serves its residents and the businesses it hopes to attract. We're asking you to write the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors and let them know: we want Metro Rail in Loudoun County!

Too many deadbeat dads and too little support enforcement action by government means too many women trying to raise children with too little money. This impacts us all as these children will grow up to be our future.

Many buffets and restaurants dump mountains of uneaten food into dumpsters at the end of business. That food should be delivered to the homeless. The food delivery service would create new jobs. The food that would be distributed at homeless shelters would eliminate the need for the government to supply food to them. The restaurants would receive a government stipend for their participation.

Get those who are having a difficult time finding work a chance to earn pay by repairing our infrastructure with some pay for their work. Everybody does something but has earned their way. It does help our workers but they help us too.

WHEREAS significant and serious health, privacy, cost and other concerns have been identified regarding the installation of wireless Advanced Meter Infrastructure at the residence and business of La Plata Electric Association customers and members, and whereas LPEA has plans to proceed to install wireless AMIs although it recognizes there is active discussion and ongoing science debate into the possible health and environmental effects related to RF, and it is aware that on May 31, 2011, the World Health Organization classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as a Class 2B, a possible human carcinogen, and called for further investigation. LPEA also recognizes that on January 19, 2012, American Academy of Environmental Medicine, publicly announced, “An immediate moratorium on smart meter installation until these serious public health issues are resolved. Continuing with their installation would be extremely irresponsible”. The below signed also does not give consent for Advanced Meter Infrastructure device(s) to be installed at their private residence or owned business, and does not give LPEA permission to obtain personal information beyond kilowatt(s) used read by any utility meters and anything more will be an “invasion of privacy”. The LPEA Board of Directors has authority to stop all contracts with Tantalus and abandon in total the installation of wireless metering devices/AMI’s, or modify for an opt-in option therefore making wireless metering devices an Opt In program. Those customers who choose not to participate shall automatically be opting out and not be charged a fee, since this is an optional program. THEREFORE, the customers and members signed below of La Plata Electric Association request LPEA Board of Directors give a directive for LPEA to abandon in total the installation of AMI’s, or any wireless communications device(s). If LPEA Board of Directors continues the with wireless meters/AMI’s installation plans, then LPEA Board of Directors are to make AMI’s to be installed upon the customers and members request, customers and members must opt into the program. Customers and members, who do not opt in, automatically are opting out and no extra fee(s) will be charged.

There is a cap on paying the megar weekly tax on social security the government witholds from our weekly paycheck. The cap is $1,080.00 (or there about) a year So the poor and a great deal of the middle class pay for the whole year and some pay for 3 months the few who can afford the payment would not miss the $ and it would put a great deal of funds into Social Security. Which ,by the way was supporting this country for a long time when we were flush with $ and the witheld SS$ was put into the general fund

I WANT THE AUGUSTA AIKEN SKYWRN SYSTEM TO WORK AND TO SHOW THE POWERS TO BE THAT THERE IS STILL SERIOUS SKYWARN OPERATORS IN AUGUSTA AND AIKN WHO ARE SERIOUS AND CARE TO MAKE IT WORK.

My petition is in response to the underfunding of youth activities and the closing of programs to mentor today's youth. This trend has been going on since the regan era and needs to be reversed. Boycott congress and local government to break the cycle.

Investing in Social Security as an option vs wall street...Guranteed by the government vs taking your chances on wall street that has lost over 45% of the value of all IRS's and 402K's.