The Massachusetts Southcoast cities of Fall River, New Bedford, and Taunton are the only eastern Massachusetts cities not served by the MBTA. Consistently, the Massachusetts Southcoast has higher unemployment than the rest of Massachusetts and remains in a recession long after the rest of Massachusetts recovers. Economic recovery in the communities of the Southcoast require passenger rail service. Recently, the MBTA heralded a passenger rail link through Providence to South Kingston in Rhode Island. The Massachusetts Southcoast should be linked to Boston via the MBTA.

Two weeks ago our house was burglarized. Jewelry, Credit Cards and a Social Security Card were stolen. The jewelry is gone for good, the credit cards were cancelled but when I asked Social Security to issue you me a new number they said I have to prove fraud before they will change it? When I heard that I could not belive it. So some thief can screw with my identity, try to collect on my taxes , open acccounts. Identiy theft is rampant but this was Social Securities Answer!

If the current policy of stopping Social Security taxes withdrawn from income were to be eliminated, the revenue generated by collecting the 7% tax on all income would not only pay for everyone to receive Social Security income in their retirement, but also fund a 2 year college education for every child in America.

Would like to start a petition to cancel all the oil subsidies and pay back all the social security money owed to the senior citizens of this country. And with the money left over, also sure up medicare. We need a leader that will do these things, and not put more poverty in this country for a few chosen.

The radical right wing of the GOP in Congress is working to privatize the mail system; they are refusing to fund the US Post Office. If you like paying higher prices to send mail through FED EX and US POSTAL SERVICE, do nothing about the disappearance of an efficient, relatively inexpensive way to send and receive mail.

California has a law that discriminates. Anyone that has ever been convicted of illegal drug sales, is disqualified from getting government help. No food. ( EBT ) No cash aid. This law is unfair and forces people that can't get jobs to turn back to illegal means to survive.

Fixing SS benefits so they are there for retirement. Not attaching them to 401k; keep as is but with modifications as to who can recieve benefits and at what financial level really needs them.

In the history of our country, it has been clear and brightly obvious, that there is work to be done to improve the quality of every individual's life, and that few in power are willing to do anything about it. It is clear, that OUR financial issues are regarded as trivial by those responsible for the fair distribution of power and leeway to the population. It seems, that they just don't care because it's not their problem. yet. The time to get in, is now. Together we can collect the voices of all of our situations, and we can send right to their doorstep, louder and harder to ignore every time we try. Because we have been duped, America. And it's time to take back the lives that have been STOLEN from us. This petition is aimed at forcing a fair redistribution of our nation's property, wealth and resources to those who actually NEED it. Rather than squandering those perks and bonuses on corporations and criminals that already have more than enough money, and more than enough power.

More than ever now, we need a solution to the Welfare Reform (child support) issues, which would provide relief for California's economy and welfare system. If we hold people accountable, the welfare system could truely be used for what it was intended for: emergencies, the homeless, jobless, widows, counseling, ect. Many tax payers would appreciate a solution and it would benefit us all in the long run.

I work at a Homeless center in San Diego and I found out that in addition to all of these thousands of people sleeping on the streets, there are also families with little children out there! There is one parking lot where families can park their cars in a relatively safe place for the night with their kids. It is just the most unjustifiable horror that I can imagine for those kids. And look at all of the homes sitting vacant in our city. This is the lowest of the low for our country. At the age of 60 I have never seen so much greed and selfishness! We have to help these kids! NOW!

The only sustainable way for us to get more fresh water is to desalinate it. The only practical way to desalinate water is to do it offshore. And the only way this will effect more than coastal communities is for the Federal Government to oversee it. Desalination is inevitable. The only question is will we drain all of our groundwater first. Done right, pilot offshore renewable powered desalination plants will lead us to water - more water for everyone. Offshore desalination plants are resistant to tsunamis, earthquakes, rising sea levels, terrorism, and individual plant breakdowns. Moreover, offshore desalination plant salt emmissions will negligibly effect deep ocean salinity levels. Also, an important spinoff of developing renewable energy off the coast for desalination plants is that the technology and infrastructure will greatly help us in overall development of wave, solar, and wind energy.

Social Security funding has been hurt by the 2% gimmick and a slow economy. It is in a perilous condition and must be funded properly now. Allowing SS to go broke will devaste millions of Americans and create the greatest depression ever.