Sen. Paul Ryan is proposing broad changes for Railroad Retirement. I am asking or maybe demanding that he stay away from any changes to Railroad Retirement.

Will you sign my petition to request the Louisiana House of Representatives and the Louisiana Senate to insert LATAN in HB1 as an amendment for financial support? The state funds will support LATAN to deliver Assistive Technology services to disabled individuals and to those who live with functional limitations.

After years of no adjustments in the cost-of-living increase for Social Security recipients, the one done this year is causing us to lose foodstamp aid almost equal to that COLA! One example is a foodstamp loss of from $155/mo to $129/mo because of an increase in SS of $32./mo. That makes poor constantly become more poor! Have congress stop penalizing foodstamps for COLA!

Services for the disabled, especially children, are funded by Medicaid, and although federal funds are involved, programs are state-by-state. The result is that when a family of a disabled person receiving services is required to move to a different state for their work, they must choose between having a job or losing their child, as most families cannot survive without the services they receive and they'd have to start over in the new state, getting to the back of the line on waiting lists all over again and perhaps not receiving comparable services. These rules must change, to enable families in our increasingly mobile society to meet the needs of their families without leaving a child behind in another state.

People should sign my petition because I am an on-line, African American, who is 64 years old. There are many diverse cultures with multiple mental and physical disabilities. I am confident as a psychologist I will develop innovative programs that will address the needs of children and their families who suffer from mental illness such as autism, schizophrenia, bipolar, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, homeless children, women, and men, senior citizens who suffer with dementia and other symptoms related to aging adults, war victims and their families to name a few. I would have an opportunity to give to people of all cultures total quality fair-minded psychological services that would help those who were low status to middle income status.

Criteria for rental as it pertains to income guidelines, credit, felony or misdemeanor issues, employment. Criteria for existing tenants as it pertains to the same as above. system of working with Social Services or State or Local Health and Social Services.

My reason is that my daughter has two more years to graduate and we are already over $60,000 in debt. Education is so very important, but these kids don't even graduate and have thousands up thousands hanging over there heads as well us us parents. I won't be able to retire when I would love ! it just isn't fair!

This is about taxing social security benefits. Why should recipients pay taxes on this when their salary was already taxed when they worked?

This legislation enacted in 1987 reduces peoples' monthly social security benefit by two thirds of their other monthly pensions that they earned and are entitled to. This effects teachers, firemen, policemen, nurses and all those who have paid into and earned any non-private sector or government pensions from other countries.

More than 2000 homes are in foreclosure only in the Contra Costa County , even with the programs that help people many of this homes are going to taken away from home owners . We need to stop this foreclosures to kip families in they homes.

America is rapidly incarcerating substance abusers that can, and wants to be rehabilitated. We need major funding for govenment ran alcohol, and substance abuse facilities in all major US cities.

As an individual working with her community it should be considered that all Social Workers working with the working poor and disenfranchised should qualify for school loan forgiveness. Our jobs are thankless and we work mostly with low income families and don't make enough to cover or expenses plus pay for an education tha cost more than we make in a year. Please help, I'm struggling while the wealthy who make up 1% of the population aren't even paying taxes. Where is the justice. I sacrifice everyday to make sure kids aren't abused, where is the validation?