Thousands of low income families and homeless individuals have been displaced in New York City because of the lack of affordable housing. The city needs to come up with a viable plan to addresses this growing problem... more needs to be done and city officials need to be held accountable as to what they are doing about the problem and stop selling New York City families and New Yorkers down the drain to big real estate developers.

According to Jerry Knight , A business Columnist for the Washington Post (article dated Monday March 20, 2006 titled Infrastructure: A Road to Riches?)The Chicago Skyway was sold to "a pair of Spanish and Australian companies" ("Cintra SA and Maquarie Infrastructure Group")and "Goldmann Sachs & Co, made $9 million advising Chicago on the sale."

Help our state realize that our foster children need more protection from the hurt and pain than their parents do. Termination of parental rights is seen as a "death sentence" to a parent in the eyes of the court. It is time to realize that some parents are a death sentence to their children.

It would eliminate the limit for FICA with-holdings and require that such with-holdings be paid on all income. Presently, any income over~ $106,000 per year is exempt from FICA. This change would require high income earners to pay the same percentage as everyone else and would help solve any real or perceived issues of solvency of the SS Trust fund.

It seems unconstitutional that indivduals have been denied the right to pursue happiness when their cases are dependent upon on them remaining in stressful living arrangements while litigious participants prolong the process. Legal staff recognize them, but the judicial machine is financially supported by these costly and frivolous motions. Families are kept in limbo and abusive individuals are allowed a forum for continued abuse. There must be a cap on the time and cost it takes to get a stipulation of settlement. Perhaps a percentage formula can be instituted in the law! One that addresses a cap on a divorce for certain income ranges, as well as new discussion about child support and factors such as comparable incomes between ex- spouses and the residence of the children.

THE "WELFARE QUEENS" WHO REPEAT PREGNANCIES FOR MONTHLY TAXPAYER DOLLARS.....WHO IS PROTECTING THE TAXPAYERS FROM THIS TYPE OF "EXTORTION"?

Child Abuse

Since our armed services receive special treatment because they are putting their lives in danger for the public. I'd like to start a petition requesting that 1st responders also receive similar benefits. They, also, put their lives in danger for all of us.

Individuals who qualify for social security disability on either their parent's or their grandparent's benefits are discriminated against when it comes to marriage. These are people who became disabled before the age of 22 and did not work enough qualifying hours (ie tax paying job) to have enough of their own social security benefits to qualify. When they sign a marriage certificate they automatically lose all of their disability benefits, including monthly stipend and medicare health insurance. How is this fair? Is the assumption that once you're married your spouse can provide monthly income and health insurance for the disabled person, or that they're any less disabled? We need to fix the broken system that prevents disabled persons from marrying as this is flat out discrimination.

The other day my God Daughter called my wife up crying after watching a video... (WARNING THIS VIDEO CONTAINS CHILD ABUSE AND IS DISTURBING TO WATCH. SMALL CHILDREN SHOULD NOT BE IN THE ROOM WHEN PLAYING THIS VIDEO. IF AT WORK PLEASE LOWER THE VOLUME) VIDEO LINK: http://youtu.be/pMQQBuMeusQ A friend of hers posted on Facebook. In the video, what appears to be a 4-6 months old child is clearly being abused. Whats not clear is who the abuser is (mother/caretaker, etc.). The issue is that there is no one to defend that child and its not clear if the child may already be DEAD!

If you're the non-earning spouse, and are divorced for any reason, you are no longer entitled to the Social Security paid by the earning spouse during the years of your marriage! This is our government telling stay-at-home parents that the work they do has no value.

Arizona the Only State not getting Federal Funded Extended Beneifits for its Unemployed.Our Republican Run State Legislature will not let have this funds for over a year now.