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.

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.