I live in Ohio, a typical rust belt state. I have watched the effects of globalization all around me. The problem with globalization is that it unleashes all the defects of laissez faire economic beliefs that we already knew about. The fact that labor has no chance against capital. Pure markets leads to exploitation of labor. In the modern economy of mass production you need mass consumption or you will go into a recession. When the value of labor all goes to capital, aggregate demand is destroyed. This situation has led our government to become a plutocracy. Until globalization is brought under control, the governments attempts to fix the economy are just band aids.

Extending SNAP benefits due to expire on November 1, 2013.

Basic Human rights and Social and economic Justice.

The apparent lack of strong response and emotionally appropriate leadership style coming from the President in regard to the almost maniacal pursuit of those politicians who so desperately want to defame him and cause him as much trouble as possible.

That Congress live under the laws they pass. They have the same health care as the rest of us. They pay into a retirement fund and we pay into their retirement fund only as long as they are an elected official. They collect their retirement the same as we do. They have medicare not anything different than the general population. If we are sequestered and lose pay they lose the same percentage as everybody else. If insider trading is illegal for us it is the same for them. No special treatment for them and the rules are exactly the same for them as us. No special treatment for them from the IRS if we have our wages garnished or we go to jail for not paying on time they get the same treatment.

Our political system is broken. Politicians have become more concerned with keeping their seat than doing the work of the American people. Term limits would also lessen the power and influence of corporate lobbyists.

That Congress live under the laws they pass. They have the same health care as the rest of us. They pay into a retirement fund and we pay into their retirement fund only as long as they are an elected official. They collect their retirement the same as we do. They have medicare not anything different than the general population. If we are sequestered and lose pay they lose the same percentage as everybody else. If insider trading is illegal for us it is the same for them. No special treatment for them and the rules are exactly the same for them as us. No special treatment for them from the IRS if we have our wages garnished or we go to jail for not paying on time they get the same treatment.

corps. have more represation than we the people ,citizens of the U.S.

Kelly Ayote voted against background checks on guns letting criminal and the mentally ill have weapons. This is outrageous and she needs to start listing to us.

Los Angeles voters have a chance to make a statement against Citizens United and the dominance of Big Money in politics by voting Yes on Proposition C. Prop C reads: "Shall the voters adopt a resolution that there should be limits on political campaign spending and that corporations should not have the constitutional rights of human beings and instruct Los Angeles elected officials and area legislative representatives to promote that policy through amendments to the United States Constitution?" GREAT NEWS! PROP C PASSED WITH OVER 76% OF THE VOTE! The California Clean Money Campaign was proud to endorse Prop C, but the main drivers behind Prop C were California Common Cause, CALPIRG, and the Money In/Voters Out Coalition -- a big round of applause go to all three for giving Los Angeles voters a chance to overwhelmingly say that there should be limits on political campaign spending! It's still a long ways before a constitutional amendment can happen. In the meantime, let's pass SB 52, the California DISCLOSE Act, to stop secretive billionaires from hiding when they pay for political ads: http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/pass-the-california-disclose-4

The richest companies of the world have minimalized, jeapordized and destroyed our chances and our children's chances of the pursuit of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and our freedom to live in a healthy, sustainable planet. They have enslaved us w/ debt and/or forcing us to work for them. They have bought our tv channels and suppressed real news, they have bribed, manipulated and bought our governments to implement worldwide monopolization and domination. They allow slave labor in their factories. They pollute land, air, sea, and our genetically modified food. We must sue guilty and associated parties to correct their skewed law changes and make the game transparent, fair and reasonable.

Religious organizations should stay out of politics or be taxes like everyone else.