An over-haul of the state tax system is imperative due to unemployment and those who avoid paying Income Tax. Individuals paid by check or in cash for services, tree removal, house painting or lawn maintenance to include small home repairs do NOT report such income; thus, no income tax paid. Replacing the 'Income Tax' with an adjusted 'Sales Tax' would make everyone subject to paying "their fair share" to support the budget. This system would make allowances for those above the $200,000 bracket, who would still be subject to an adjusted income tax.

Cuts in public service salaries will impact on consumer sales, impact on businesses. and lead to further corporate downsizing and unemployment

For most of us, no work means no pay. It doesn’t mean our un-earned pay is held in a savings account to collect interest, or as security for a loan. It means, if we don’t do our job, we lose our job, and any money withheld is gone forever. The No Budget No Pay Act of 2013 says if either legislative body fails to pass a budget, members of that body would have their paychecks put into an escrow account starting on April 16 until that body adopts a budget. Any pay that is withheld would eventually be released at the end of the current Congress even if a budget doesn’t ever pass.

Congress has their own retirement pension program instead of Social Security like the American public.Tax payers pay for this. They also have their own Health Insurance program, paid for by tax payers. Congress would work harder to protect Social Security and Medicare if they were part of it like the rest of us.

Most other states have signed on to Obama Care to help the people of their State and Idaho needs the help of Obama Health care in our state.

I get paid $710.00 a month to live off of because I am disabled. With the increase that the president is proposing in minimum wages to $9.00 an hour, I believe there should also be an increase in SSI benefits for those who are disabled and or are veterans alike. To stabilize the economy, you cannot only increase or cut payments to and from people in one area. You need to do it across the board, and the government knows this.

Lets stop the interest on student's educational loans - especially when the loans are in forbearance.

To provide tigher,more discerning controls for who should really have guns,and also to ban,outlaw the indscriminate sale of assault weapons which truly should only be in the possession of military personnel on a conventional battleground,not in the hands of regular civilians,for good GOD's stake. @f kd

Our small community (Price, Utah) has recently suffered two horrific murder-suicides that left five children without a father and four other children orphaned completely. As part of a school fundraiser Pinnacle Canyon Academy is raffling off a 12 gauge shot gun.

Today, members of our community are rightly concerned about our public safety - including property crimes, gun violence, drug abuse, homelessness, and untreated mental-illness. Fear and frustration from these very real issues lead to ineffective reactive responses, quick-fix solutions and the scapegoating of the most vulnerable populations in our community. These reactions do not lead to the effective and sustainable solutions that Santa Cruz County needs to truly solve these problems. It is time to find another way. Many groups in our community are working to create a safe and healthy community. But no one individual, organization or group has the definitive answer. By signing this declaration, we are saying as a community that we want to work together in transparent and solution-focused collaboration for a healthier and safer Santa Cruz County. You can also visit the Together for a Safe Santa Cruz County website at www.togetherscc.com for more information.

In today's struggling economy, we all know how challenging it is to gain employment, even more so if your criminal background check does not return spotless to HR. KRS 431.078 has made it increasingly difficult for citizens to expunge misdemeanor charges by increasing processing fees and prohibiting the expungement of a misdemeanor even if you only have minor traffic violations 5 years prior to or anytime after the conviction sought to have expunged.

The Minimum Wage in America is currently $7.25 an hour. If the minimum wage had just stayed even with inflation since 1968 it would now be $10.56 an hour. Raising it to $9 is only fair. That’s $18,720 a year for someone working a 40-hour workweek, just above the poverty line for a family of three.