What are we afraid of? Purportedly the 3 founding principles of our Democratic Republic are "Liberty, Equality and Justice", Right? So, why isn't the word "Equality" included into the last line of the Pledge of Allegiance?

My workplace IRA is run by Transamerica Asset Management. Ten members of the Board of Trustees are being elected for life as of February 26, 2012, One candidate, John W, Waechter, lists as a qualification being on the Board of the West Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 2008 to the present. All we are told of his activities on that Board is that he "did not act in any disruptive way on motions before the Board: "

IUHUH fired eight employees after they refused mandatory flu shots. The hospital prioritized a controversary immunization to prevent the spread of influenza over an employee's right to refuse certain medical procedures. These employees had the right to refuse their flu shots under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits religious discrimination of employees.

Our society has become overly dangerous due to the wide-spread availability of high-capacity firearms with easily insert-able magazines. I just don't feel safe going to the shopping mall, the movie theater, sporting events, or frankly any place where anyone can carry these weapons. All magazine-loaded firearms should be banned from our society.

Refusing to raise the debt ceiling is not a tool it is treason. No government money should go to states whose congress people refuse to raise the debt ceiling or who even use the debt ceiling as a weapon to get their way. Their states should help pay the unnecessary extra interest rate costs they would cause.

Please sign this petition: We the informed people of the United States are fed up with mostly the Republican legislators that are playing games with our tax money and taking time away from meaningful legislation that serves all the people. It is time to fine them and hold them accountable.

It was shocking after the Bill was passed to avoid the "fiscal cliff" it had billions in Pork attached.

Several children of family members and friends have been afflicted with drug abuse. They started as early as high school and by the time parents found out they were over 18. Current laws do not allow parents to force their children into rehab or to force them to get any kind of help. Parents are completely helpless and no authority or law exists to address this problem. Authorities get involved only if the individual commits a crime. As everyone knows, once a person uses drugs, they lose all sensibility and the ability to think logically. So, it is literally impossible for them to get to a point where they want to or are willing to get help. So, this becomes a completely helpless situation. The afflicted individual will not seek help and the parents have no legal means to force their child to get help. Parents are often left standing by helplessly to see their children distroy their life or die.

As a current New York resident and former resident of Long Beach and Staten Island -- areas hard hit by Hurricane Sandy -- I believe that Republican members of the House of Representatives need to apologize today for putting their ideology and re-election ambitions ahead of their concern for the Americans who have recently suffered and continue to suffer from the recent storm. The refusal to vote on House Speaker Boehner's Plan B and to vote for $60 Billion for states affected by Hurricane Sandy is clear evidence where their priorities lay.

My son is arguably smarter than most of his teachers. Yet they won't move him ahead in grade level. In essence, they're sucking his incentive to improve his knowledge. I have consistently been promised they will challenge him and have failed...............

My son committed suicide on October 24, 2012. He was 24 years old. There was no funding available for him to see Northwestern Community Services, the only behavioral health organization that helps patients on a need basis to pay in our community We need mental health included in all insurance policies. My husband works for a company that denies any mental health coverage. We can not deny people with mental health issues when statistics state that one out of four Americans have mental health issues and this staggering statistic does not include those that deny any mental health issues and are self-medicating with drugs (prescription or illegal) and alcohol.

Stock market transactions should be taxed. It can be a progressive tax like the income tax e.g. small transactions get a 1% tax while large transactions dealing in millions of dollars have a 5% tax.