The President and Congress are considering changing the cost of living adjustment (COLA) used to determine benefits. The change will gradually reduce the benefit a little bit each year. For myself the effect will be small, but for my children and grandchildren, it will not. I've read that the system would remain solvent for another 75 years if the cap on income subject to the tax, now at $100,100, were to be removed. The media don't mention this, so the COLA reduction is the only game in town. Here is a good alternative.

The President and Congress are considering changing the cost of living adjustment (COLA) used to determine benefits. The change will gradually reduce the benefit a little bit each year. For myself the effect will be small, but for my children and grandchildren, it will not. I've read that the system would remain solvent for another 75 years if the cap on income subject to the tax, now at $110,100, were to be removed. The media don't mention this, so the COLA reduction is the only game in town. Here is a good alternative.

Big Banks are not modifying mortgages as agreed upon. Only a small percentage of struggling homeowners are receiving permanent modifications.

We struggle from city to city, state to state and watch our fellow LGBT family members, friends, co-workers and neighbors continue getting pushed to the back of the bus when it comes to our rights as promised in the Constitution and yet personal beliefs, instead of what is right, lead the conversations and actions regarding marriage equality for all Americans. We petition you now to correct too many years of second class citizenship and make all relationships between two consenting adults equal in the eyes of the law of the land. Every American’s relationship deserves the same rights and responsibilities. Every American’s relationship deserves the same treatment from the government we all elect and in the laws we all follow.

Lack of dental insurance is a huge problem in America. It has led to the detriment of our teeth. Why should this be? I cannot afford to go to the dentist. I am not alone. Dental health should be part of medical insurance plans. If we don't have healthy teeth and gums, we will not have healthy bodies.

As a federal employee, I come to work everyday, and work hard to accomplish the job that I was hired to do. Why can't our elected officials be expected to do the same?

The possible solution to this dysfunctional and broken Democracy WE called United States of America, lets REGAIN our control!

Speaker of the house John Boehner has done extremely little to nothing to cooperate with the American people or the President in helping it's citizens. He has shown himself to be incompetent and unwilling in this regard. I'd like to see him voted out of office.

Republican or Democrat doesn't matter. They need to be taught that they are representing ALL Americans. This affects each and every tax paying citizen in this country. I'm tired of these politicians trying to vote to get reelected and not what's important to us everyday folks. How about not spending more than we have and taking care of the the people that need help!

I am a public school teacher. I attempt to get children of poor families mental health services on a frequent basis. It is almost impossible due to the lack of services available in the community. The support for students with mental illness inside of schools has been cut due to the neglect of congress to fully fund IDEA and NCLB. As a nation and a community we need to confront this injustice. A different way to stop a mentally ill bad guy is to get him the help he needs before he does something horrible. This starts with funding the frontline of public education. With limited funds, why should the public subsidize the political contributions of the 1%?

Although right wing religious groups cry foul about religious freedom all of the time, they block true religious freedom. There are groups out there that don't have enough money to take on the big churches; Atheists, Independent Catholics, pagans and others. We demand True Religious Freedom, that is to allow all faith structures to have a voice.

If the average American worker refused to work diligently at doing their job - there would be no job. Members of Congress make well over $100,000 per year, have several paid members on their staff, and other "perks" for doing their job. However, since many are not doing the job that the American electorate clearly defined for them in November, they should take a cut to help relieve the deficit.