The laws that prevent student loan debt from being discharged in personal bankruptcy petitions must be struck down. Saddling a young person with a lifetime of unresolveable debt is anti-social, mean-spirited, and must be stopped.

We are asking President Obama and his administration to honor their promises and stop the raids on workplaces and sites where day laborers are waiting for work in Illinois and to stop the plan to build a privately owned detention facility in Joliet, IL. Stop ICE commitment to keep 90% capacity on a daily basis and push legislation to give permanent legal status to a significant number of estimated 11.1 million undocumented immigrants living in the USA. To help keep families and friends together.

I do not want to live on a battlefield with guns. Many are reluctant to give up their guns, but Controlling and limiting access to munitions May be more palatable to all.

Reducing gun violence by increasing the cost of ammunition to reduce the stock piling of ammunition for use in large magazines. Cheap bullets make taking life cheap.

The hugh negative foreign trade deficit in goods has cause the loss of millions of jobs in the USA. My own sons have been affected by this situation, as well as some others I know. Reducing this deficit by half will eliminate our unemployment problem.

Comprehensive registration of guns at point of purchase, and registration of guns at subsequent sale, transfer or gift of guns; halting sales of assault weapons and mass gun clips; and expanding mental health services to those in need. Whatever can be done to reduce the likelihood of another mass killing should be explored.

"Freeing American's "College Students, Elderly, who are sitting in "PRISON/JAILS" all over the country for "POT" is "CRIMINAL AT IT'S BEST, AND INJUSTICE AT IT"S WORSE! ..."True Patroitism; "Hates Injustice; "In It's Own Land; 'MORE..."THAN ANYWHERE ELSE."---Clarence Darrow ..."Merry Christmas." SIncerely, Thomas Birchfield, Voter/Vet USAF, College Graduate/Class/2007. East Tennessee State University

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Gun sales are soaring after the horrific massacre of innocents in Newtown, CT on Dec. 10th 2012. Gun enthusiasts are afraid of restrictions and are therefore rushing to build their hordes of the worst kinds of assault weapons and high capacity magazines. It is a deadly frenzy that only worsens the climate that has produced 16 mass shootings in the US this year. There are already enough guns in circulation to match every human in the country—almost 300 million. That is more than enough to hold us until Congress can take effective action to reign in what is currently out of control.

Social Security will run low on funds (though not as fast as fear-mongers state). To balance it requires either cutting benefits (including raising the retirement age) OR putting more money in. I'm in favor of raising the tax about 1% for employees and employers, so that benefits ARE NOT CUT AND THE SYSTEM REMAINS SOLVENT. If you survey 50 and 60 year olds I'd bet overwhelmingly they are glad they paid into Soc. Security and good benefits are coming. Do this and all the current 20 and 30 somethings will be glad when they reach 50 or 60.

We need to change the rabid nonsense spewed by the NRA and its cohorts.

Hemp is an alternative crop that can be farmed with little or no chemicals and is a sustainable natural resource that can replace the harmful processes of deforestation, strip mining, paper pulping and fracking. Its many uses include oil for fuel and plastics, paper, the strongest natural fiber in the world for textiles and building materials, and a nutritious food source. This fast growing crop used to be grown by farmers nationwide, and could resuscitate the depleted earth and the farms of this country. My clothing company, Minawear Luxury Hemp Loungewear, must outsource to China because it is illegal to grow in the US.