Our country is losing revenue due to offshore banking tax shelters. Increasing taxes on money that has left or is about to leave the United States will help bring some of it back, which will help conquer the debt and the deficit. All money transferred out of the United States from 1970 into tax shelters must me taxed 90% of total amount that was sent or is about to be sent offshore. That's right, 90%. Under the Eisenhower administration (a Republican, by the way), the marginal tax rate on regular income over $400,000 was 91 to 92%.

Nevada Energy's management of our energy infrastructure is inefficient, shortsighted, environmentally unsustainable and costly to consumers. Public control and transformation of this vital resource is imperative. A Public Utility District to replace private, for-profit energy management is called for here.

When Papa John’s CEO John Schnatter says Obamacare will force many chain restaurants to reduce their employees’ hours, he’s half-right. A lot of restaurants are already cutting workers’ hours, and if Papa John’s begins to rely more on part-time labor then it will just be one of many large corporate chains to do so. A few of the businesses that are already doing that—such as Darden Concepts Inc., the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster—have said, like Schnatter, that they need to reduce costs because of the burden Obamacare places on them.

Students with Disabilities are required to participate in the general education classes. These students are functioning 2 and 3 grade levels below their non-disabled peers. These students are being taught the general education grade level curriculum with accomodations and modifications to be sucessful in the general education class rooms. They are continously failing the Standards of Learning Test because they are not on their grade level. if they are held to the same standards as the regualr education students, what is the reason for the special education services. I think they should be held accountable for learning the curriculum, but they do have a documented disability which hinders them from performing to the same standards as their non-disabled peers. This is frustrating to the studnets as well as the teachers, who have to witness these students trying to score the same score at a level in which they do not function. According to the NCLB Act, these students are not suppose to be left behind, but indeed they are being left behind and they are not motivated to learn under these conditions. Please lower the SOL score for the students with disabilites, they are not on grade level to take the grade level SOL test.

California has always been a progressive state, from the gold rush to the tech rush, California and Californians have made the smart moves to make this state the best in the union. Now it is time to continue that progressive attitude on something that not only will benefit us with new jobs and technology, but will benefit our children and their children's children. Its time to make the smart and bold investment in clean energy, and California with its vast array of intelligent residents, ideal climate factors and excellent resources is ready to lead the country, let alone the world, in showing what can be achieved when we work together for a better tomorrow.

We want the Republicans to STOP playing games

Genetically modified food must be labeled

The "English Only" law currently on the books in Iowa marginalizes and demeans non-native English speakers, decreases the likelihood of creating and maintaining multilingual courses and entire schools, and gives all students the false impression that languages beside English are unimportant for them to learn, even though most other countries on the planet promote multilingualism within their educational institutions.

The American taxpayer is subsidizing multi-national oil corporations through our military providing security for their operations overseas. With our huge and growing national debt, we can no longer afford to provide these services free of charge.

Ms. Bair has an excellent background as the head of the FDIC. She has worked closely with members of the administration and has a broad knowledge of government and finance, authoring a highly respected book on the subject.

FEMA has implemented a new policy change that effects Disaster Relief Inspectors working to clean up disaster from Hurricane Sandy in that hit the East Coast. The new policy denies trained inspectors a job on the basis of credit discrepancies. This policy change affects thousands.

Religious leaders have recently injected themselfs into the Presidential election telling their congragations who to vote for and who NOT to vote for. They have used religion as a tool of fear, devisiveness, and selfworth. It's time for the people of this country to recognize and respect their views. And doing so the religious leaders forceably injecting their voices on their congragations should and also will continueing so, need to be ready to Pay their fair share of Taxes that they haven't been made to do. They have crossed the line and now it's time to face the consequences for that alone. Our freedom of religion is just that we can practice our beliefs but are NOT to force it on anyone else or inject it into our Political arena period. They have crossed the line and now it is time to pay.