Dogs, cats and other animals are constantly being abused. A law should be enacted making animal cruelty a felony.

The budget and tax increases on the top making over $250,000.

End the brutal embargo against Cuba!

When I see people having to wait hours to vote I am stunned. As long as a political partisan is in charge of voting rules the system will be compromised to disenfranchise whomever the political partisan deems opposed to their particular political agenda.

Credit Bureau Reporting stops you from being hired. Credit Bureau Reporting does not check if reports received are correct before posting. You cannot call credit bureaus directly and they are not consumer friendly.

Don't be intimidated by the Republicans during the negotiations over the fiscal cliff by giving into their demands for no tax increases for the super wealthy. The House Republicans will sacrifice the country to keep their wealthy friends in the driver seat.

IRS now withholds payment of taxpayers overpaid income taxes (aka tax refunds) when the taxpayer has been the victim of identity theft via the filing of false returns by unknown third parties. IRS further refuses to release a copy of the taxpayer's tax returns filed under the name and SSN of the taxpayer once a fraud affidavit has been filed by the real taxpayer. The money belongs to the taxpayer, not the IRS. This petition urges Congress to pass legislation whereby IRS is prohibited from withholding tax refunds to taxpayers who provide proof of being the real taxpayer and authorizes all such victims to obtain and any all tax returns filed under their names and SSNs.

Reducing the benefits of the safety net, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is the wrong way to go. Deficit is "not our fault," the blame belongs to the Banks and Wall Street. Start taxing financial, stock and commodity transactions. We can start reducing a bloated Defenive budget, billions wasted on outdated weapons which Generals tell us we don't need. Over $80 billion keeping US Troops in Europe and the Far East. Who are we protecting againist? Bring them home and put them to work on cleaning up the Infrasturcture. That way you will not need to "privitize the commonwealth". Most of the billionaires who realize the problem say they will pay more taxes. If a single billionaire can waste $70 million on partisan elections he can pay more taxes for the protection of civilization.

Congress has repeatedly refused to pass legislation that is in the best interest of this country. Over the last 4 years, Republicans have voted against the Jobs Act and just about every piece of legislation the President proposed. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell revealed the GOP's true intent: "The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president." Well, their plan to sabotage the President didn't work, so now, we need to tell them to do what is in the best interest of this country...work together, so this country can move FORWARD!!!

Lets have John Boehner release his tax returns to prove how fair the tax system is.

Social Security is an earned benefit. In order to collect a retirement or disability benefit, a worker must pay into the system for at least 10 years. In some cases, nonworking family members, such as a spouse, may be eligible for benefits based on the worker’s record. Tough rules in place assure that only legal residents and citizens who have met the 10-year qualification can collect retirement benefits. Congress and the media should stop referring to Social Security as an "Entitlement" inferring that it is unearned. The Social Security payroll tax currently applies to annual earnings up to $110,100. Any wages earned above $110,100 go untaxed for Social Security. Only 6 percent of workers earn more than that and effectively end up paying less than the 6.2% of his or her total earnings. This cap was intended to increase every year with increases in the national average wage; but was not increased in the last three years. Today, the cap covers about 84 percent of total earnings. Eliminating the cap so that all earnings would be subject to Social Security’s payroll tax would help close the program’s funding gap. If your income is under $110,100, you would see no change. If you make above that amount, you (as well as your employer) would currently pay the 6.2 percent payroll tax on your remaining wages. If all earnings were immediately subject to the Social Security tax, the new revenue is estimated to fill 86 percent of the funding gap and equalize the Social Security tax rate, so that all workers would pay the same percent on their earnings Beginning in 1950 the rates were adjusted upward to reflect the rise in inflation and the costs of living on a regular basis. There has not been a rate increase since 1995. The last rate increase was .14% from 1994 to 1995. A small increase in the rate could fill the remaining 14% gap in funding and would only minimally affect employees. Employers already factor this tax into their compensation packages and can adjust accordingly.

I want to start a petition that forces the major media outlets to address the President of the United States as such and not just by his last name Obama! This action is so demeaning and condescending. You don't have to like his personality or his politics, but as a nation I believe it is important to show solidarity to the most powerful office in the world regardless of who is wearing the title and serving in the office! We address everyone else by title. Senator, Governor, Professor, Doctor, milkman etc.