Religious organizations that take it upon themselves to endorse a political candidate should lose their tax exemption. When they endorse a candidate, they become in effect a tax-exempt PAC.

This petition is to require that half of all donations to political parties or PACs go toward the Social Security and Medicare pools.

My Social Security monthly retirement benefit is being reduced because I worked a civil service job not covered by Social Security. I also worked jobs intermittently for almost 45 years wherein I paid into social security. I am being penalized and losing part of my social security because I had a civl service job. After the provision was passed, the government still collected the full amount even though they knew I could not receive my full social security benefit.

As we have seen in the 2012 election, Democracy is: 1.Threatened by those with power and wealth, who can buy votes through advertising; 2. Often unrepresentative, since it only reflects the agenda of those sufficiently motivated to actually vote; and 3. Weakened by the almost immediate need to consider re-election, distracting the president and forcing the government to embrace short term and often ineffective solutions to complex problems.

Recently, I joined the unemployed workforce like millions of Americans. It is hard emotionally and financially to be out of a job. Healthcare Reform, though improving, still seems years away from true reform.Our national budget needs balancing. Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, which many senior citizens and the poor depend on, is in danger. Our climate has been effected by mass pollution. These are many more issues that need addressing. Yet, we have a Congress that seems uncommitted to working together. We, as Americans, have the opportunity to change that and insist on cooperation, commitment, and compromise. We need to join together, in a bi-partisan stronghold, and send a message to Congress that we "are one nation, under God." No longer will their lack of cooperation, which is hindering the country from moving forward, be tolerated. We, the people, aren't taking it anymore! This is a new day and we are insisting on high expectations from our Congressional members in regards to the above issues.

Due to the complete lack of Congress to act in a reasonable, rational manner, holding the people they represent hostage to their machinations, our country is facing a serious and potentially devastating crisis.

The City is proposing to annex adjacent farmlands for the purpose of development under the pretense of protection. The land is already protected by the County. There is no need to annex the lands. No environmental or conservation group supports the annexation. If allowed, hundreds of productive farmland acres will be lost along with open space, and habitat. This must stop now.

This issue needs to be settled before the Fiscal Cliff at the end of 2012. If this is not done then taxes will increase and severe budget cuts will automatically kick-in. This will cause disruption and could provoke a second recession.

With "malice aforethought" lobbyist Grover Norquist has secured sworn oaths of allegiance from Senators and Representatives of Congress to refrain from ever raising taxes. This is in violation of Article 1, Section 8, and Article 5, Section 3 of the US Constitution. We are calling on the Department of Justice to begin legal proceedings to remove from office any member of the US Congress who has signed this pledge. These Senators and Representatives are in violation of their sworn oath of allegiance to uphold the Constitution of the United States; and are hampering the Government's ability to "pay debts and provide for the Common Defense and general Welfare of the United States." For more information go to http://www.politicususa.com/norquist-pledge-signers-violate-constitution-removed-office.html and for the Constitution: Article I, Section 8, and Article VI, Section 3 of the Constitution: http://www.constitution.org/usconsti.htm#art1sec6

For well over 18 months we have been bombarded on radio and TV by ads for candidates running for political office, or with ads for and against questions on the ballot. We have been publicly lied to, harassed, confused, annoyed, and just downright disgusted by the lengths candidates will go to in order to discredit an opponent.

Contributions to candidates and propositions (everything voted by public in elections.)

For the past 4 presidential elections, access to vote has been hindered, delayed, blocked and suppressed. Based on the reality that white suburban voters face little to no lines to vote and urban, ethnic voters face hours in line on election day, we need a federal law which forces all states to provide the same, consistent access to a ballot for all potential voters.