Health Insurance should provide funding for programs like Jennie Craig and nutrisystem. It would help with the obesity problem in America.

It is always fine to have a difference of opinion. Every day, you have to work with others who have a different opinion than you. Being mature enough actually work through your differences, and that of the other person, or group, to get things accomplished is at the very foundation of our democracy. So any person holding any office who represents any political affiliation, especially one of the major political parties, and resorts to calling a person, or groups of people, names are childish and should not be tolerated. Here is the offense. Allegheny County GOP Chairman Jim Roddey said: "There was a disappointment tonight. I was very embarrassed," Roddey told the crowd, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "I was in this parking lot and there was a man looking for a space to park, and I found a space for him. And I felt badly–he looked like he was sort of in distress. And I said, 'Sir, here's a place.' And he said, 'That's a handicapped space.' I said, 'Oh, I'm so sorry, I saw that Obama sticker, and I thought you were mentally retarded.'" (Copied from The Huffington Post.) I am requesting that this person apologize in public and in print to the Republican Party, to all handicapped individuals, and to mentally challenged persons for using the derogatory comment to further polarize people and damaging the integrity of the electoral process.

Our Founding Fathers never intended for politics to be a "career" and once you've served your term, you go home. I believe that Congressional members should have term limits just as the President and Governors do. They get too comfy with all the perks and prestige and then spend up to half their term fundraising and campaigning for re-election. Who's doing their job they were elected for while they are out of their office? Term limits of no more than three terms. Then they go back to their "real life." This might have a positive effect on campaign financing as well. Please sign the petition if you believe Congress should have term limits.

My petition is about the rise in bullying in school. Children are required to abide by guidelines/rules in schools, i.e. dresscode, no firearms/drugs, attend class regulary, be on time to class etc. Instead of schools just declaring their school a no bully zone, have each child in elementary, middle, and high school sign a promissory note not to bully. With consequences to follow if they do. i.e. verbal warning, suspension, expulsion, depending on the damage/harm caused. This record will stay in their files until they graduate. If they change schools, the establishment will know their past history. It should be signed during school registration, each year. With no statute of limitation.

My daughter’s birthday is Sept. 20, 2007 and because Florida's Public School age requirements states that children attending Pre-K need to turn age 4 on or before Sept. 1 of the year attending, she was forced to stay home for an entire year. Florida’s age law for Public Schools needs to change, we are holding back our children from learning and interacting with others their own age. We are calling for flexibility on age when it comes to Pre-K and/or Kindergarten; we are asking that Florida adopt New York's requirements for Public School where children are allowed until December 31 of the year attending to turn 4 or 5 respectfully.

To reduce Medicare costs, find and correct errors in individual Medicare bills by incentivising patients to act as financial watchdogs.

I had a three tooth broken in my mouth every since June 12,2012 no dentist in Baldwin County takes medicaid and I wants to know why.You have to go to another county to get help thats not fair I am disable 56 and is suffering from lack of medical help.

Elder abuse is the CRIME OF THE 21ST CENTURY. A senior is abused every five seconds in the United States. We are elder abuse and senior financial exploitation victims. My wife is facing the rejection of her transplated liver due to her exposure to toxic mold. Our former landlord stop the delivery of her anti-rejection medication and refused to fix a leaky moldy sink.This was done by our former landlord in retaliation to our filing a complaint about the false advertising, imposter nurse, and criminal activity at the senior living facility. We have been fighting this slumlord for three years for ourselves and for our other 46 abused and financially exploited seniors. We are fighting for the rights of elders in memory of my 94-year old aunt, Catherine Reinertson, who died abused, financially exploited, and a broken women as a result of the criminal activites of our former senior living facility. We are presenting HELP STOP SENIOR FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION on 10/22/12 from 1 PM to 3 PM at the PORA ADULT LEARNING located at 13815 Camino del Sol, Sun City West 85375. We are reviewing the scope of elder abuse and 15 tips to avoid being a victim of this crime. There is no charge for the elder abuse prevention presentation and the state officials, federal officials, and public are welcome. Seating is limited so RSVP as soon a possible at (623) 584-4288 extension 415.

This petition will help establish the principal that all income should be subject to FICA. Currently the FICA maximum for any one year is about 110,000. This means that anyone with taxable income over $1,000,000 can reach their FICA max in about 3 days. Most everyone else has to work the rest of the year to approach their FICA max. By eliminating the cap, everyone will pay to the last dollar earned. This will ensure that social security will be secure for all future generations. This is personally important to me because I want to ensure that social security is there for my children and grandchildren.

I live in a rural area that only gets AT&T service and I can not switch because no one else gets native service here. The government needs to create a neutral wireless network. This would give regional and rural wireless carriers the ability to compete more effectively on coverage. Putting more pressure on the national carriers and give people in rural areas more options than just AT&T or Verizon.

Discrimination against gay people. My brother was gay and committed suicide.

My name is Maria Morales. I'm a grandmother from Racine, Wisconsin, and I'm a constituent of Rep. Paul Ryan, the new Republican candidate for vice president. I don't like to complain, but this year has been very difficult for me. I had an appendectomy, and then my doctors told me I have three clogged arteries in my brain. My son has an inoperable cyst in his spinal cord, and my brother is in the hospital too. The health care bills are piling up, and I rely on my unemployment insurance to survive. That's why I was so concerned when I found out that my representative, Paul Ryan, was leading efforts to cut off unemployment insurance for people like me. He's also cut Medicaid and wants to end Medicare, which would really be devastating. I first requested a meeting with Paul Ryan more than a year ago to discuss how his policies are hurting people like me. My hope was that he would hear my story and reconsider. At the very least I deserve to have my voice heard. I am still waiting for that meeting. I called his office and was willing to meet anywhere, for even just a few minutes. I even went to DC to try to meet him there. Later, when I and some other people from my community dropped by his office, his staff called the police. Eventually I got so fed up that I went to his office and simply refused to leave. I waited for seven days, and still I'm waiting. During last year's summer recess, which was an entire month long, Rep. Ryan didn't hold a single town hall meeting in his district. But he did meet with high donors numerous times. I think it's wrong that my congressman has time to meet with large funders, but not the people he's hurting in his district. This December, my jobless benefits will run out. Then I really don't know what I will do, because It's so hard to find a job that will also allow me to maintain my responsibilities to my sick son an brother and the rest of my family. And there are many others in my community with similar situations. I know Paul Ryan is very busy, but I still hope that he will find time, even a few minutes, to meet with me, either in person or on the phone. If he will not, I think America should know what kind of congressman he has been for the working people of Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin.