My opinion is that the Federal Government should fund all Federal Election Candidates. In essence, each candidate for election for President, Senator, House of Representatives would each receive equal funding based on the office the individual was seeking. This would accomplish the following, (a) the playing field would be leveled, (b) each candidate would have equal amounts such that they would have to campaign on their own merits, and (c) corporations and wealthy idividuals would no longer be able to buy elections.

Payroll deductions were taken from my salary at the applicable rate when I worked in Corporate America. The last 10 years of my employment before retiring were teaching with no SS deductions. Upon retiring, my SS benefits were reduced by 40%. My retirement benefits collectively are very meager and the 40% reduction does not leave me enough money to live on so I must continue to work even though I am over 70 years old.

My petition it's about recognizing the contributions of that women have made towards the greatness of our country. each one of the women named had an integral part in reshaping our nation's treatment of both African American slaves and disenfranchised women. As a woman I owe of these women a debt of gratitude because I can vote. As an American I owe these women a debt of gratitude because they fought tirelessly and bravely, risking everything, to end the enslavement of people in this country thus allowing United States to join the rest of the civilized world in banning slavery forever.

Outsourcing of jobs and tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals,along with loopholes that are designed to help only millionaires and corporations with huge profits profoundly hurts middle class families .If someone wants to hold the most powerful office in the country full disclosure of prior taxes should be demanded by the people.

I would like for the rule of law to be followed, sanctuary cities to be outlawed, and citizenship for children of illegal immigrants to be disallowed by a proper interpretation of the 14th Amendment.

Companies like Black Water and KBR and the new names that have now changed to are still responsible for wasting American Tax Dollars. We want our Taxes for war to go to Military only.

I would like to start a petition so that US residence will unite lower Gas Prices. It seems like the last time we did this gas prices went down by 10 cents or more.

In 2000 and 2004 The Florida Presidential elections were in the spotlight of the enitre nation. The pathetic pictures of election workers strugling to decipher the chads,etc.was pathetic and embarassing to the state of Florida. Now the 2012 election is upon us and I have no confidence in the Florida voting system whatsoever. With the recent attempts to "avoid voter fraud," I am futhere concerned that each vote must count. Please provide the voter with a physical copy of his completed ballot as he leaves the polling site, then if there has to be a recount the voter will be able to produce his copy to prove his choice without calling on "chad hunters." The cost of providing a copy should not enter into consideration in such an important issue. The Floridia debacle 2000 still resonates strongly here in Florida.

Over 200 thousand people each year die from adverse drug reactions but the cases are probably higher due to a lack of reporting. My daughter Julie developed Stevens-Johnson Syndrome at the age of 11 months old from a medication to treat pediatric epilepsy. We were not warned about side effects. After starting the medication she developed a high fever and blistering rash. Julie was misdiagnosed with chicken pox and continued on the offending drug. As a result she suffered blistering burns across her body and treated in a burn unit for 27 days. She is now blind in one eye and has low vision in the other, dry eye syndrome, photophobia and many other side effects, and she is one of the lucky ones. Many SJS patients do not survive. We were told it was a 1 in a million reaction and so rare we would never meet another SJS patient. Since 1994 we have heard from thousands of people from around the world that have suffered SJS and TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis) another form of SJS. It's not as rare as we were led to believe. SJS can be caused by over the counter children's ibuprofen! Something available to us at the grocery story and carries no warning of SJS! SJS is a severe adverse life threatening reaction to medication which causes patients to literally burn from the inside out! No one has an accurate count of SJS because there is NO mandatory reporting system required by medical professionals. Only a voluntary site for patients. A mandatory reporting system will enable the FDA to see which medications have a higher incidence of adverse reactions leading to labeling changes and safety for consumers. Please help us.

Mitt Romney wants Americans to cut tax's for the wealthy. He's asking us to pay more so, people like himself can pay less. Every one has been affected by the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest and, Middle Class is erroding at the expense of Congress.

My 15 year old daughter was killed in a car accident due to texting 2 1/2 yrs ago

Not personally affected, but this is one other sign of the way in which religious fundamentalists hinder knowledge and progress due to their own fears that their beliefs will be found faulting.