I am a descendent of American slaves and believe deeply that a grave injustice, an economic one, has yet to be addressed and rectified when it comes to the millions of American slaves who worked without compensation and their descendents who lived, and continue to live, without the economic assistance from their families they deserved. Congressman Conyers has introduced his H.R. 40 Bill (named in honor of the unfulfilled promise of 40 acres and a mule for freed slaves) every year since 1989 and vows to continue to do so until it is passed. Recently Republicans have gerrymandered his district so that he will face a tougher fight to win re-election.

Since the 70s, the upper 5%ers have done very well, while the middle and lower class have not. The Government and the middle/lower class do NOT have the resources to stimulate this economy.....the 5%ers do. Anyone earning over $250K a year can afford to take on about 3% more in taxes while allowing the middle class more money in their pockets from tax cuts before December 31, 2011 to buy the products of the upper class!! Sounds fair to both sides to me!

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My issue is electronic voting machines and the easiness in which they can be hacked. This has been proven time and time again but our legislators do nothing to insure the safety and security of our votes. The GOP is trying to suppress the vote in 26 or more states and the point is, it is virtually a poll tax on poor people, older veterans, and those that can't afford it. In Texas, NRA ID is OK, but a Student ID is not...so it is clear the intentions of the GOP. There will be hundreds of thousands of people who will not be able to vote and that is not the America I love. Voting machines will be hacked by Karl Rove and his billionaire brothers; it was done in 2004 in Ohio. The hacker who sat two states over and shifted Kerry votes to Bush gave his deposition and days later he was dead. Karl Rove walked away from the Grand Jury without a scratch. I know he was key in orchestrating stealing votes from Kerry to Bush. In 2008 so many people voted that he was not able to pull it off in Penn., What they can't suppress, they will steal in key states to cover all the bases to defeat the sitting President. We must ban electronic voting machines and demand paper ballots in all 50 states. If Romney wins in a landslide...then we know they got away with it.

Regressives use wealth, Flat earth philosophy, secrecy, and middle men to change America back into the slavery from which our war of Independence extracted us. Lincoln, Eisenhower, and now books by George Lakoff and Carl Marlantes show the framing.

I advocate 6 yearTerm Limits for all members of Congress...There should be no retirement or preferred insurance following their service in Congress. They should not be allowed to become Lobbyists for a minimum of 6 more years following their service in Congress and then only for four years.

As an Alaskan, I watched our state suffer through Exxon Valdez disaster. The inevitable disaster that awaits us in the Arctic will be far worse. Temperatures 60 below, winds 50 knots, seas 30ft, things will go terribly wrong. It's only a matter of when.

Non-Productive Lawmakers being paid exhorbitant salaries and giving themselves raises while taking expensive and extended vacations... all on taxpayers dollars!

Our Alaskan King Salmon spawing return has been on a steady decline for the last 25 years. STATEWIDE our State of Alaska Dept of Fishery Managers allowed this to happen. They have managed for this decline by managing for sockeye salmon returns and ignoring the by-catch of king salmon. To stop the failure, Alaska needs NEW managers on the Dept of Fish!

Sheriff John Lopey of Siskiyou Co., Ca and several other N. CA sheriffs have politicized their roles by interfering with environmental issues they disagree with, ignoring laws they disapprove of and inciting tea party interests that further their own narrow political views.

I am a teacher. Nuff said!!!

Mitt Romney must show his returns or drop out