[By virtue of signing this letter, we commit ourselves to jointly developing an inclusive, informed, and transparent membership-led process to review and redraw the Strategic Plan in a way that embodies the movement AIUSA can be and wants to be. This involves clear and easily accessible channels for gathering and sharing information, ample venues to provide input by all parties, and a commitment to not making structural changes until there is movement-wide approval. We know that there are many good ideas about the next steps and commit to an inclusive, informed and transparent deliberative process to evaluate the ideas and come together on the way forward.] IMPORTANT - WHEN YOU SIGN PLEASE INDICATE YOUR CONNECTION TO AIUSA IN THE COMMENT SECTION (i.e. supporter, volunteer, local group members, former staff, donor, etc.) AIUSA’s Board of Directors and Executive Director has decided to restructure and eliminate valued staff without first developing an approved Implementation Process and Plan. The Strategic Plan reflects a flawed process which was not in conformity with AIUSA practices of seeking transparent and meaningful staff and membership consultation and therefore we reject it.

Israel has been getting away with murder for far too long and we cannot rely on our elected representatives in Washington to turn the tide because they have been muzzled by the Israeli lobbies like AIPAC and ADL and they also rely on their money and votes.

The government should not control our healthcare, while exempting themselves from it. Either repeal it or do away with all exemptions, including congress, the senate and the president. If is is a wonderful program ALL Americans should have to be covered by it.

The residents of La Alameda subdivision in San Benito, Texas are tired of driving over streets that are a hot mess of patches over patches. The repeated driving over these very rough surfaces is not only destroying our vehicles, but it also represents ergonomic health issues as well.

This gap is creating more poor people in the USA and with tax codes and Republican budgets like Paul Ryan's the future of the middle class and poor is more desperate as we try to make ends meet. We are retired so live in the uncertainty that our money will last depending on the changes in social security and medicare.

Both sides of the political aisle seems to think that businesses need tax incentives to create jobs. They're both wrong. Businesses don't need tax incentives OR relaxed credit...they need enough orders to warrant hiring more people.

In today's global economy, without post-secondary education young people have an extremely high chance of becoming destitute, then marginalized and a real burden for the entire society at some point in their lives. At a time when unemployed have created for the first time a Union of their own let's create the conditions to eliminate unemployment. Learning at least one trade which will enable them to be immediately productive for the society should be free of charge and compulsory. Instead of having tax-payers money allocated for unemployment and welfare (which are largely the effects of poor education) why not pay for eliminating the root-cause?

The amount of money being spent on State and Federal Campaigns is obscene after the passage of the Supreme Court Ruling which allowed Corporations to be "people". These Super PACS are spending monies that could be better spent on education, infrastructure, police/firemen salaries and yet these corporations are the first to say NO when asked to increase state and local budgets.

The worst forms of bigotry I have seen in this country is not of racial but in the form of bigotry toward religion and people with less money. These are forms of hate crimes in what they often manifest into such as favoritism and discrimination. These are forms of ignorance that need to be redirected by teaching correct way of treating each other. Eradicate bigotry as it is seperating people in our society.

term limits for congress and house as it was originaly supposed to be. go to washinton for a couple of years do what the people want then go homer and farm again time for the next guy.. too many get in office get rich and really dont do much , we need fresh blood

Veteran's exposed to radiation that have contracted several cancers, diseases and many health issues. Their families and offspring are also victims. We are grossly ignored by our government. We are off the list for service related disabilities, and have been awarded a Humanitarian medal, but we have to prove that we were there. 42 Nuclear weapons were tested on the Islands & will never be safe. Foreign Nationals and the Residents there have been compensated, but not the U.S. Troops.

We had a level 1 tornado blow thew our community last year and our mortgage bank want release the money until we finish all the work. It is our money, we pay the premiums and the insurance company payed for the repairs but we had to come up with all the money before the bank will release OUR funds.