Campaign reform should be instituted to severely restrict donations from corporate entities and the wealthy. In order to return the government to the will of the people, reasonable and appropriate financing of political campaigns should be accomplished primarily through the government and be borne by the taxpayers. A very limited donation from private individuals, (not business entities) should be allowed but limited to $1,000. per person maximum.

Dear Sir or Madame, My name is Aida crosby, and I am a member if the Santa Clara County Mental Health Board. I have a child, 12, with autism. For the past 8 years, Our child and our family have been subject to severe discrimination at the hands of public schools, church members, and private individuals. We have been trying very hard for the last five years to bring awareness to our church, county, city, neighborhood, and street of the need for individuals and institutions to meet the needs of families and individuals with autism. To our surprise, we find both lethargy and uncaring behavior from neurotypicals, and understanding and support by many, but they still have no clue or understanding with autism behaviors, social inadequacy, and mental disability when it is their turn to understand, help and accept. As a results I became a member of the Santa Clara County Mental Health Board, only to discover that autism is not even considered a mental disability. My family and I have been receiving anonymous hurtful, slandered letters, and attacked publicly in you tube, from our in inmidiate neighbors just because I have stand up to them asking to help me make the neighborhood safe from anything that can cause injuries to our autistic child. My oldest,15, is now suffering severe health problems as a result of their bulling, and verbal Abuse. Please help me, I feel this is an important stepping stone to bring up changes to benefit autistic individuals and their families. The bulling from adults, and private individuals must stop. The lack of legal help must stop...the only way we can get services for our kids is thru lawyers...and many children and individuals are being left behind, ignored, abused, uneducated, and families are in the brink of suicide, or destruction of the family. Most sincerely, and awaiting your response, Aida t. Crosby Protecting my adorable son Adrián Crosby

Stop financing lawyers and demand states to require all finance documentation in child support cases. No more hiding incomes, tax files or salary information. It is your child you are hurting and hiding income from. It should not be a laborious ordeal to REQUIRE all finances to be submitted in the initial request for child support.

We want a single payer health insurance system in the state of california as soon as practical, but certainly by 1/1/2017 as is accommodated by the federal PPACA. We need to improve conditions within our land so that we do not lag behind the rest of the world in terms of life expectancy, infant mortality and the pursuit of happiness.

Changing the way we elect or governing bodys

Many individuals and organizations, spanning the ideological spectrum, are concerned about the functioning of our democracy and about the rights and limitations of individuals to use their wealth to influence the political process. Most often, it is the principle of Freedom of Speech that has been used to defend the rights of individuals to contribute their private funds to political campaigns. But Free Speech already has a meaning: “Liberty to express opinions and ideas without hindrance, and especially without fear of punishment” (Oxford Dictionary of Politics). There may be other grounds to defend private funding of electoral campaigns, but Freedom of Speech should not be used by the courts to curtail the important public discussion and decision about the balance of our individual and collective rights. This Amendment restores to citizens the right to set the ground rules for financing of elections. It does not prejudge what those ground rules should be.

Congress wont solve any problems if the system let's them live and work in another reality than the normal citizen. Also recent Supreme Court decisions can only be overturned by an Amendment (or them to over turn their own ruling), this Document, the 28th Amendment is to Help fix what is wrong with the system, that the founding fathers could not have foreseen.

Over the years, the people have seen the same Congressman over and over again refusing to do what the American people put them in office to do. Congress continues to cater to lobbyists and special interest groups, therefore, they do nothing to help the people who put them in office.

Legalization of medical Marijuana.

Vehicles are a part of life now. With gas prices rising, jobs disappearing, and little or no help from our goverment, we need to make sure that our vehicles will last through this slump. Please help us Dodge owners who have suffered from the poor assembly of the Hemi-Engines, get some relief.

One of the primary reasons for the recent financial crisis is that private financial institutions spent over $3 billion in lobbying costs (that were effectively bribes to our federal and state representatives) to make complex financial instruments unregulated that should have, by any measure, been regulated financial instruments. Jefferson said that the people have two enemies; criminals and government; and we must tie down the second with the chains of the US Constitution lest it become a legalized version of the first. The legalized bribery of our represenatives and theft of our government of the people must stop. A government of the people must be restored. The code of every representative of the people must be - The peoples good is the highest law.

End the Bush tax cuts! The Bush tax cuts cost the majority of Americans millions. The true benficiaries are those that are not paying their fair share. Revive the middle class by allowing the Bush cuts to expire.