At present, the Democratic and Republican parties are beholden to entrenched interests and do not truly represent the progressive interests of a growing majority of voters. As both parties have become increasingly corrupted, fighting undeclared wars, impinging on our civil liberties, withholding information from citizens, violating due process and the like, it is essential that restoring democracy requires a 3rd political party. We could call it The Progressive Party, The Peoples' Party or The 21st Century Party.

Americans need to let the leaders of Mexico we'll be behind them when they legalize next year. In Mexico they have run up against the brick wall of politics when it comes to their drug war. They realize that legalization is the only answer but it will take the new President to accomplish this mighty task. Our elected representatives don't listen to us but Mexico's just might.

Membership in the House of representative should be limited to 7 terms (14 years) while membership in the Senate should be limited to 3 terms or 18 years.

Voting for national offices moved to Sunday so that there will be more equal opportunity for working people to cast their vote.

The Kansas legislature is considering a “tax reform” proposal from Governor Brownback that would lower the personal income tax, eliminate some tax credits and deductions, and make permanent a temporary sales tax increase. If enacted, the Brownback plan will result in higher taxes for 80% of us and lower taxes for the wealthiest 20% of Kansans. Unlike other states that have radically cut income tax rates, Kansas does not have alternative revenue streams, such as tourism or natural resources. Thus, this will reduce revenues at a time when the state should be focused on long-term improvements in the Kansas economy by spending more on education, essential services, and infrastructure. A modest increase in the tax rate of less than 1% of Kansans would increase revenues by $49 million. Just to illustrate, $49 million could: · Restore the $38 million cut from mental health services in Kansas by Gov. Brownback’s budget AND leave $11 million to fund other vital services to the sick and disabled. · Restore the $25 million that would be cut from the Kansas Department of Transportation’s highway program AND leave $24 million to repair crumbling bridges and make other critical infrastructure improvements. · Restore 98% of the $50 million cut from education by Gov. Brownback in 2011.

Social Security funding has been hurt by the 2% gimmick and a slow economy. It is in a perilous condition and must be funded properly now. Allowing SS to go broke will devaste millions of Americans and create the greatest depression ever.

We collectively want our President to know that we have his back for the 2012 .

Amendment would: 1. End the unproductive cycle of politicians spending their time and efforts to raise funds and achieve support for their re-elections instead spending their time and efforts to work with others to solve problems facing the US and its citizens, especially our growing deficit and debt; and, tax code. 2. Reduce the negative influence that special interest groups, lobbyists and big donors have on our elected officials’ words and actions; and, on the legislative process. 3. Give US citizens, especially children, a break from very negative campaigns, which occurs every two years and demonstrates how terribly grown-ups, candidates and their supporters, may act in order to gain election or re-election or power. 4. Our current elections’ cycle and process does not promote elected officials to work together: but, instead fosters division, polarization and grid lock due to politicians being more concerned about maintaining power and position by any means necessary instead of acting honorably, decently, reasonably and responsibly with other elected officials, regardless of party affiliations, for the best interests of US citizens and our great country.

Deafness is a non life threatening occurance. Parents should not be required by biased courts to force their children to wear hearing aids or cochlear implants one of which is elective surgery. Parental rights should never be taken away based on the idea that oral learning is the ONLY way to acquire language. Sign language is as viable a way to learn about the world as any oral language. Stop forcing Deaf children to conform to a hearing environment if they choose not to.

dear mr. president: my name is sandra saucedo, i would like to please ask you to push for the loan forgiveness petition . particularly for women that stayed home like me. for i stayed home in order to raise a family, yet still continued to take one class at a time in order to achieve my goal of receiving a degree. however, taking one class a semester took me decades because i dedicated my life to care for my boys and family. now that my boys are older i decided to go back to school full time and get a loan. i am 47 years old and even though i had always worked in and outside my home, i have no retirement plan (because i had always worked part time in order to have time to care for my children) nor a health plan. it is time women that stayed home and contribute to our community, for i had always worked in the pta's of schools, i never missed a field trip and always advocated for children whose parents worked and could not be at school to speak on behalf of their children, should be rewarded and not penalized for staying home while working part time and building a better future for our children that will be an asset to society. staying home also allowed me to made sure my boys learned about art, music and sciences. reasons why my older son was at the age of 12 a youth ambassador in the people to people program promoting peace in the world. my second child was a tutor and all around athlete, and my youngest son is the captain of his soccer team at school and takes university classes in the summer. as i am about to enter my 50s and most of my life has been devoted to my children and family, i continue to go to school and have a huge debt due to my studies that i do not know if i will be able to pay it off and be able to retire by the time i am 65. please advocate for us, for women are the most precious resource of our humanity and in this 21st century we are still treated as second class citizens, as bell hooks eloquently says not only because we are women, but also because we are people of color. family is an important aspect of my culture because home is where values and self esteem are cultivated in order to keep our children away from the jails that are built faster than schools. warmly,sandra saucedo

Get what? Revenue to run our country. Increase Taxes on the income of those who have a surplus.Think of the situation as though it were a blood drive, and pretend we had an America where every citizen cared about every other. Good citizens who had a surplus of healthy blood would happily donate some of their blood to fellow citizens who were desperately in need of blood. The sick and anemic would not be pressed to give blood. Neither should the struggling poor in America be forced to give a disproportionate portion of their meagre income to support the counry. It is outrageous that our corrupt tax laws force the poor to be taxed at a much higher rate than the enormously wealthy.

The current Common Area Rule (Revised March 2012) for the use of The Met tennis courts requires owners to gain access to the courts by either (1) going to the HOA office during business hours or (2) the security desk at the main entrance on Canoga Avenue as a result of the HOA decision to install locks on all of the courts. The courts were previously unlocked and available to all owners during available hours as a paid amenity (HOA fee).