Why is there is a decrease in inmate incarceration and the Private Prison Industrial Complex is increasing purchases of private prisons? Florida Dept of Corrections statistic: On average, there were 56,088 inmates in Florida's county detention facilities during the month of November 2011. In comparison, in November 2010, there were 58,694 inmates incarcerated by county facilities in Florida. This is a 4.4% decrease from last year. From BlackAgendaReport.com: Yet, the Corrections Corporation of America, is on a buying spree. With a war chest of $250 million, the corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, this month sent letters to 48 states, offering to buy their prisons outright.

It should be up to the voters whether the congress deserves pay raises. Also if they cannot pass a budget, then they should get NO pay!

Low interest rates on savings accounts. Failure to increase these rates will deplete the savings of millions of citizens. The result will be devasting to the middle class. Resulting in less spending and add to the recession.

We need to put teeth into laws prohibiting age discrimination in hiring to ensure that qualified job-seekers over the age of 50 are not discriminated against by potential employers. Employers frequently turn down older applicants due to many erroneous notions; among them, that older workers on the payroll increase insurance premiums. An older applicant's qualifications, experience and work ethic appear to take a back seat to the employer's bottom line. Let's make sure that qualified seniors have an equal chance in the workplace!

RESOLUTION Requiring that legislation considered by the Senate and House to be confined to a single issue. Resolved, SECTION 1. SINGLE-ISSUE REQUIREMENT. (a) Point of Order- It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a bill or resolution that is not confined to a single subject. Purpose: to simplify all legislation so that all constituents can easily see what is being proposed and who is voting for or against. To eliminate earmarks.

Congress should take cut in pay and benefits to help cut the deficit.

Changing the term a President can serve.

1. Term Limits. A.One Six-year Senate term B. 3 Two-year House terms 2. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office. 3. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan, just as all Americans do. 4. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people. 5. All contracts with past and present Congressmen are void effective 1/1/12. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term, then go home and back to work.

How can we (the common we and the political we), not see that the real problem in our society and economy is the power of the insurance companies dictating to everyone, (the government, the business owner, the individual, the doctors, the hospitals) and escalating the cost of care. If we took every premium paid to insurance companies over our lifetime, we would have enough money to cover everyone to be able to have a yearly physical for prevention and cut costs. There is no indication the insurance companies want to participate in making healthcare affordable to the common citizen; No standardization of forms (to decrease the time spent reading them), no available information of what is covered, refusals, lost paperwork, etc., etc., etc., increasing costs for billing and those providing care. THIS HAS TO STOP. We need to root the parasitic insurance companies out of the core of health care and our government and our lives. End the lobbist culture and save America.

Ralph Nader got Bush Elected by taking votes from the Democrats. A runoff election would have changed the result by running only the top two candidates. With a runoff we could have a real election where ideas for change at least get a hearing.

The U.S. spends too much time and money 'busting' 'pot-heads' and would be better served to decriminalize and tax the use of Marijuana.

We have to have car,home insurance we have to buy a driver license and plates and pay for birith records fishing hunting marrage license. We have to pay public school fees ( art supplies book and paper supplies lunch etc). How can all these and many other government laws and mandates be constitutional? If you want to stop the new health insurance law then all of the above should be free or not required.