You say you have drawn a line in the sand on raising the debt ceiling.All obama has to do is invite you for another round of golf and you will cave.Where is your courage?

How are the states, or better yet , the Republican Part going to deal with voter fraud?

We are a school chapter that is part of the largest student-run organization in the nation: The Junior Statesmen of America. As high school students involved in politics and US history, we are very familiar with our government. We have recently learned about Henry Clay and other great compromisers that have served in congress. Right now, congress is in a massive gridlock and stalemate. Anybody who moderately comprises is voted out of office. We ask you to PLEASE reduce the partisan adamancy and stubborness. We are concerned for our future. Legislation must be passed to effectively help us.

WHY IS THE?RE NO FAIR TAX PROPOSAL??IS THERE SUCH A TAX LAW BEEN PROPOSED TO TAX OUR BANK ACCOUNTS 'T DEPOSIT AND WITHDRAWALS??? WHY CAN THEY NOT BUILD THE PIPELINE AND DRILL FOR OIL NOW. WHY CAN THE BORDERS NOT BE SECURED???WHY ARE ILLEGALS ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN OUR COUNTRY AND DRAW AID ??? WHY IS OUR TAX DOLLARS BEING USED TO RESTORE MOSQUE AROND THE WORLD??? WHY IS TAX REFUNDS GIVEN TO ONES THAT DON;T PAY ANY TAX???

I am 69 years of age and my husband is 67. I am stressed that we have to pay income tax on our Social Security checks. We paid taxes on our gross income when we earned our money. Can you explain why we have to pay taxes again on money, when we have already paid taxes at the time we earned that money. I know it became a law when Clinton and Gore were in office....at least that is what I have been told. Isn't there a way to change that back?

Why do you refer to the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program as: 1. an entitlement and 2. a payroll tax? Withdrawals from the insurance program is an annuity, not an entitlement. Gross pay deduction is an insurance purchase, not a tax. The program funding difficulty is the Federal government not fulfilling its obligations to deposit the government's share of the premiums. I also find it insulting that you refer to those who withdraw the old age portion of the program as on the 'Federal take'. I'm not on the take, I paid for and earned the annuity!

Re Military: What action can the House take if the administration turns any of the United States military personel over to any outside party for trial. (burning of Korans) PS. This would totaly destroy any semblance of the constitution that is left.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties- A. Lincoln

Explain how taxing federal civil servants to pay for unemployment benefits really works? You're taking money out of civil servants paychecks to put into their retirement trust fund so that the Democrats can steal it to pay for benefits to the unemployed? What efforts have you make to separate the unable from the unwilling participants?

Explain to us (US taxpayers) how not collecting revenue targeted for the Social Security Trust Fund raises the Federal deficit? We understand making payments to cover the DOC fix and payments for the unemployed raise the deficit. Are you saying that not collecting taxes for the SS trust fund is better in the short term than dealing with the SS financial crisis in the long term?

The answer is simply Congress has used Social Security as their "slush" fund for 40 years, and now it is gone THEY cannot figure out how to repay the money.
Here is an idea cut the Total size of the Federal Govt. by 30% excluding two items, Defense which is mandated by the Constitution, and the Social Security program, then as the economy recovers mandate a percentage of collected taxes be place into Social Security to rebuild the fund, legislating that the funds never be dispersed to the General Fund...EVER!