why do people over 62 have to pay the school tax on their taxes when they have no children in scool?

I would like this answered since they are making so many cuts to Medicare & Social Security...How can a person live when they get older?

My question is this: Our borders seem increasingly porous , yet at the same time we seem to be more conscious of checking citizens when they board aircraft , why do we not have the same concerns about security when it comes to checking those who would enter our country. We have no idea if foreign operatives walk amongst us and we apparently make no effort to determine the level of threat. Why not ?

Next Question: Romney inelegantly referred to the 47% in that infamous gaffe of his. But he did initiate a discussion relative to the fairness of citizens not contributing to the support of the very government that governs them. Is it not time that we attempted to rewrite our tax code to remove the unfairness of some people paying the entirety of taxes , while others pay nothing. Should we be operating with an almost incomprehensible tax code, one so byzantine that almost no one understands it or can follow it ?

Next question: What is the National Interest justification for being involved militarily in Afghanistan ?

Shouldn't we at least attempt to articulate a national interest before we sent troops overseas to fight and die ?

Next question: The Student Loan programs as originally conceived provided funds for people to further their education, but as the programs became more widespread tuition prices skyrocketed into the stratosphere. In addition the amount of total debt is out of sight, threatening yet another financial crisis. What does either candidate have in mind for rehabilitating this program ?

Scondo- Pell Grants provide the largest source of grant funding to most of our 10 million college students.
Both of our candidates intend to make cuts by 1,000.00 to the program ( per year ) lowering the maximum grant from 5,500.00 to 4,500.00.
Republican - " claim it's not true " line- by-line cuts wouldn't include Pell.
Democrats - " claim Pell Grants are necessary to further our education by allowing students an affordable option"
We know the Democrats lied because The Obama Admin. already cut the grant option from 18 semesters to 12. This means all Freshmen will have to scramble for financing to complete thir senior year in college.
Romney-Obama..."Same Old Drama" but on this particular point a line-by-line cut to the program will allow the most needy students to receive a full 18 semester grant so the advantage goes to Romney-Ryan for only "half" lying.

Joe, those are grants, they are small potatos in the deep fat fryer in which we find ourselves today. I am talking about the capital dumping that has gone into the guaranteed student loan program, we have 50% of college graduates over the course of the last 3 years under or unemployed and a burgeouning problem in the repayment area. Parents are usually co signers for the loans and they are buckling under the pressure. Many think this loan program has caused tuition to go through the roof. Is it an ill conceived program that needs to be looked into.

There isn't going to be a national solution to housing or lack of it, unemployment or the lack of jobs, or rising tuition costs, loan costs, or the lack of suitable employment for all of those who graduated with some type of degree. 37% of all 4 year degrees are obsolete with-in the first 5 years of receiving them. 21% of the students recieving a degree will actually enter into the national work-force by getting a job directly related to the degree they are holding. 44% will get a job in a field outside of their degree field. 18% will-not get a job and 14% will work in fields that didn't need a degree to get employment. The report estimates 76% of our graduates are working a 'below rate' job, and half of them aren't making enough to make they're loan payments. The numbers are about the same for the parents who co-signed these loans.

At the bottom of the fryer is nearly 3.5 million people defaulting on loans and/or mortgages every year.
With over 300 million people, 3.5 is a very small percentage, and not enough to require any type of engagement needed to resolve an issue that seems minor inside the big picture.

Whether it's Pell, Fanny Mae, SocialSecurity, Medicare, or the FederalSavings and Loan,
Republican=line-by-line
Democrats=cuts-across-the-board.

No party can guarantee a million new jobs every week for the next 4 years, and that's what it's going to take to stabilize our economy. Not prosper- that's what we need to balance it.

Considering that Justice Scalia is 76, Justice Kennedy is 76, Justice Ginsburg is 79, and Justice Breyer is 74, there will likely be at least one Supreme Court opening in the next four years. If elected president, what are your plans with regards to making appointments to the Supreme Court? What specifically will you look for in your next Supreme Court nominee?

President Obama, your economists suggested that if we did not pass the stimulus bill, unemployment would be under 6% today, in late 2012, due to normal business cycle recovery. Isn't the fact that the recovery part of the business cycle has been worse under your administration as compared to any other administration suggest that your policies aren't working? At what point do you take responsibility for the economy?

Grant, Philadelphia