American jobs and fair trade. The people need to know what the government and corporations are doing behind our backs. Why should we let corporate America ship our jobs overseas and then sell the products back to us when we can make them and sell to ourselves.

The President's proposed 2014 federal budget cuts post-graduate fellowships from many government agencies. At first glance this seems like an easy way to trim spending, but in fact it is a grave mistake. It doesn't just cut jobs, it cuts off the pipeline of young policy makers prepared to lead these government agencies in the future.

Here’s a way to raise hundreds of billions of dollars, get Wall Street to shoulder more of the responsibility for America’s economic recovery, curb dangerous high-frequency trading, and move the financial markets away from short-term bets and back toward job creation and useful private and public investment. A small tax on sales of stocks, bonds, and complex financial instruments could do all of that, at no noticeable cost to ordinary investors or families.

This is about those people who are in companies like Apple who do not pay their fair share of the USA Taxes!

Fairness and good citizenship

Industrial hemp is NOT pot. In modern times hemp is used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, clothing, biodegradable plastics, construction (as with Hempcrete and insulation), body products, health food and bio-fuel. As a world leader we need to reduce our dependance on other countries and start using Hemp as a renewable green resource, build business & employ Americans in the farming, manufacture and retail industries with it's products. The world-leading producer of hemp is China, with smaller production in Europe, Chile and North Korea. Over thirty countries produce industrial hemp, and the US uses the products produced by industrial hemp.

Over the years this has become more and more of a problem. Multi million dollar stadiums, casinos, etc. All paid for by taxpayers with little or nothing in return, except low paying service sector jobs. All the the while telling taxpayers there's no money for education, and infrastructure improvements. Government should not be a conduit for our tax money. Make them pay their own way or get a loan from a bank but get off our backs!

Syracuse Common Council has decided to hold Sound Garden to the ordinance that is generally used for pawn shops. By doing this Syracuse will lose an iconic store, that brings people in from all over the county to spend much needed money in our city.

I am 72, in poor health, living on Social Security, $732 per month. Wanted to save my home from foreclosure with a reverse mortgage, and was told FHA wont approve me because I still owe on an old student loan!

Total loan forgiveness for ALL Nurses no matter the field or location of the job. Teachers receive loan forgiveness, but not all Nurses do. I applaud teachers but Nurses need to be held in the same regard. We work overtime, are on our feet all day taking care of everybody's family members, sacrifice time with our families to take care of yours, the list goes on. As it stands now only certain fields of Nursing are partially forgiven for their loans for example working in a low income area or rural area. I believe all Nursing loans should be forgiven regardless of where you work. Nursing is a selfless profession and loan forgiveness should be an act now and for past nurses.

This petition is to spur the conversation in Congress about job creation!

One of the worst attacks on Missouri's working men and women this session came in the form of SB29 - the Paycheck Deception bill. This dangerous, unfair and unnecessary bill passed when a small majority of state representatives sided with special interests over their own constituents. Fortunately, we have the numbers to prevent this dangerous legislation from becoming law. Sign our petition asking Governor Nixon to veto SB29 and add your voice to the chorus of supporters for Missouri's workers.