The United States of America is a nation of people that as a whole understands the socio-economic value in guaranteeing people's rights in the workplace. Many laws and agencies have been established to safeguard these rights. However, I suspect the average working American does not know how to exercise these rights in order to protect themselves from their employers. I believe that we are living challenging economic times where employer abuse (whether it is verbal harassment, wage theft, or illegal discrimination) has become so rampant that it is imperative for individuals to understand what they can do benefit from the laws that protect them. My aim of this petition will be to measure my audience knowledge in this area and identify areas of need in order to make an educate recommendation for legislative changes.

This country is stalled. I am a small business person. It appears no matter what party one belongs to this country is not helping those who are in need of food, education, shelter, employment, tax breaks for the small business, quality of life, good roads, safe bridges, and a host of other things. I am appalled. It is upsetting for me to see my tax dollars being used by those in state and federal government not be of more help. The famous Keynesian Approach is not being used. We used this approach during FDR. Children and families are hurting. Jobs are needed. Congress continues to play games and believes the people are not watching. Also, I am frustrated by the lack of progress that no one was held accountable for the wall street problems.The best interests of the people are not being served. What happened to working together for the greater good. Our greatest leaders did that for the country. Thank you. Rudy Flora

Since January 3, 2013, when the 113th Congress was gaveled into session by Speaker Boehner, this Congress has held no major or minor votes on the following: jobs, education, healthcare, or infrastructure on behalf of or in behest of the people of the United States of America. Although the Constitution of the United States of America has no clearly defined rules or regulations for the Speaker of the House of Representatives (save that a person shall be "chosen" as the "presiding officer" of the House of Representatives), it is and has been understood that the speaker is the presiding officer and shall be the administrator and procurer of the general function and or legislative business that shall come before the House. It is therefore the opinion of the petitioner that John A. Boehner, the Honorable, has done anything but in that regard. As such, he should be censured by the residing members of the United States House of Representatives for such inaction.

Individuals who have worked in careers where they receive a pension from work not covered by social security are being penalized by reducing their earned social security benefits. The benefit formula under SS already has a built in reduction for those with fewer covered work years. Firefighters,teachers,government workers, municipal workers,police are all victims. Many had already changed careers and became victims without benefit of career selection. This is a double reduction in calculating benefits.

I live in Ohio, a typical rust belt state. I have watched the effects of globalization all around me. The problem with globalization is that it unleashes all the defects of laissez faire economic beliefs that we already knew about. The fact that labor has no chance against capital. Pure markets leads to exploitation of labor. In the modern economy of mass production you need mass consumption or you will go into a recession. When the value of labor all goes to capital, aggregate demand is destroyed. This situation has led our government to become a plutocracy. Until globalization is brought under control, the governments attempts to fix the economy are just band aids.

Basic Human rights and Social and economic Justice.

Religious organizations should stay out of politics or be taxes like everyone else.

Tax breaks should be given to any company that hires veterans returning home from war

All non profit organizations should be audited by the IRS annually. The Tea Party shpuld not be an exception.

We support repealing the "right-to-work" law in the state of Michigan. We believe Michigan should have labor-friendly laws on their books. Once this petition is completed, it will be delivered to the governor and both the Senate and the House of Representatives in the state of Michigan.

In Indiana, the servers have not seen a pay increase in many years. Inflation continues to rise, the standard of living here in Indiana has increased, but we are still making $2.13 an hour. Other states have increased the the wages consistently for servers as the wages for others have increased, but we have seen no change. It is time that the government looks at our wages and makes changes to fit the standard of our economy.

A 501(C)(4) is supposed to be for “civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare.” Note the word “exclusively.” If the organization is not 100% social welfare, it should not be exempt from taxes. Tax law exempts Section 501(c)(3) charities and Section 527 political committees from gift tax rules,but offers no such exemption to Section 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations. Political groups are flouting the law. Such groups as Sierra Club and League of Women voters do not claim such exemptions, and donations are not tax-exempt.