The ledger of every American government agency, at all levels of government, should be posted to internet at the close of business each day. The ledger should include all income and expenses.

This is long over-due, "The curse of proverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization.... The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the immediate abolition of poverty" Martin Luther King

Texas State Rep. Yvonne Davis has filed HB 535, the "Buy American" bill. This bill would require state agencies to give preference to purchasing goods made in Texas or the U.S. when the option is available. If products are not made in Texas at a comparable cost to other goods, the next preference would be to goods made anywhere in the United States. Millions will benefit by the Texas government investing in American jobs and America workers. Disabled veterans and farmers will be some of the first to benefit from such a law.

The United States Tax Code has increased to the point where no citizen, accountant or lawyer knows what is in the document(s). It currently stands at tens of thousands of pages and grows every year. People are powerless to try and understand the system and yet are responsible for being in compliance. Through lobbying, the system has also grown to benefit specific industries and companies without any way of policing the practice due to the excessive length of the code.

In 2006 President Bush signed into law the requirement that the postal service was required to prefund retiree health benefits 75 years into the future to the tune of 5.5 billion annually for 10 years. Before this bill became law, the postal service was completely solvent and completely self-sufficient with no taxpayer support.

Every time I see a position open to apply for,I am directed straight to a Temp. agency....Has our job market been monopolized to me submitting my personal info. to a mediator service to pimp my skills!!! Why would I need a mediator if my skills are in fact what is required of the position I am applyig for? I recently worked for a company that had 3 different services hiring for an 90-day to 120 day project labeled possible temp. to perm. employment...If the add would've been advertised "Hiring Possible Temp. - Perm. employees based on proformance and skill set for 90-120 day project,please apply at", I would've been in line to apply as I'm sure many others would have...But lately there are no company interveiws for potential hire only employment pools to be serviced as employment coordinators seem fit(employment pimps), according to the commission your hard labor can bring into their agency(similar to Brothalized employment right? You speak with the head Misterist and explain what you are looking for and she matches those skills to someone of that desire and skill set,yet the money only switches hands person to misterist,laborer's left with tired back and compensation at bay...).And if you are working for a temp.service and don't know when your last day of work may suprise you...Then you need to do something about this issue in Illinois...We are the people,our votes count!!!! We make the labor force not the other way around...Let it be known that there is employment avail. out there and you and I are not going to allow Temp. agencies to pool and sale the jobs avail. to us or our skills...That's what the human services' department is for!!!! That's what 90 day probation period is for!!! Why am I working for someone else in a company that has positions avail.,they get my check,dock their percentage and then give me my little pennies to the dollar??? I think it's high time to make a stand...Limit the Temp.Agencies from Monopolization of Illinois...I know most of you are going to say,"What can we do?", Sign this petition and let your voice be heard,even if your son,brother,relative,next door neighbor is being sold in this manor, make a stand!!!

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a new free trade agreement, the documents of which are being withheld from the American people and Congress itself. President Obama has been negotiating this partnership behind closed doors with 600 corporate representatives and multiple Asian nations. He has broken his campaign promise to renegotiate NAFTA, and is now going as far as to create corporate-friendly deals behind the backs of the citizens who elected him. Any international agreement that will affect the body politic should be made accessible to the body politic, no questions asked.

Another sellout to BIG BUSINESS by our Governor

There is Fraud, Waste and Abuse in all areas of the Federal and State Governments. Millions could be saved if there was a more strict program that required auditing of all government programs. This should be more in-depth audits for programs such as Government Procurement, Medicare, Medicare and all entitlement programs. There should be requirements for states to be required to audit and control all funds received from the federal government. The savings would pay for the employment required for Auditors and would create skilled jobs.

we need to tax goods from American companies that have moved overseas ....if u dont man ufacture here then u will be hit with a tax to bring it bach to the slowly imploding former great USA

I am on Social Security, which borrows tens of billions every year from the U.S. Treasury to feed current retirees like myself, and which will not be around for my grandchildren unless it raises more of its own revenue and limits deductibility for high income retirees. As a benchmark, remember that the current rate is a flat 15.3% for all payroll income up to $110k, a very regressive schedule.

PNC bank mislead us about a hardship program in which we participated by telling us that we were eligible for a "special Obama program". Although we were eligible, they failed to tell us that they were not putting us into that program. Despite the fact that we always paid all the payments agreed upon, they have reported us as being delinquent on our mortgage. Now, they will not refinance our mortgage at the lower rates, and no other bank will either because PNC has reported us as delinquent on payments. PNC engages in MANY fraudulent practices. See more reports here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/mortgage-companies/pnc-mortgage/pnc-mortgage-national-city-mor-dcb7a.htm