We need our GRANT programs re-instated so as to bring more jobs to any area where jobs are needed,,,I have tried for 6 years to get a grant to help me bring hundards of jobs just to my area. I am trying to build a new type of transitional aircraft to the market. one tobe used by the armed forces and everyone that needs to fly. letter after ketter to the white house and what do I get back,,? (We don`t do that any more) So,,,I want to start a petition to bring back our GRANTS

I am apalled that Members of Congress could allow themselves to be held hostage by one man. Who is he anyway? Folks: DO YOU REMEMBER THE MCCARTHY ERA. Let's walk with our President for the good of the people and do not pander to one man's self-gloating and ego. You will get more respect.

Economists across the country agree that to avoid the fiscal cliff and balance our budget, we must decrease spending AND increase revenue. Congressional research reports have clearly shown that lowering taxes on the wealthy does NOT boost the economy or grow jobs, it only increases the income gap between the rich and the everyone else. Democrats and the President have listened to this expert advice, and propose raising taxes on those who can afford it: Americans making $250,000 or more. For almost 20 years, Republicans have fervently opposed raising taxes on anyone, regardless of the financial state of the nation. In 2011, only 0.7% of Americans made $250,000 or more, and paid less than 25% of their income in taxes. To oppose generating revenue by raising taxes on this tiny fraction of the citizenry that can afford it is to hold the country's financial future hostage for the benefit of a select elite. By signing this petition, you will tell your two Senators and House Representative that you support raising taxes on the privileged 0.7% to help balance our budget and avert the fiscal cliff, which is certain to devastate the entire U.S. economy.

During the past four years, conservative blackmail tactics have severely crippled Congress. It is very unlikely Republicans will meet the President halfway before the end of the year. We need to have the courage to accept a tax increase in order to break the tyrannical hold of conservatives in both houses who are committed to only protecting the interests of million and billionaires.

We do not have a spending problem in this country; we have a revenue problem. In addition to letting the Bush tax cuts expire for the top bracket, we should add at least one higher tax bracket for those earning over one million dollars.

To eqaulize the tax base of the american people. To find a balanced approach to raising revenue & cutting taxes for the middle-class, To find a balanced approach to raisng taxes & cutting out tax loopholes from the current U,S. TAX CODE. To Save the Middle-Class.

Now that President Obama has been re-elected, it's time we show support by backing his decision to raise taxes on those households earnings over $250,000, and retaining the tax cut for the rest of working American middle class families.

My adult son called me last night. His job has been out-sourced to India. However, he has a temporary freelance job in down town Chicago. He walks home every evening. But last evening he was especially disturbed at the number of homeless young adults that he saw. Many had backpacks or a piece of luggage and were huddled in doorways with no place to sleep. Now unemployed and unable to keep up their rent or mortgage payments they are on their own in the now freezing Chicago elements. There are thousands of other “more seasoned” homeless people who have been without work for much longer who are now sleeping in boxes on mattresses under the via ducts. At the END OF DECEMBER the unemployment extensions end unless there is legislation passed. This is the United States of America! Do we not take care of our own people who need our help? Is it the vulnerable: the unemployed, the poor, the mentally ill, and the children who are always the first to get cut from fiscal consideration when there is a “cliff?” This is URGENT! Please give this action priority during December.

I have been personally affected;. I have been barred from refinancing my home since 2009 because I refinanced before May of 2009. Freddie Mac rules, with no explanation of why, will not allow me to refinance. If I and others were allowed to do so, we could reduce mortgage interest rates on existing loans and save thousands of dollars per year. In my case, I would save about $5000 per year. I have already done a petition you can view here by copying and pasting thiks link in your address bar: http://wh.gov/IjfU

In July, Washington State’s community college system imposed a year-long 3% salary reduction on all classified employees. Since then, WPEA – one of the unions representing classified state employees - has secured a commitment from several colleges to “mitigate” the salary reduction by offering overtime opportunities. To date, Cascadia has NOT agreed to mitigate, ignoring the financial hardship being imposed on the lowest paid employees in our community college system. Please sign this petition to show your support for Cascadia’s classified staff in seeking mitigation of the 3% salary reduction.

The Bush tax cuts were designed by the wealthy for the wealthy. When Bill Clinton was president everyone did just fine without these tax cuts. There were 23 million jobs created under Bill Clinton in an expanding economy with government budget surpluses becoming the new routine. It's time we return to those years by allowing the Bush tax cuts to just expire.

The person most responsible now to get a deal before the end of the year is Speaker John Boehner. He must be informed that the people of the United States have spoken clearly and we want him to compromise and raise the tax rates to 39% on people earning in excess of $250,000.00.