On October 21st, the Georgia Pacific plant where I have worked for over 21 years will close for good. The next day, along with 140 of my coworkers, I will find myself without work, without health care, without any prospects for new work. Georgia Pacific has given us no reason for closing the plant and eliminating so many good paying jobs. I am most terrified by the loss of my health insurance – as my wife battles cancer, what are we supposed to do? Go bankrupt right as we prepare for retirement? Stand with me and the 140 other laid-off workers to demand an explanation from Georgia Pacific, and call upon our elected representatives to stand up for us. -- Glenn Jackson

Nothing has hindered my personal financial recovery more than excessive credit card interest rates. I feel that credit card interest is a tax on debt and should be limited.

The impact to our economy by allowing Sequestration to happen at the end of this year. This would effect every American as it would devastate our economy, and add another 1.4 million workers to the unemployment roles.

Pleaseeeee forgive student loans to us the one who are on the street because we lost our houses, our jobs and all what we have. Do you have any idea what it means when collectors call at my job to harass me because I don't have the money to pay? It is not my faulttttttt. My kids and I are just waiting for the sheriff to knock at my door and tell us get out!!!!!

Now that Corporations are people, and people are small business'(120,000 people who make over 1million a year, some as much as 8 million) can and are called a small business I feel that these are the ones who are influesing our elections the most with their large donations to buy candidates.

The poverty level according to the government has stayed the same. Yet, prices keep going up in groceries, gas, health insurance, medicine, etc.... It is time to raise the poverty level so more people will not have to go hungry, not without clothes, medical help etc.... Who can possibly make it on minimum wage and pay a sitter? These people are also losing their homes and as Americans we need to fight for them and their children. What if it was you?

A Petition to pass a Pay Fairness Act to the U.S. Constitution. The act would simply be a formula to help guarantee a living wage. The act would state that the Highest paid person in a Company only could make a maximum of so many times what the lowest paid person in a company is paid. Similar to current laws in Germany.

Petition John Boehner to release the jobs bills that have been proposed by President Obama and the Democrats to create jobs and improve the infrastructure.

Do not privatize our Norfolk Ports.

The CEO and board members of American Crystal Sugar (ACS)—the nation’s largest sugar beet processor—have blocked me and hundreds of my co-workers from our jobs for more than a year, denying us incomes and health care benefits to support our families. What’s worse, ACS made record profits last year and paid CEO David Berg $2.4 million in compensation. All this while we struggle to make ends meet, small businesses in our communities—that rely on us to keep the doors open—have been forced to close, and sugar beet farmers are being forced to “turn under” their crops and are seeing significantly lower payments for their beets compared with what they get from other sugar producers. Sign our boycott pledge to let CEO Berg and ACS board members you won’t stand for their corporate greed. American Crystal Sugar products being boycotted include American Crystal Sugar bags of sugar labeled Crystal Sugar and “Market Pantry” sugar sold in Target stores in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.

My Petition is about the work age.Personally I"m effected by it because it's preventing me from getting a job at my age.

To Be Delivered to the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board (hereafter known as TEB): We the undersigned are registered members or have children that are registered members of the Fort Peck A & S Tribe. The purpose of this petition is to request from the TEB a Christmas per cap, to be issued to include the $500 previously allocated from the tribe's budget. Moreover, since the $75 million settlement was received after the TEB had preliminarily set the amount of the Christmas per cap and only $1500 has been allocated to each tribal member from the $75 million, the petitioners are requesting that the Christmas per cap be in the amount of $2500 per tribal member. Signatures associated with this petition will be collected through November 08, online and through the assistance of members residing on Ft. Peck. The intent in receiving a bigger per cap is to allow greater self- sufficiency to which the TEB should play a supportive role. Some of us would like to start our own businesses and others have extraordinary expenses for which the Christmas per cap in the amount of $2500 will give much needed financial relief. The TEB should support all its members and in so doing, allocate appropriately the money where rightful ownership lies -with the registered members. I, Reese Beecher will request FPJournal to publish this petition in its print edition and ensure the Chairman and other TEB members receive this petition. Thank you.