We are active organizers in the 17th district that believe that Cheri Bustos should step down as the candidate for Congress because she personally invests in companies that ship good American jobs overseas. Cheri has proven that she cannot be trusted to keep American jobs here at home, when she is personally profiting from outsourcing.

In Freeport, Ill. Sensata Technologies, a company owned by Bain Capital, is sending 170 workers’ jobs to China. To add insult to injury, Bain is even forcing the Freeport workers to train their Chinese replacements. A group of the workers have organized to garner support for the “Bring American Jobs Home Act”, a common sense bill that gives American workers an even playing field by replacing tax loopholes for companies that send jobs overseas with financial incentives to bring jobs back to America. On Tuesday, the workers caught up with Schilling but the Congressman refused to answer their simple yes or no question and then walked out of his own town hall meeting to avoid further questions. The video is here: http://bit.ly/SchillingWalksOut Bobby Schilling can run from meetings but he can’t hide from his record in Washington: Schilling supports: • Free Trade deals that ship jobs overseas • Tax break incentives for companies to leave the U.S. • Hiding the number of jobs companies send overseas • Cutting job retraining programs for workers whose jobs were lost overseas Rep. Schilling’s record in Washington shows he has chosen a rigid ideology over the public interest. The Congressman has the wrong priorities and has turned his back on Illinois workers. Join me in telling Bobby Schilling that he can run away but he can’t hide from his record in Washington.

Mitt Romney recently stated that 47% of the American public are "victims" dependent on the government. I am a retired person who draws a meager Social Security retirement benefit check each month, which I am sure I earned through many long years of hard work. This makes me part of Romney's 47%, yet I in no way feel like a victim or one who expects something for nothing. I know Romney's comment is not based on facts or reality. As my representative in Congress I demand that Rep. Francisco Canseco publicly reject Mitt Romney's offensive claim.

I call on John Koster, the Republican candidate for Congress in Washington's 1st District, to reject Mitt Romney's recent comment abandoning 47% of the American electorate who currently don't pay federal income taxes. And I call on John Koster not to support Mitt Romney's tax plan which would RAISE taxes on the 47% while cutting taxes for millionaires and billionaires.

At a recent fundraiser, GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he will "never convince" 47 percent of Americans to "take personal responsibility and care for their lives", that they "are dependent on government", they "believe they are victims" and his "job is not to worry about those people". Arizona voters need to know if their GOP Senate candidate shares those views.

Mitt Romney was caught on video, claiming to campaign donors that 47% of Americans are 'victims' who are dependent on government handouts, and don't take responsibility for their lives. We all have friends, family and neighbors who are hard working citizens, some managing to live on less than minimum wage. They don't consider themselves victims. Rep. Runyan should repudiate Romney's comments and demonstrate that he represents ALL New Jerseyans.

US industries are the most profitable in history and as US productive increased, executives wages increased, but workers average wage decreased. Is that healthy and if not can it be changed?

The recent video released of presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying that 47% of Americans are "victims" who are dependent on government is offensive and misunderstands what America is about. We want Rep. Roscoe Bartlett to publicly reject Romney's statement.

Since Romney required 10 years' of tax returns from running mate, Paul Ryan, why is it that his own returns have become a non-issue? It is completely fair for the constituency to expect a presidential candidate to reveal his tax finances if he expects us to trust him with the finances of our country.

Rep. Jeff Flake needs publicly to reject Mitt Romney's offensive claim that 47% of the American public are "victims" dependent on the government.

Remove the cap on social security taxes. By removing the wage cap on social security, years of funding would be added to the social security fund.

The petition is about the concern about increasing prices of gas and other things that we need to live and to get to work. It effects us economically.