Making public display of the list of people fired by Republican governors just to slow our economy and to stop worker rights. We need to show people who has been purposely damaging our economy and people. Christie fired all of the police in Newark and than gave his RNC speech same day!

I went through foreclosure (due to job loss) in 2008 on my $211,000 condo which I purchased and received the old $7500 1st time home buyers credit (to be repaid over 15 years as opposed to the recent $8000 one that did not have to be paid back). Now I owe the IRS the remaining balance even though all of that money went towards improvements of a condo that is no longer mine and -to add insult to injury- was recently sold for $75,000! As someone struggling to regain employment it is extremely frustrating and disheartening owing that much money on something I no longer have any ties to and I believe the many people in similar situations to mine feel the same way.

Our economy is not linked to lack of jobs as much as it is linked to jobs that are not required to pay employees in proportion to the cost of living. In Australia, their dollar is very strong right now and they are not suffering economic woes, because it is illegal to have commission jobs, and their minimum wage is over fifteen dollars an hour. Commission jobs are an excuse for the employer to charm the employee into thinking they can make more money than if the employer actually pays them. Also, at most commission jobs only 5% tends to make all the money while a hundred people do all the work, with a high turnover rate. Also, Wall Street workers were able to generate too much money off un-regulated commission jobs. Commission jobs, make it so the individual can work full time, and not receive a full-time salary, also not be paid over-time, holiday pay, etc, and the Employer can make too much of the employees' money. There is no regulation to this. Finally, our Economy can grow when people who do have jobs are required to be paid in proportion to the cost of living. I know many people who had/have highly distinguished job titles, but do not make money because they work off commission. You can't pay off college loans, credit card debt, having children/families, etc, if you do not know if you will generate money this month or next month. And Employers are generating enough income to pay people.

Grover Norquist has led Congress down a path to fiscal irresponsibility that is about to financially ruin America. We demand fiscal responsibility from our leaders on Capitol Hill.

after an unscrupulous mortgage company loaned my 82 year old husband money we went through nearly losing our home. With tenacity we went through hoops and finally after about 2 years, the house was given to us; only to learn the house was now being foreclosed on by the county for back taxes. Taxes apparantly was not being paid while we were in dispute and house was relinquished to us with about $7,000 owing on overrated taxes.

Where do I stand: higher taxes or more jobs? - The tax break needed for working families (in addition to strengthening Social Security and Medicare) can be effected by removing now obsolete tax breaks for outsourcing jobs. So let's draw attention to reviving Senate bill S.3364, the Bring Jobs Home Act , as it "Hits the Nail on the Head" with what's wrong in this country.

Hurricane Isaac dumped nearly a foot of rain on New Orleans, but the system of levee pumps, walls, and gates appeared to withstand one of the stiffest challenges yet. Isaac arrived seven years after Hurricane Katrina and passed slightly to the west of New Orleans, where the city’s fortified levee system easily handled the assault. Meanwhile, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the U.S. needs $2.2 trillion in investments to bring its infrastructure into adequate shape, including $100 billion to repair levees. Extending the Bush tax breaks for the rich would make America’s already precarious infrastructure situation worse.

A reduction of 25% in the non-violent prison population would save Pennsylvania $400 million dollars a year. We are asking Governor Corbett and the Pennsylvania legislature to reduce the prison population by 25% in 2013 and then immediately utilize the savings to rehire teachers and public workers and fund vital social services.

Here's an answer, something specific we can demand, protest for, and adopt ourselves! Spread it around! If this isnt the best answer, at least we’re thinking about what might be. What if we were really just this close to having it work right? More details? Watch the debate! http://youtu.be/fZj0a-E49lE

Tax the 1%

Romney and Ryan want to destroy USA as we know -they want to take away Medicare from seniors, jobs from active age people, public education from kids. We want to tell them: hands off America

We've been watching jobs get outsourced overseas for decades by the very same companies that are getting tax breaks and bailouts to keep them competitive. We need to incentivize domestic job creation, and remove incentives not tied to job creation.