Alter federal taxes in two ways. First tax all income above $1 million at a flat rate, say 25% with graduated lower rates til then. Second, tax non-retirement protected wealth--financial holdings, real estate, etc. at say 1% a year, or perhaps less. Use the money to reduce the debt and to help local and State governments pay for the services they provide that are national in their benefits--e.g. education, crime reduction.

Mr. Romney and the republican party, if voted into office will once and for all put an end to the middle class of our country! They will advance the failed Bush economic sinkhole that wiped out most of the average person. We must support Pres. Obama, its our only hope!

My petition is about getting jobs and prosperity back to this country.

He's corrupt and shouldn't be making monetary policy that impacts the rest of us.

Why as a supposed middle class person should I listen to a person wearing a $5000.00 suit tell me, I have to cut back and take him/her seriously? When Obama inherited an economy that was in the dumps and has improved OUR economy and is being blamed for NOT doing enough for jobs, recovery and we all know that OUR economy is judged by the Global not Local economy.

I want Congress to pass the jobs bill from last Sept.

Most of the 50% who have managed to put away some retirement savings - not counting the top 1-2% - have these savings or investments in an IRA or a 401K. Money that we draw out is then taxed at the higher ordinary income tax rate - even if it all that money was invested for the long term in the types of risky investments that otherwise are rewarded with lower capital gain tax rates.. The top 1-2% percent have most of their money (as in 95-99%) where they pay no federal income tax or the lower capital gains rate. They use municipal bonds and Real Estate for investment and pay no tax or capital gains taxes – maybe a generation later – after they avoid any income tax. Fair is fair and it’s time for a level playing field. Those over 65 – below some income level say $100,000 and $200,000 (to get a lot of upper middle but still not wealthy savers) when withdrawing money to live on should see the first 5-6% taxed at a capital gains rate - the lower rate in all cases. This is simply fair and levels the playing field - and will encourage more of us to save for retirement. It is pure capitalism - but crony capitalism rules have created a situation where the IRAs and 401Ks not really used by the 1-2-3% are marketed to the rest of us – and then we are over taxed just as we start to use the money to pay the bills when we retire. Ask Congress to pass a law that for those below some income level – the first 5% annual withdrawal from an IRA or 401K (Middle and Upper Middle America’s savings location) not be pay the higher income tax then that of the 1-2-3%. Simple enough – set the rate at the capital gains rate or half that persons or families’ income tax rate.

OKlahoma Department of Transportation ( ODOT ) was informed of an innovative Precast Bridge Building , US patent 5,771,518 , held by a retired Black Lieutentant Colonel Veteran ( Bronze Star ) on 1 March 2005, and for 7 + yrs ,ODOT has NOT LICENSED nor created the " partnerships " set forth in SAFETEA-LU ACT requiring , we believe, set-aside funds for Private Companies, holding technology innovations , under RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY and EDUCATION ( REA ) provisions of SAFETEA-LU ACT.

It's about getting the American people back to work.

I am so tired of our jobs being outsourced to other countries. I think its time we kept jobs at home in America so we can keep people employed.

We do not need any conspiracy theories to know that free trade and globalization have not evolved in any natural economic fashion but has been driven by powerful forces outside the will of the people. Who said we had to compete like this for the same jobs in a global economic arena? It is obvious, workers had no voice in the matter.

Pay Day Lending lobbyists are swarming the PA Senate trying to get HB 2191 fast-tracked and to Gov. Corbett's desk. We need to fight back now to let them know we are watching. HB 2191 would allow predatory lending (Pay Day lending) into PA with interest rates of 300% and higher. Pay Day loans hurt the people desperate enough to need them AND the rest of us by siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars out of PA's economy - money lost to exorbitant interest rates and fees.