the way 2 get out of this deficit would be to raise wages. and build the middle class. stop the war on the middle class.unions are the best way 2 empower the worker. these work for less states are just that. everyone is making money but the labor force.

The Adoption Tax Credit has helped families offset high costs for years. Signing this petition will ensure that the refundable tax credit is renewed. It is set to sunset at the end of 2012 and move to a non-refundable credit. In 2013 it will be cut in half and only available for special needs adoptions. We need your help to make it permanent and refundable for all Americans adopting. We are in the process of adopting a child. The cost of adoption can range from a few thousand dollars to over $50,000! Having the Adoption Tax Credit available for families, helps in more ways that just financially to the family adopting. By helping people who might not otherwise be able to afford the costs of adoption; foster care children will be reduced, the need for orphanages in the future will be eliminated/reduced, abortions will go down and mother's keeping kids they cannot afford and thereby increasing welfare to them will also go down. This is a win/win for humanity, tax payers and for the government. Thank you adoptiontaxcredit.org for providing info to better address the needs of the credit to be extended.

Pulitzer-prize winning economist Paul Krugman shows us how to move our nation forward in his book "End This Depression Now." It's time we empowered him to do so! Read my article http://occupythesec.nycga.net/ and you will see why this makes BOTH economic and political sense.

Cut so-called Defence spending by one third Save billions of dollars and balance the budget Still spend more than all the rest of the world together on defense Use part of the savings to restore health and viability to veterans

The Republicans keep talking about Obama not increasing jobs in the U.S. but the President's Jobs Act stalled in Congress. Our economy would have already turned around if this act had been passed. Let's do it now!

We need to streamline our federal regulations that pertain to manufacturing and entice industrialists from Formosa, Japan, Germany, Finland, and South Korea along with specialists from these countries to restart our manufacturing of electronics, household appliances, power and hand tools, machine and plumbing parts as well as steel, plastics (and other materials, cement) so we can back our currency AND defend the US!

Cincinnati stop talking and do something about it.

Over the years, I have grown sick and tired of the negativity of reporting overall with the clear intent to sell advertising to sponsors to get viewers to "tune in". Recently, Obama is getting beat up by the news networks about having an 8.2% unemployment rate. While JOBS and the ECONOMY are all important issues, I would like to start a petition to re-state the "Unemployment Rate" as the "Employment Rate" of 91.8%!

What this country really needs is for Congress to pass the Jobs Bill to get projects started that will employ people, hire teachers, police and firefighters, and improve the nation's infrastructure. This bill will not add to the debt as it will pay for itself. Just think of the increase in taxes being paid by all those employed workers, not to mention the increase in local sales taxes generated by people spending their paychecks.

We need to have support from both sides to get the economy better.

American workers... We're tired of partial hourly pay, to the point of losing the roofs over our heads!... Temporary employment sevices benefiting from our suffering. Tired of paying someone to have a job? Tired of not having benefits? Tired of struggling to make it to the next lil' paycheck before you can even put food on the table? DOO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!

The economy is at the forefront of the upcoming elections and the administration needs to take the lead by putting out a comprehensive jobs bill and put legislators on record as to how they will vote.