Austerity programs in Europe are not working. America needs a huge infrastructure program to rebuild America and create jobs, improve the economy and add to the tax base. Let's rebuild America's bridges, highways, electrical grid, water and sewer, and install natural gas pipes for everyone. Bring America back to number one in education.

We need new earth Enlightenment Centers for teaching and training youth to become lightworkers, healing artists and peace keepers that also work directly with the Soul (love and light) energies, Holy Spirit realm and lightships to co-create heaven on earth and universal travel. We need to shift away from the old fear-based drugging, policing and warring service paradigm to new earth Spiritual & peace service paradigm for the Soul-utions needed to create one world under God.

since congress won't raise the tax on millionaires they should lower everyone else's to the millionaire rate!

The President and Congress have been arguing about how to create jobs and never seem to get anywhere. This petitition offers a plan that if implemented would to encourage Job Creators to start creating jobs.

Mitt Romney recently asked for an extension to file his 2011 income tax return. How can a candidate for the Presidency expect to govern the most powerful nation on Earth when he can't even keep his personal finances in order? He must have a slew of accountants on his payroll; what's the problem?

It's time for all americans to stand behind our President during times of war and economic hardship just as republicans, democrats & independents did during the Bush administration. In President Obama's victory speech on election night He said that he might acheive everything in his first term. The President has made historical progress in areas such as; healthcare, finance reform, saving our auto industry, lowering the unemployment rate from almost 10% to 8.2%, keeping the payroll tax credit, women's equality in pay and even Supreme Court appointments.

This petition is about the banks and how they have duped lawmakers into thinking the loan modification process is working. As anyone who has, or is currently, undergoing a loan modification, the deck is stacked against well-meaning homeowners who simply want to save their homes.l

People in the service industry, especially servers, are taking a beating,due to the economy. We make $5hr, around $3 after taxes. We depend on our tips to survive. The average tip 5yrs ago was between 15 & 18%. It is now between 10 & 13%. A good percentage of people dont tip at all. This is unexceptable and change needs to happen. Either raise the hourly wage or automatically add 15% to any service. 18% to parties of 8 or more. Help our hard working citizens get what they work very hard for.

Social Security income was never taxed until the Clinton Administration. This was not part of the plan when Babyboomers paid into this program their whole lives. With the drastic crash of the economy, we need to remove taxes from Social Security income.

The presence of the Kirkbride building has generous economic worth. Give time, opportunities can flourish within this building through reuse and redevelopment. Rather than believing that the Kirkbride will hamper economic growth, consider it a critical element in making it happen. We're urging elected officials to request an extension of the Minnesota State grant dollars for the Kirkbride building in Fergus Falls.

When Reagan (GOD of GOP) was talked into reforming the tax code early in his administration, they lowered the top tax bracket from 50% to 35% but got rid of as many loop holes as they could to offset the lower rate of revenue. It didn't work, I believe Reagan ended up signing onto 7 tax increases during the rest of his term in order to help balance the budget. Even he realized "trickle down" was not working. But compared to today, a 35% top tax bracket is far more than what the top tier of the 1% pay in taxes. Especially if we removed most of the loop holes and deductions. Most of which the middle class can't take advantage of. All of the loop holes that were eliminated during Reagan's tax reform have been put back in over the years and then some. Which is why Mitt only pays 14% in taxes on millions. If the Democrats introduced a bill to return to 1980's "Reagan" tax reform it would be dicey for the Republicans to disparage the bill since it would be honoring their hero and savior. Not to mention going back to the tax code rate of 30 years ago. How could they not sign that bill and still call themselves a Reagan Republican?

A petition to stop businesses from deducting entertainment expense from their income tax, claiming it's a cost of business. Often, CEos and their wives use this perk to entertain themselves rather than customers. The IRS can't police this. People should sign this because businesses are able to reduce their tax bill, and then the public has to pay more taxes to make up for the taxes businesses avoid.