Last fall ABC News in their 6:30 evening edition had a reoccurring feature that was to encourage consumers to buy American made Christmas presents. They stated that the average family spent $700.00 on Christmas presents and if only $70.00 of this was on American goods, that this would INCREASE employmentin the US by 200,000 It is way past the time in which we need to bring back the jobs that have left us over the last 30 years. So, here is what WE can do: 1... Contact the major retailers to ask them , where ever possible, to products made in America. We need to get them to PLEDGE to do this. If they do this they will be rewarded by being placed on a list of like-minded companies that wish to do the PATRIOTIC thing. 2...Retailers will be be given the opportunity to gradually replace their non-American made inventory with American made goods by Thanksgiving of this year. 3...Should a retailer choose NOT to sign the pledge and continue to purchase NON-AMERICAN made goods, we will publicize this along with any other non-patriotic companies via the web and we will PICKET their business during the Christmas buying season.

I am petitioning against the many homes and properties in P.G. County that have been foreclosed and have also incurred very high property tax. This situation has resulted in many home owners' mortgages becoming upside down. Our homes have been devalued more than half, however; we continue to incurr very high property tax that is not equivalent to the low assessed value that has been assessed by our Tax Assessment Office in Annapolis. Why should people care about this issue? Why will people signing the petition make a difference? People should be concerned about this issue because it is bringing about an awareness of the very high taxes that have been assessed to our homes, and once added to our monthly mortgages has resulted in home owners not being able to meet their monthly mortgage obligations. This result later leads to foreclosure. If the home owners sign the petition and present these concerns at the state level, the state Senator and the state house will have to decrease our property taxes so they will be equivalent to the assigned assessed value. Mortgages will become affordable and save homes. We need an enormous amount of signatures in order to receive positive action in lowering the property tax in the state of Maryland, and especially P.G. County. Senator Hoyer has an opportunity to save our homes in the State of Maryland and put an end to these outrageous property taxes that have burdened and inundated our homeowners in the state of Maryland. We are summoning Senator Hoyer to stand up for the home owners in the state of Maryland and seal the American Dream for All Home Qwners in the state of Maryland.

Big Tobacco is doing it again. It was passed without notice by sneaking it into a completely unrelated Bill. Altria, the distributor for big tobacco companies like R.J. Reynolds spent more than $11 million dollars getting one tiny little paragraph inserted into a 5600 page amendment to a Senate Highway Bill. Only they and their Senate cronies even knew it was there. No hearings. No notice. No opportunity to be heard. No defense. No warning. The Bill reclassifies small tobacco shops as "manufacturers" and subjects them, and their customers to huge tax increases and regulations, and elminates a more than 200 year old federal exemption for rolling your own cigarettes. We have until April 22 to get more than 25,000 signatures. Please support your local mom and pop shops over big tobacco. This bill will shut down thousands and thousands of small businesses all over America and throw thousands more out of work.

Everyone would like a rational money system owned and operated by the people. The users of money, producers and consumers deserve a regular supply of money to enable money to work in an intelligent and order way as a means of exchange. We the people have the right to design and print money and create a money system that actually works.

Dillingham Airfield is a haven for recreational air activities in the State of Hawaii. It is a special airport because it is non-towered, and readily allows general aviation, ultralight aircraft, gliders, parachuting operations, and military training to occur simultaneously. However, we the people of the State of Hawaii believe it is being mismanaged, and ask for special review, by the Governor's Office, of the DOT-A and all related offices in regards to the mistreatment of businesses and tenants on Dillingham Airfield .

Stopping Wall St. speculative traders like Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, etc. I understand by using a law already on the books to limit excessive speculative trading can lower gas prices approximately $.80 to $1. 00 + per gal. Even the Republicans are complaining about gas prices. Glive them what they want, lower gas prilces. It helps the ecomomy and President Obama, plus the 99%.

I am so frustrated that unions are not out there letting people know why unions are important. Even union members say bad things about unions. We need an ad campaign like the one Clint Eastwood did for the Superbowl that could show what unions are about. If we are to win the Walker Recall election here in Wisconsin, someone has to get that info to the electorate.

This petition is about the large differences between our state and US senators and congressmen and the people they are supposed to represent. They should have to pay for their own health insurance and they need to pay for their own cars and gasoline. They certainly get enough money from their salaries that are paid by the rest of us.

Many years ago (1883) I was driving an Limo in Beverly Hills, CA. I was driving a very high end Tax Expert to the airport. I asked him how we could solve our debt problems for good in the US. His instant answer was" 10% Flat tax on individuals and Corporations. He said in 3 years we would be in the Black and stay there.This would also free up a lot of money that would be spent and go back into the economy.

Granting felony's the right to work and apply for housing in America without their background causing them not to. People make mistakes and people also change, lets give them that chance to do so.

Why aren't federal taxes cut at the gas pump, on mobile phone use and, on heating our home...

Apple can lead the way in corporate patriotism by bringing the dollars made selling products to Americans back to America in the form of jobs. Apple can set the standard for companies that accumulate great wealth from selling products in the US and actually produce some of the products with an American work force. We love Apple for being user-friendly, and it can be US-friendly, too. Nice tribute- jobs for Jobs