In Arizona, unemployment insurance as we know it is on the chopping block. Tens of thousands of Arizonans are currently unemployed. They are our friends, neighbors and family members who are struggling to find work. But instead of helping create good jobs, extreme legislators in Phoenix have proposed a slew of destructive bills this year—blaming jobless workers and their families for an economic downturn they didn’t create. Mean spirited politicians are pushing three bills, SB 1495 and HB 2150 and 2519, that are a one-two-three punch to the stomach of unemployed workers and their families. These bills would require unemployed workers to pass drug tests to get their unemployment insurance, increase the wage requirements by 100% for Arizonans to be eligible to receive insurance benefits and make it easier for employers to claim a worker is an independent contractor and, therefore, not eligible for unemployment insurance. It's time for Arizona lawmakers to stop these attacks and focus on real policies that create good jobs for Arizonans.

There is times that there is jobs out here but it is so hard to find one with ages and races in this mess which it is discrimination when a student goes back to school get higher degrees that may or suppose to help them to easily land I am one of that have the skills and the qualifications to do that jobs and my unemployment benefits has just end this weekend 03/24/2012 there is no help nowhere what the point of looking for works when nobody wants to hire them.

Many hardworking, tax-paying, citizens are burdened with payments to both the state and federal government by the personal income tax. These taxes amount to trillions of dollars and drain much needed cash from the U.S. private economy. Much of the money raised by the personal income tax is subject to corruption and influence by moneyed lobbyists - the funds don't much benefit those of us who pay it. Sign this petition to demand congress forgive the 2011 tax liabities and give the money back to the people!

Regional transportation in Michigan has been an long standing issue. In the twenty-first century, a metropolitan area like southeastern Michigan cannot survive without it. We have talked about, haggled and wished on a star for more than twenty years about this subject to no avail.

Boon-Ja-Ba says bring entrepreneurship and manufacturing to inner cities under the ownership and control of Black Americans and we will create our own jobs and a collecative financial base.

My name is Cienna Powers and I am 9 years old. I go to school at Mary E. Silviera. My petition is about saving the ocean creatures especially sharks and whales. I thought about writing this petition after writing and drawing a poster with my friends in school. I was riding home with my dad and in the car I was thinking about harmed species and their effect on the planet. My main complaint was was about the sharks and whales, and what are the reasons they use them for. For example, whales are used for their blubber for vane women that have to look younger. Why can't they use something else like coconut milk that makes a fine oil for skin and beauty. Why kill the whales. How would you feel if you got harpooned and your skin got scraped off just for your fat. I would feel violated and I think you would too. Also people kill the sharks for their fins to put in soup and just throw the rest back to sea as food for other fish.

But for those making more than $1 million — there were 236,883 such households in 2009 — I would raise rates immediately on taxable income in excess of $1 million, including, of course, dividends and capital gains. And for those who make $10 million or more — there were 8,274 in 2009 — I would suggest an additional increase in rate. My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It’s time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice

Commit to vote on April 3, 2012 for C. Anthony Muse. It is time for a change in Maryland politics. Politics are local and we need someone who is in touch with all of Maryland. We need a voice for the voiceless. There needs to representation for all communities.

Please ask Congress to help lower gasoline prices so that us regular people can afford to live. With gas so high everything else is going up except our salaries! How can we continue to afford to drive to work?

My daughter currently owes $150,000 because she went to architecture school. Her skills are immensely valuable to the nation - she should not have to bear the entire burden of paying for her specialized educationl. All the structures in this country have to be converted to green, self-sufficient energy in the coming decades if we are to survive the energy crisis and architects are, therefore, needed for national security for the US.

Bill to put a cap price on fuel in the US.

Representative Hansen Clarke of Michigan has just introduced H.R. 4170, the Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012, in the House of Representatives - legislation designed to ... basically act as a bailout for students with more debt than they can handle... sound familiar Wall Street? For a brief summary of H.R. 4170's main provisions, please copy & paste this URL into your browser: http://tinyurl.com/7akydbk I know that many students out there are happy to sign a petition that might give them some relief from their financial obligations, but who wouldn't? But Congress isn't just there to listen to its constituents who want a handout, it has a responsibility to consider the effects of its decisions on all constituents and their future. I myself have student loans, and I have worked in the student loan industry and seen the problem. But let's consider the REAL problem. Rising tution and rising unemployment. Why is this happening while there is also a TALENT CRISIS? That's right! Companies all over the country are searching the GLOBE for more skilled workers, meanwhile 9% of America is unemployed. Let's nip this in the bud. We need corporations, universities and government policy working together to promote job training in the sectors that NEED for employees. So, sign this petition to let congress know you don't want them to sign H.R. 4170, and that you want them to focus on policies that will bring down tuition and increase opportunities for job training and education in fields that are in demand. I'd rather see that money go to re-educate people and GARAUNTEE them a job. That will boost the economy far more than a hand-out for the 9% of the population fighting for jobs that don't exist. Let's get our corporations investing back in America too. Companies need to help educate America and fill their workforce too. Let's start encouraging this, instead of bailing out America for promising its children great jobs while America puts itself in more debt training for the wrong jobs. There might be 375,000 people who want their student loans forgiven, but I hope there are 375,000 people who want a better solution to our economy's struggles. The solution is out there, but it isn't H.R. 4170. DO NOT PASS H.R. 4170!