This petition is for a national plan to lower domestic energy consumption through strict conservation, increase fossil and nuclear production, and then export that energy for money. Using the taxes from those sales, we would pay down America's debt, bring affordable water and energy back to our people, and then have an ongoing export surpluses in energy for the next 50-100 years.

The Governor of the State of Washington has mandated a 3% salary reduction for classified employees effective July 1, 2012 in order to close the gap on the budget deficit in Washington state. The Governor is in a position to reverse her decision to implement these cuts in the upcoming budget. We are calling on her to stand up on behalf of Classified employees who are already underpaid and stop the 3% Salary Reduction. Please note that with the lack of classified employees not receiving the cost of living raise (COLA) for the past 4 years plus no salary wage increase along with reducing their salaries another 3%, if you combined those together this will give you a better picture as to what is happening to this underpaid and underrepresented group of employees.

There are hundreds of thousands of unfilled jobs in the United States due to a shortage of skilled workers.There are millions of unemployed older workers who want to learn these new career skills. This program would facilitate the rapid deployment of new career mentorships/apprenticeships without offering workers compensation for a short period of time. Under most of today's state and federal laws this is impossible.

It is time for Kentucky to embrace the factors that create a stronger, more flexible and global workforce. Those factors are education, entrepreneurship, and economic development. It is our responsibility to desire education, but the governments responsibility to provide it. Not only our schools, but also our colleges should be more job and skill focused. By creating an education system based on creating skilled students to meet those opportunities we will be ahead of the curve, by creating the curves. If the economic data supports an increase in railways in Kentucky, maybe it is time to offer advanced courses in railway engineering, etc. By involving ourselves in removing the curriculum that creates junk degrees and leaves disillusioned college graduates and high school graduates who don't compare with foreign countries we will be preparing ourselves for the future, and for right now. Entrepreneurship is difficult, but ultimately the number one creator of jobs. Our state already succeeds at having low government barriers to entry for entrepreneurs it was eight dollars to register your business and now I believe it is just sales tax and a 1% tax on profit(although since most profit is made at the margins this is more harmful than helpful). The next barrier is capital. We need to encourage local banks to issue more entrepreneurship loans, backed by collateral or to offer education on entrepreneurship and have the government create banking incentives for the banks that do offer these trainings. By increasing access to capital for Kentuckians we will be encouraging their successes and failures, both of which will teach people more about business and about life in general. Economic development, this one is huge. How to encourage more businesses to the area, tax breaks, cheap labor, beautiful scenery? I think having devoted staff giving tours, and showing the economic benefits at the same time would be an excellent way to advance business in the state. Also, launching a doing business in Kentucky magazine that could focus on specific trades and industries to be distributed free of charge to other trade magazines as an advertising bundle with their latest issue could be another step. Ultimately, the ideas are out there and it is in the government's best interest to advance industry in the state and to start looking for small international competitors to increase FDI, raise unemployment, and to globalize the Kentucky workforce. Everyone who has signed this petition agrees, it is time for Kentucky to spread our Commonwealth(our intelligence, hard work, and loyalty) to the rest of the world, and reap the benefits.

To make the people that are millionairs pay the same taxes i pay. To make everyone in congress buy and pay for their own Health Care and Life insurance.

Q. How do speculators drive up oil prices? A. Speculators are able to drive up crude oil prices today because they're allowed to trade in the U.S. in futures markets not overseen by U.S. regulators.

The President not only needs to make home financing Easier But also getting a Mortgage

Schools need financial support. Student loan(s) crises and budget crises in U.S. forced unemployment throughout the Nation. Students and graduates experience deplorable lifestyles. America must act, our personal freedom's are at risk while other nations forge ahead in the educational arena.

A 2% tax on wall st. transactions will raise billions for the state and get us out of cutting education And this crisis we are in. They got us in to this...let's have them get us out.

Only two states--Mississippi and Alabama--don't give its citizens a tax break on groceries. .

The Virginia Governor wants to put expensive toll fees everywhere in the Tidewater area! The people oppose this vehemently and prefer to place a state tax on gasoline by 4 cents per gallon! The tolls will ruin the Tidewater area economy!

With Gas Prices reaching a level that could slow the progress of our economy, raising gas tax in MD would only make it worse on families/individuals in MD already struggling. If the legislature and the Governor can wait for the next budget cycle, that would be best.