• Stop credit report requirements for job seekers
    Many people have been ravaged by the economic downturn, and, as a result, have lost jobs, houses, etc. With these losses come credit problems. Many companies, as a means of discrimination, are requiring credit reports on job applicants lessening their chances of getting jobs and being able to get back on their feet and provide for their families.
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    Created by Debbie Guillory
  • Save Our Homes!
    Many people are loosing their homes, still! Either they see no hope of recoverying the cost of their homes due to dramatic home devaluations or they have no means of covering the mortgage payments due to loss of jobs or having to take lower paying jobs. Instead of allowing foreclosure as the only means to address this, Banks should step up to address this properly. Additionally, if done properly, this would put more money in the hands of people to further help stimulate the economy and NOT increase the deficit.
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    Created by Mark
  • Social Security Repayment Act
    The chronic issue with Social Security is that Congress has "borrowed" funds from the Social Security Trust Fund for use for non-social security purposes. It's time Congress paid those funds back.
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    Created by R. E. Warden
  • Mortgage Companies Need to Help Americans
    The banks and mortgage companies were bailed out. Now, they are not helping regular Americans who need a break. This petition is calling on banks and mortgage companies to begin in earnest to help the millions of Americans who are underwater in their mortgages, to readjust or refinance home mortgages.
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    Created by Dr. Dennis Guido
  • Government Lawmakers Don't Pay?
    Those dealing with our deficit, Social Security, and ways to reduce taxes are the same people (Senate) receive a life time retirement no matter how many terms they serve. Also, there are groups that do not have to pay into Social Security. These are the individuals who vote on how much they will receive for a raise and write a law that makes it okay for them to invest with prior stock market info. which is illegal for the American citizen. Campaign money had led to more corruption in government than ever. Supreme Court should change decision and have all campaign money go into one fund that is divided up equally.
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    Created by MaryBeth
  • Lower statute of limitations for suing on old debt
    After a terrifying few years of layoffs and foreclosures, many companies are now coming after those who have owed them money from several years ago. Just as people are getting back on their feet and employed, they are hit with their old debt and knocked back down again. We need to be allowed to get back on our feet. The banks have already gotten their money in the form of federal bailouts. It's time they leave us alone to rebuild our economy.
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    Created by Molly Craycroft
  • Allow the Unemployed Penalty-Free Access to Their Retirement Accounts
    I've been unemployed for over two years and had to make the painful decision to take regular distributions from my IRA in order to pay my mortgage, utilities and creditors. This was unavoidable and, I believe, an honorable, responsible action on my part. However the IRS has penalized me 10% on every distribution...because unemployment is not one of the exceptions allowed under the law.
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    Created by Jennifer C. Simon
  • Student loan forgiveness
    If the President and Congress really wanted to jumpstart our economy they would pass legislation to partially / fully forgive any/all outstanding college loans. With additional spendable income many of these college grads would either spend more on durable goods or save it for down payments on homes, cars or other large ticket items.
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    Created by Lawrence Marchek
  • Let the Bush tax cuts expire
    Politicians must let the Bush tax cuts expire. Period!
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    Created by Gladi Meyerson
  • Tax Wealth not Income
    With 6 members of the Walton (Walmart) family owning more wealth than the combined wealth of the bottom 30% of the American Population (6>100,000,000), the time has come to tax wealth, not income.
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    Created by Justin DIck
  • Assignment of foreclosure Listing equally to Real Estate Agents
    Foreclosure assignments by Lender's to Real Estate agents
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    Created by Linda Sunstein
  • MADE IN USA
    1) Provide a tax incentive for all companies keeping the manufacturing of their products here in the USA. 2) Apply a tarrif or tax to all products produced and or imported into this country. ( no exemptions / loop holes) We need to promote manufacturing in this country. As manufacturing dies so does the middle class!
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    Created by James Bisson