Grover Norquist, a private citizen not an elected official, has developed a tax pledge that most Republican legislator's have signed. My petition is to inform the American people about the pledge and to have all legislators that we support to renounce the pledge.

President Obama is working diligently to address unemployment, housing foreclosures, and the burdens of student loans. He cannot do this alone. He needs aggressive and vigorous support from Congress. This is a petition asking members of Democratic Party Representatives in the House to speak out in support of the President's initiatives.

Please pledge to knit a hat to help keep folks at Occupy Wall Street warm this winter. As the mother of a child, I've been preoccupied lately with education, with health care, with housing. I want to provide for my child and I want everyone's kid to have access to these things, but I'm watching as everything gets more and more expensive for 99% of the people living in this country. In support of the folks standing up for a better future for all of our children we pledge to knit a hat to keep them warm this winter. http://www.facebook.com/pages/PreOccupied-Mommas/285498261471044?skip_nax_wizard=true

This petition will be compiled and presented to Oakland Mayor Quan.

So far, what the administration has done to help people in foreclosure have helped too few. Let's push it to do more! Rep. Anna Eshoo (Demo. from CA) has three proposals. The administration will only act if it sees the rest of us are behind them.

The nightmare of the Iraq War is finally coming to an end. Our soldiers will need jobs--lots of jobs, here at home. It's time to start serious investment in our own country's infrastructure if we want to thrive in the 21st Century. Every member of the fortunate, wealthy elite who have reaped, either directly or indirectly, so much profit from war must now pay their fair share in support of those who fought. The time has come for a Patriot Tax, in effect a sponsorship of every returning soldier. America is lagging far behind the rest of the civilized world in technologies such as high-speed rail, renewable energy, and even simple road and bridge maintenance. While we have been destroying and rebuilding overseas, America is crumbling. Do not allow our brave soldiers to come home to yet another nightmare of joblessness and despair. We can support our troops and rebuild America at the same time. It's the moral, patriotic thing to do.

This is not a petition for or against any entity. It is a declaration by people and a pledge that they will take a small simple action to improve the economy and create jobs by diverting $5 of their weekly budget to buy the same items but AMERICAN MADE rather than foreign. 100,000,000 people doing this would pump $500,000,000 dollars a week into our economy. American factories could buy more supplies and hire workers. Workers would buy products and pay taxes as would companies. This is totally patriotic and not at all political and we are not waiting for our government to quit arguing and actually do something!

This would be a very simple but effective way to put the burden of economic recovery directly on the institutions and individuals who caused our problem—Wall Street. The current protests against big banks and rich people have nothing to offer except frustration. If they adopted this plan as a cause, they could actually contribute something positive—something that would work.

Senator McConnell has, at every turn, sabotaged the efforts of the President and Congress to create jobs, including a filibuster to prevent even a portion of the President's jobs bill from being voted on. It's more important to him to defeat the President in 2012 than it is to feed an estimated 10 million American children who are "food insecure", or to help the millions of Americans who have no work and/or are losing their homes to foreclosure. He has utterly disregarded his solemn oath to "well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

Since the Republicans party has shown that they are not willing to do their jobs or listen to the will of the people!. By obstructing every attempt to improve this country's Economic and Employment situation! And buy not creating A single job since they have been in session! I pledge to put them on the unemployment lines!!!

The world wars could not be funded by taxation alone; hence, the idea of selling government war bonds was an appeal to patriotic Americans to help their country. We are now involved in an Economic War, and here is an idea of how middle class Americans can do what Congress won't do - - invest in the infrastructure and get Americans back to work: Working and retired Americans have money sitting in CD's and in retirement systems, either losing money or making very low interest. Allow individuals to withdraw a portion (no more than $5,000) with no penalties or taxes to buy short-term Recovery Bonds at a higher rate than they're presently making. Invest this money (at a better rate) in the infrastructure to create jobs, thereby helping the economy and the country recover. Sell the bonds through credit unions, bypassing big banks! Working and retired Americans should be allowed to withdraw these monies without penalty or taxation, either on taking the money out or putting it back in when the bond matures. Let us do what Congress won't do!

We're losing our jobs, losing our homes and losing our dignity. At last... we're finally standing up to that 1% who have all the money and the power. We can't back down now. We need to bring back the middle class of hard working people We need to regain our country and our honor.