Federal TRIO Programs (Talent Search, Upward Bound, Upward Bound Math/Science, Veterans' Upward Bound, Student Support Services, Educational Opportunity Centers, and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program) help Americans overcome class, social, academic, and cultural barriers to higher education.

My husband is in concrete construction as a co-owner. 20 yrs. ago he made three hundred dollars net pay more per week than he does today. Concrete is a craft as well as a skill. I heard recently that there is a cap on wages in our city of Panama City and I feel it is not right. Soooo not right. I feel that I could get the appropriate signatures.

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Our economy cannot afford another showdown on the debt limit. Congress should not hold our national credit rating hostage to partisan political power plays.

My wife, the primary breadwinner, has had her benefits eaten away by politicians who enjoy untouched pension and health benefits. All the while these same politicians use/borrow and deplete from her pension plan pool adding unpaid I.O.U.,s.

Acknowledging the significant contribution that stay at home parents hold by (theoretically) raising young children to grow up to be good, productive citizens, I propose that these parents receive the the same benefits as people who serve our country in the military.

In California and maybe in the rest of the country it has become common practice to do credit checks on applicants and then deny them a job soley on the result of their credit. My wife has applied for nearly 50 jobs since moving to California and october and it has become clear to us that on a number of occations when she was flat out told she was the best applicant, she was denied a job soley based on her credit report. Why is this wrong? because this disproportionately will affect certain groups of people. Just because you have bad credit does not mean you are an irresponsible person. Especially when you consider the recent economic down turn. Also just because you have good credit does not mean your responsible. Groups that will remain disproportionately affected include anyone who was not born with a a silver spoon in their mouth including minorities, immagrants (legal or illegal), single mothers, and so on. My wife and I are going to be okay because I have a good job. But this is simply unethical and we cannot stand for this. Please join me in saying no to this classist, racist, sexist practice.

Those who signed the Norquist Pledge have forsaken their promise as elected representitives of the people of the United States per the Constitution, Article 1 - Section. 10. "No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility." This is an act of treason

Under the current mayor the focus has been on blaming teachers as characterized by his administration's obsession with the development of an "I gotcha" teacher evaluation system; rather than recognizing that effective teaching is an art form not a student testing taking, consultant profit making, data driven and teacher paper pushing - corporation. Using our children as guinea pigs by closing schools rather than supporting them and pitting public schools against charter schools resulting in overcrowded school building and classrooms - children are human beings not tools or corporate things. Education is the enterprise of caring about student learning; it is meant to be led by an educator who understands the various needs of all children not a dictating privitization, means to an end, legacy for ambitious politicians. Our schools must be governed by community and parental input which includes the responsibilities and idealogy indicated by our president during the recent election: "Teachers must inspire, Principals must lead, Parents must urge and children must do the work." by the President of the United States of America Barack Obama. We deserve better give our schools back to our parents, teachers, students, and community by mandating parental and community input in the governance and/or leadership of our schools.

The Wilmington 10 were 10 civil rights workers in Wilmington, NC, whom were railroaded into a false conviction of killing a white grocery store owner. In 1980, a federal court overturned their conviction, but they were never pardoned. People have been working for a few years to obtain a pardon for the Wilmington 10 and NC Governor Bev Perdue just signed one! This will be unpopular with people who are too rigid and racist to ever admit mistakes are made. I want people to thank Governor Perdue for being brave enough, and just enough, to issue these pardons. http://www.governor.state.nc.us/NewsItems/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?newsItemid=2709

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There is no justice for people who were molested or raped or both as children. Most children try to forget the trauma of what happened to them, but as adults the trauma needs to be dealt with in order for the person to heal. Unfortunately the law states that there is a Statute of Limitations and the pedophiles are still free to continue their heinous crimes against children. This needs to stop. We need to protect our children and the adults that were raped of their innocence by not allowing the pedophiles to get away with their crimes. Most children are threatened to not reveal the adult that molested them; some try to forget. Usually as adults the trauma of the rape of their innocence comes to the surface of their minds and when some brave souls try to take a stand they're told it's too late, too much time has passed & the perpetrator goes unpunished. This sends a message loud and clear to all pedophiles that they can get away with their crimes; so why stop? It also adds insult to injury to the ones who were raped, molested, or both as children. The message to them is that they don't matter; they weren't protected as children and they have no recourse as adults.