The Department of Education has a responsibility to subcontract with honest service organizations and should have a functional victim or public service Ombudsman department to investigate abuse by the contractors of this Department of Education and so students and PARENTS who obtained student loans through the schools with the expectation that these loans would have the terms traditionally associated with "student " loan terms can be assured of that. Maybe it is the Department of Education itself that needs investigation. Something should be done. Some of these contractors, like Great Lakes, have become loan sharks and abusers. STOP THE FRAUD WITH THE GOVERNMENT LABEL. The government programs like keeping payments low or interest rates at a reasonable low for student loans, should be upheld for everyone. It is ridiculous that these loan sharks get away with denying these programs to most of their victims for some "reason" under the vise of the Federal Department of Education. Petition Background The Department of Education has a responsibility to subcontract with honest service organizations and should have a victim or public service Ombudsman department to investigate abuse by the contractors of this Department of Education and so students and PARENTS who obtained student loans through the schools with the expectation that these loans would have the terms traditionally associated with "student " loan terms can be assured of that. Maybe it is the Department of Education itself that needs investigation. Something should be done. Some of these contractors, like Great Lakes, have become loan sharks and abusers. STOP THE FRAUD WITH THE GOVERNMENT LABEL. The government programs like keeping payments low or interest rates at a reasonable low for student loans, should be upheld for everyone. It is ridiculous that these loan sharks get away with denying these programs to most of their victims for some "reason" under the vise of the Federal Department of Education. |

My petition is about giving hourly paid workers an incentive for working extra hard. This will bring well needed tax relief for hard working Americans and will encourage great work ethics.

Remove all caps on FICA taxes and make it a flat tax, equally taxed to all income levels and sources of income. The FICA tax has been one of the most regressive and unfair taxes in American History. It is taxed from the bottom up, with wealthy people paying a miniscule percentage of their income, while many working people pay a higher percentage of their income most of their working life.

Dog fighgting is a terrible practice.

Make Medicare, Medicaid, SS and Unemployment Insurance solvable immediately !

The President and Congress are under heavy pressure to weaken programs that protect ordinary Americans from sickness, hardship, and insecurity. This pressure comes from wealthy contributors to political campaigns, big business interests, and Tea Party fanatics in the Republican Party. Ordinary Americans must speak out now before elected leaders make decisions that will hurt us and our children for decades to come. If sacrifices are needed, they should fall on those with the greatest ability to pay, not on those who lack insider connections.

Don't touch Social Security! We need immediate action and protection for Social Security.

I am a university professor and have been in educational institutions since age 4. I am deeply troubled by the National Rifle Association's proposal to counter the ongoing cycle of gun violence in schools with yet more guns, particularly given the ruinous costs (both financial and psychological) of this approach.

Grandparents at Chicago's Montgomery Place Retirement Community would like to start a grassroots movement to make not only the person committing a crime with guns liable but also the owner of the shop that sold him the gun(s).

. Any gun owner must be a member of a well regulated militia. Well regulated militia are under clear government oversight, Want to use a gun? join the National Guard, Sheriffs Deputy auxiliary, or other chartered safety organization.

Cuts considered for Social Security and Medicare. I'm retired from the Army and paid into these all my life. I'm currently on SS and Medicare and without them I probably wouldn't make it.

"If it's crazy to call for armed officers in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy," LaPierre said defiantly. "I think the American people think it's crazy not to do it. It's the one thing that would keep people safe." If this is what The National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre truly believes then there is something totally wrong with the NRA. Like Piers Morgan says "unbelievably stupid man."! This is a horrendous representation of Americans. To have armed officers, security officers and teachers with guns in our schools. Imagine going to the movies only to have armed security patrolling the isles, a basketball or football game, even the local mall when you approach the cashier behind them an armed officer. Isn't this why our ancestors came to America to get away from this. Isn't this why many come to America today to live getting away from this very thing. If the VP of the NRA strongly feels this way send him to Afgahnastan, Iraq or South Africa. We need to stand strong against such mindless, reckless people like LaPierre and the NRA needs to impeach him!