The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) never passed because 3 states refused to ratify it long ago. So, gender-equal treatment in the USA has no legal champion and sex discrimination marches on, male and female alike, leaving this nation without the astounding benefits of equal treatment -- increased Gross Domestic Product, desperately needed increased revenues and decreased costs! Just 3 of the 15 UNratified states can put ERA into the US Constitution making sex discrimination a violation of the US Constitution depending on the case.

passing laws that help the poor and working class people. and the old. if the republicans dont pass laws. that help people and not the rich. vote them out. or take away there pay. and . and not pay them for there day off.

Government employee retirement benefits treated the same as Social Security

The most basic job of the U.S. Congress is to propose a budget for Presidential approval before the beginning of the fiscal year. The entire U.S. Government continually runs on a continuing resolution because our Congress is unable to reach a compromise and establish a bipartisan and responsible budget proposal. No industry would reward their executives for such poor performance and neither should the U.S. Government.

I propose a tax on profits from violent media such as movies and video games. The revenue raised could then be directed towards funding a national Mental Health initiative.

Consumers have the right to know what they eat, and not enough is known about genetically-modified plants and their impact on the human body and on the environment. The number of GMO foods in the U.S. is growing at an alarming pace and we should be able to choose food whose source is known and certified to be organic.

As many of you may know, pro gun advocates are calling for Piers Morgan to be deported over comments about gun control (free speech) after the horrible acts of violence we have seen over the last few years. If you agree that there needs to be a ban on assault and high capacity weapons show America we stand behind Piers Morgan comments and agree something needs to be done.

What really matters IS NOT the deficit "right now," instead it is helping the MOST AMERICANS POSSIBLE to get jobs that pay a decent living wage to feed their families with! It is getting revenues to use to invest in our roads, bridges, schools, students, and rebuilding America from New Jersey to New Orleans to Oregon!

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.