My petition concerns companies that choose to sell products made in China (or other countries) rather than those made in the USA, thereby causing jobs in our country to be lost which adds to our economic nightmares.

It is ludicrous that the CEO’s and executives of corporations primarily funded by government contracts should be raking in million dollar salaries. The average American salary has been stagnant for years and insurance premiums for health care increase. Battelle Memorial Institute runs several National Labs and is dependent on government contracts. The salaries and compensation of Battelle’s 27 highest paid employees totaled over $21 million dollars in 2009, one man accumulating $1.7 million of compensation in a single year. A business that makes 70% or more of their revenue from government contracts needs a salary cap for CEO's and executives of no more than a total compensation of $250,000/year.

Ditch Mitch McConnell as KY Senator now!! He is a disgrace to all Kentuckians.

as a huge basball fan, allowing jeff loria to own a major league basball franchise destroys the integrity of the game and takes the people of the respectful city his club plays in for fools.

In the small town of Cabot, Pa., Dan Brown is the proud inventor of the Bionic Wrench, a product made solely in Pennsylvania. His goal from day one was to make his invention in America. This time last year, Brown's factory was buzzing, with his employees working overtime to fulfill holiday orders. With the help of Sears, Brown's company sold more than 200,000 wrenches at Christmas alone. "Last year was a great year," Brown said. "We got ourselves on a commercial and Sears had us in stores. We were going crazy." Brown says he agreed with Sears not to sell his bionic wrench to any other national chain such as Lowe's or Home Depot. Brown's company continued business this year but suddenly there was no deal from Sears for Christmas. Brown had three production lines working to fill orders last year. But this year, there's only one running and he has had to lay off 30 workers. "We were building at a forecast that Sears had given us, then they just cancelled it," Brown said. "We built so much ahead trying to avoid the overtime that we were going through in previous years that we got caught now." When Sears suddenly went quiet, Brown wondered what was going on. "We had an arrangement. Last year was our first test on TV and it went extremely well," Brown said. "They [Sears] kept delaying it and delaying it and we didn't know what was going on. They really wanted to get the Father's Day orders in but they didn't want to commit to Christmas, which is much larger than Father's Day. It just didn't make sense." Brown heard from a customer that there was now another wrench on the shelves at Sears with what appeared to be a similar mechanism. But this one, made in China, is sold under the Sears brand, Craftsman. Brown wasn't surprised by the new wrench, he said. "It's a knockoff. There's no question," he said. "If you take them apart and look at the plates, they're virtually the same. ... It's our patent. We've got it covered." Brown has now filed a lawsuit, claiming Sears stole his idea. He is being represented by the Grossman Law Offices. But Sears argues it didn't steal anything. "The allegations made by Mr. Brown simply are untrue and we will vigorously defend against all of the allegations raised in his lawsuit," Sears Holdings Corp. said in a statement to ABC News. "Despite some visual similarities to other tools on the market, the Craftsman Max Axess locking wrench operates in a different way, using a mechanism designed in the 1950s that Mr. Brown expressly argued to the patent office was different from his own design." Brown stands by his claim, however. "They're lying. That's what I say, they're lying," he said. "There's no other way. And I don't call other people liars easily, but there's no question in my mind." Brown argues that small-town American inventors like him rarely have the means to fight back against big businesses. It can cost up to $50,000 just to get that original patent and then most inventors can't afford a court fight against a corporate giant. "I think they [Sears] thought they're really big and we're too small to fight them effectively to bring them to a position where they couldn't get away with it," Brown said. "They're not going to get away with it. I'm not crazy enough to go against the tide to let this just go away now. This is fundamentally why we don't have jobs in the states." As for Sears, the company says that it has 264,000 U.S. workers and that "Sears believes in America." MORE FROM ABC NEWS

It's time for red states who collect more federal dollars than they pay in taxes to be allowed to secede if they choose.

Division is keeping us from being as strong as we are united. Lets put aside our labels and support our President as one America.

I was not personally affected by this when I first retired but during the past 24 years of retirement my cost of living increases have not begun to catch up to the increase in prices.

NM State Parks are some of my favorite places to camp. I love the safe, family-friendly atmosphere in beautiful natural surroundings. Revoking the ban on concealed weapons will send a message that violence is acceptable, and may attract a less friendly crowd to our shared spaces.

We are urging the NBC TV network to cancel Donald Trump's show as a consequence of his spewing racist hate and vitriol which, we are sure, are not in keeping with the network's values.

The right to vote is not explicitly stated in the U.S. Constitution. A handful of phrases in several amendments state a limited number of categories of barriers and discriminatory practices that are dis-allowed. A specific amendment is needed to simply, clearly and categorically state that all US citizens have the right to vote in federal, state, and local elections, for which they meet age and residence requirements, and that imposition of any arbitrary, capricious or discriminatory laws or eligibility criteria to the access of the voting franchise resulting from overt action by government or its elected or appointed officials, or by neglect on their part, or by interference of non-governmental citizens or entities, is a violation of the federal constitution. In the 21st Century Americans should also have explicit constitutional protection against inadequate poll access, waiting for hours in lines, shoddy voting devices, having their names arbitrarily removed from registration rolls, or being misled or intimidated by individuals or organizations working to influence election outcomes. An explicit declaration of each citizen's right to vote takes on new importance and urgency given the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to review and reconsider continued enforcement of the Voter Rights Act of 1965, the hallmark civil rights achievement of the 20th century. It is clear that creative avenues of discrimination have continued to emerge in the absence of an overarching declaration of every citizen's right to vote and similarly overarching prohibition of any overt or indirect discriminatory practices.

Sustainable hemp seed, fiber and oil are already used in nutritious food, textiles, body care and even auto-parts. Many American companies are using imported hemp in their products today.