raise interest on savings and bank accounts to 3-4%

The Teacher Forgiveness Program needs to include Librarians! My Mum worked hard as an elementary school librarian for many years at HISD and because she was a "librarian" she does not qualify for teacher loan forgiveness. This is not fair! She taught kids to love books and learn to read which included teaching the entire school kids. She is almost 72 and retired and most of her money goes to Parent Plus loans she got for her kids to go to college not even for herself!

I am calling on the Presidential Candidates to stop their negative campaign advertisements and agree to only put out what they can do for us as a society. These negative adds are very stressful and usually not even truth. My 11 year old son is also very affected by these as he is an extremely sensitive child. In this already stressful time, we don't need more stress and hate. The PACs should also be notified by the candidates and agree to NOT put out these horrible ads.

I want to pay less than 14% on my taxes for the next ten years so I can have enough left over to invest in other things. Just like Mitt has the last twelve years. Let's give the middle class the same kind of opportunities!

The Glass Steagall Act separated investment banks from commercial banks so that investors and speculators could not risk people's deposits with bad investments and risky deals.

LOBBYING IS ANTI DEMOCRACY....END CORPORATE & SPECIAL INTEREST LOBBYING NOW!

The Chicago Tribune just reported that Gov. Quinn would spend this weekend deciding whether to veto the casino expansion bill that would add slot machines and allow five more casinos - including one in Lake County - to be built in Illinois. Economic recovery should not be based on games of chance. Casino gambling doesn't lead to real long-term economic development in distressed areas, and it causes serious strains on the infrastructure and social safety net of our communities. And, in May, Gov. Quinn pointed out that this bill "does not include a ban on campaign contributions as lawmakers in other states have done to keep corruption out of the gambling industry." There are better ways for the state of Illinois to get new revenue - like closing corporate tax loopholes and finally passing a progressive income tax - that don't involve turning a blind eye to opportunities for even more corruption from unscrupulous gaming supporters. Gov. Quinn is making his decision this weekend so we have to act fast. Please sign this petition to show Gov. Quinn that if he vetoes the casino bill and focuses on real economic development we'll have his back.

Over two-thirds of the instructors at universities and colleges make less than thirty thousand dollars a year, have no health insurance, no retirement, and no job security. As we enter a new academic year please consider that while tuition has grown out of control little of this money goes towards the salary of instructors. Please stand with us by making this a topic of discussion in the upcoming election.

It has come to my attention that in recent years hi profile citizens have been allowed to live in multiple states and declare dual residencies for the sole purpose of running for public office just so they could run for a higher office. Mitt Romney is from Utah, yet he claimed to be a resident of Massachusetts while also living in New Hampshire just so he could run for Governor of Massachusetts and then eventually have a shot at running for the Presidency. That any and all citizens be limited to one state when running for any high public service office. If you weren't born there, you can't hold a public service office. Its a conflict of interest

Freedom of expression does not extend to lies to manipulate an ignorant populace. false or misleading political advertisement should be punishable by law. Being carpet-bombed with falsehoods for political gain harms the American psyche. That practice falls under the "harm" or "offense" exceptions to the first amendment (freedom of thought and expression). When we talk about rights (i.e. freedom of expression), we can't forget the other side of the coin: responsibility, since "freedom without responsibility degenerates into licentiousness".

These are not my words or ideas, they reportedly came from Warren Buffet with input from many people before me and I don't totally agree with every point, but that's exactly the point. These are a starting point to build on and should be equally important to everyone who believes in democracy; left, right or center. I just formalized them in a petition to the President and Congress. Please join in and sign today, its really important. "We the people need to demand this bill be acted upon as a constitutional amendment." J.Q. Public This will work if we all do our share. Please send it to as many people as you can. If nothing else it will scare the fence-riders in congress when they see the broad support we have. This may be our last chance to stop this so let's get involved. Please read and pass this petition on to 20 of your friends... 04/14/12 Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: "I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election." The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-olds) took only 3 months & 8 days to be ratified! Why? Simple! The people demanded it. That was in 1971–before computers, e-mail, cell phones, etc.. Of the 27 amendments to the Constitution, seven took one year or less to become the law of the land–all because of public pressure. Warren Buffet is asking each addressee to forward this email (petition) to a minimum of twenty people on their address list; in turn ask each of those to do likewise. In three days, most people in The United States of America will have the message. This is one idea that really should be passed around. If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people then it will only take three days for most people (in the U.S.) to receive the message. Don't you think it's time? This is how you fix congress!

My student loans were consolidated. I applied for loan forgiveness and was denied. I worked (as a teacher) in low functioning or performing schools . While other teachers loans were forgiven. I have been paying back Sallie Mae Loan Services since 1991 and still owes about $25,000.00. Unfair!!!!!