House & Senate officials gets healthcare, salary , & pension for life after leaving office & do not pay into the Social Security, & medicare programs. They should only get paid & have benefits while in office. They should pay into the programs that all other citizens support, have to get a job, purchase health insurance & save for retirement, just as they tell us we should do.

The drug cartel is coming to Texas to buy assault rifles to take back to Mexico. It is perfectly legal

I think we know what all this plastic is doing to our earth and our waters. What can we do about it? Why not put deposits on all plastic, at the very least, water bottles.

In 2009, the North Carolina General Assembly passed a landmark piece of civil rights legislation, the NC Racial Justice Act (RJA). The RJA allows people facing capital prosecution and execution to introduce evidence of racial bias, including statistical evidence, if it exists in their case. The Racial Justice Act implements the fundamental principles that nondiscrimination is the standard in North Carolina and that equal treatment under the law should be extended to every individual regardless of race. On April 20, 2012 Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks ruled in the first case to be heard under the RJA, finding intentional bias in the case of Marcus Robinson, both in the county and judicial division where he was tried, and across the state. As required by the RJA, Robinson was re-sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Since 2010, the new majority in the NC General Assembly has been trying to repeal the RJA. They passed a bill that did repeal it, the Governor vetoed that bill, and they were unable to muster the votes to override her veto. Early in June, 2012, House members introduced another bill that guts the RJA, despite the clear evidence of racial bias cited in Judge Weeks’ order, and it passed with a veto-proof majority. It now heads to the NC Senate for a vote. Regardless of ones views on the death penalty, we should all agree that racial discrimination has no place in our criminal justice system. This petition urges North Carolina policy makers to defend this necessary civil rights legislation against all efforts to undermine, weaken or repeal its strength.

We have been at war for most of the over 300 years we have been a self declared country. Our illegal and aggressive practices have caused millions of deaths the world over. It must stop. There are better ways to live and die. Caring for and nurturing and sharing solutions and trading equitably with the people of other countries is better than killing, maiming, poisoning, and generally destroying lives and cultures. Everyone wins like that. I would like to see signers in every state, hundreds at least from each State and Territory, and Washington D.C.

My petition is about returning to college to further my education. So I can help provide for my daughter and prepare for her future. I am a man of strong will and my daughter means everything to me. This petition should be sign because its not about me. It really about my three year old daughter ( Mikaela Miller).

I'm a public school teacher who has taught high school history for nine years in Chicago. Because of broad public support and overwhelming unity among teachers, I'm truly hopeful that we can achieve real gains for kids and teachers through our current contract negotiation--including adequate funding for art and music, school nurses, counselors, playgrounds, and libraries. That's why I was dismayed to learn that, in the middle of this delicate but honest negotiation, the social action website Change.org is taking money to promote a campaign attacking Chicago's public school teachers by a conservative anti-union organization. In any negotiation, it's essential to have trust and good-will on both sides. This kind of tired, old teacher-bashing by ideological conservatives only makes things more difficult, and I wish Change.org would stop taking money to promote it. Ninety-eight of our Chicago schools don't have playgrounds, and 160 schools don't have libraries at all. Forty percent of our schools do not have full time art and music programs. These are some of the important issues that teachers would like to discuss at the bargaining table not just to improve working conditions for teachers but to ensure that our students receive the education they deserve. As a teacher, I'm so proud to be on the right side of this fight, but it's disheartening to find teachers once again under attack by knee-jerk teacher-bashers. In this case, the attacks are coming from the anti-labor group Stand for Children, whose former leader Jonah Edelman recently bragged on video about how he was nearly able to "dupe" politicians into ending collective bargaining rights for Chicago teachers. By taking money to promote this anti-union campaign, Change.org is turning their backs on teachers and endangering our efforts to provide a world-class education to our children. The teachers of Chicago deserve a public apology from Change.org and assurances that you won't again promote conservative groups who oppose collective bargaining rights for teachers or other unions.

I don't know a petition is the right way to go , but here it is . We need to take our elections back away fromt the money CEO'S ,and all others who think most if not all would like our vote to count for what we it to . Uur elections should not be for sell .I hope it's not to much to ask our congress for . If so it's time to vote for some new people who will give us our right to VOTE

Americans are innovative, and our research institutions are world renowned. The major breakthroughs in the fields of engineering and science often lead to new companies, sometimes new industries. In today's globalized economy, granting foreign nationals access to our research institutions is to the detriment of our economy, businesses, and societal progression. To Americans, it disincentives the pursuit of graduate work, and eventuates in the US training foreigners to be highly skilled and knowledgeable beyond most Americans. Some might say foreigners are more qualified to be doctors or masters in their field, this argument is a slap in the face of our school systems and every American. If our research and development begins to lack, our lower educational institutions are to blame, not our lack of investment in foreign nationals. If a highly qualified individual desires to benefit from involvement in our publicly funded research institutions, obtaining US citizenship and committing to contribute to our society should be an unobtrusive requirement.

Petition is to change the way student loans are granted to prevent the accumulation of debt by people for an effectively worthless education.

Please sign this petition to destroy these horrible weapons that kill indiscriminately. If a weapon can be used to kill large numbers of people with no regard to innocent bystanders. Most of us understand well enough now to never want another war. For those who don't understand...you will if we don't take this step.

I was shocked when I learned that every airline does not require children under 18 to have some sort of identification when traveling in the United States. If my child were abducted I can't believe that someone could take them on an airplane without anyone questioning them.