ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, is comprised of state legislators and corporations, who pay to join. They then write model legislation that benefits the corporate backers' bottom lines and attempt to pass this legislation in state houses across the country. Much of it gets passed verbatim. Some of the model legislation ALEC has created or promoted includes the following: the Voter ID Act, the Defense of Marriage Act, and the Parent Trigger Bill. There have been 62 anti-environmental pieces of legislation that ALEC has pushed. The list goes on, for more information, you can visit alecexposed.org. The future of democracy is at stake when there is a shadowy back-room arrangement where corporations pay good money to get friendly legislators to introduce pre-packaged bills in state houses across the country. Tell your elected officials to serve their constituents, not the corporate backers of ALEC.

It is about tiny payment of compensation vets get for life changing injuries they suffer on duty.

Break up the "too big to fail banks" now!

When appearing in court, you put your hand on a bible and swear to tell the whole truth, the whole truth, so help you god. Why then should we the people have to listen to lies during a campaign?

This petition would educate people to the wholesale buying of democracy by monied interests. It would seek to limit the amount of influence that large contributions to political campaigns would have.

Todays Council of Bishops USA and evangelical extremists are pushing political agendas, not faith, in an effort to subvert the USA Constitution and destroy what Thomas Jefferson called a "wall of separation between church and state" (at the request of the Danbury CT Baptist church).

Stop losing your homes to service providers who have no proof of ownership of your promissory note. MY job is to compare the success court documents as they become available so that we all can profit from each successful court case

The provision of a limitation of liability in most State Constitutions allows investors in corporations and LLCs to limit their liability for bad actions on their part to the amount of their investment. This Petition would reduce that limitation to 50% and the other 50% of the liability of a corporation or LLC would come out of the investor's personal funds. In order to fix our economic system, these investors need to have "skin in the game." Obviously, the present system is broken and provides too much irresponsibility.

In Washington and in many states, as well, bloated pay and benefits packages insulate Legislators from the reality felt by their constituents; thus, they support massive tax cuts for folks like themselves and benefit cuts for the rest of us. Before they increase the burden on the poor and middle class, they should be forced to cut corners on themselves.

Romney's proposed budget cuts total spending 20% of GDP by 2016, including Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), compensation and pensions for low-income and disabled Vets, Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for the poor aged and disabled. Also cuts non-defense discretionary spending $166B by 2016 including: aid to Public Education, Vets healthcare, Law enforcement, National parks, Environmental protection, and biomedical and scientific research. (Source: Romney's Proposed Budget and Congressional Budget Office estimates) These cuts can only cause austerity at a time when all of us are hurting financially. Austerity DOES NOT work in times of economic crisis as evidenced by the Greek meltdown. By signing this petition, you denounce Romney's economic agenda which favors the wealthy. Please do so ASAP before the primaries in your states. The Florida primary is on August 14 and urge Floridians to sign this petition before then.

I'm old and worn out and I want to die without pain and suffering or without leaving my life's savings to the medical-insurance complex. I want palliative care so I don't have to endure pain and suffering, I do not want to be transported, revived, electrocuted, irradiated, poisoned or autopsied. I'm not scared of death or disease, I get that nobody gets out alive and I just want the medical people to allow me to go without pain and suffering.

The handing over money with no stipulations is telling them" back to buiness as usaual.