Direct TV, CenturyLink and other BIG CORPORTATIONS claim they are people but don't act like friends when a parent dies or is placed in Senior care - why do they charge early disconnection fees of $2000 when your elder person is placed in Senior care; exceptions for PEOPLE!

If this country is the true democracy it claims to be. Every effort should be made to insure every citizen has the opportunity to vote. We go all over the world advocating this right, yet certain factions in this country are trying to suppress the vote in this country. Can you imagine the outcry in this country if other countries invoked some of the measures in being imposed by certain states in this country, some who have a long history of voter suppression.

Under the constitution the Congress is responsible for the nation's monetary system. The last major change was in Dec, 1913, almost 100 years ago. Executive action has removed gold and silver backing, starting the era of fiat money. Fundamental changes are needed in the monetary system to accommodate this era of fiat money. Specifically, fiat money should not be printed by the federal government then given to privately owned, for profit organizations to distribute into the economy.

I have been a working American for almost my whole life. And today, I'm still repaying a loan from 1981. The more I pay the more in debt I become. Sign this petition to help me and others like me who've been paying a lifetime of student loans and all I wanted was to better myself and lead a productive life. I have a great job, but that's it -- a job. I would like a career, afterall it's costing me near $100,000 I consumed to get a career. Help me America, help me life. Paycheck to paycheck is not living.

Commercial drivers in the state of California are unable to attend traffic school on a moving violation when the incident occurs in their personal vehicle. The problem with this is it's just unfair not being able to redeem oneself of a violation in your personal vehicle like everyone else. Not being able to attend traffic school on a violation that happens while driving a personal vehicle affects insurrance rates, and could affect ones job further hendering the economy. Yes, a commercial driver should be held to a higher standard while driving a commercial vehicle; however, driving your personal vehicle a person holding a commercial license should be treated in the same manner as others in their personal vehicle. Another form of discrimination?

http://www.rrb.gov/pdf/opa/RegardingHouseReport.pdf

Should Americans have the right to a direct vote in a National Referendum on matters of national concern such as: Amending the Constitution Recalls of officials Overturning laws and/or treaties

The City of Sumner has released the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Northstar Chemical proposal and published a decision letter of approval.

I do not feel that the forgiveness act is a good idea, because it allows people to rack up huge debt for an education and allows them to have no debt, nor responsibility to that debt. What are they actually learning? That it is okay to rack up huge debt because the government will wipe your slate clean. I propose that the government view each individual loan that is presented to them and not wipe their debt clean, but rather base their debt on how much they are earning 6 months to a year after graduation.

Publish the names of bad and dangerous health care doctors.

In Massachusetts, the law states that cultivation of Marijuana alone is enough to convict for intent to distribute. It does not matter if it is one plant or one hundred. This means that anyone arrested with a Marijuana plant(s) will (and have been) be convicted of intent to distribute as well as cultivation, regardless of what the actual evidence suggests. It is the responsibility of the prosecution to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that includes intent. As written this law violates due process, and needs to be changed so that those who grow for personal use are not wrongly viewed as drug dealers.

Grover Norquist is not an elected official, and he's not a political appointee. Republicans fear him and his organization, Americans For Tax Reform. They have signed The Pledge. The Pledge is forever. Grover will not allow them to UNSIGN The Pledge. American citizens did not sign The Pledge. Most of us do not even know about it, but we are adversely affected by it. The Pledge leaves no room for compromise. Without compromise, there is no democracy.