The US has been run and controlled by money and political power for far too long. It is time for the people, all the people, to demand that election law removes, "Most Money and Most Powerful groups win"! Time to change, money and the exposure it brings wins elections! Equal expenditure requirements during political elections.

Stafford loans are scheduled to double from around 3% to over 6% in the next few weeks! Almost every middle to lower income person with a college education in America has or is benefiting from these low interest, federally subsidized loans. Americans are saddled with more debt due to student loans than credit cards and we cannot afford this increase, especially now. President Obama proposes funding the continuation of low interest rates by cutting federal subsidies for oil and gas companies, currently earning record profits of 104 million dollars every single day. Republicans, also wanting to keep loan rates low, propose getting the funds from federal money allocated to preventative medecine for women and children, like mammograms and vaccinations. We must let all our Congress know that they have no reasonable grounds for keeping these interest rates low by compromising the heath of American women and children. There is only one choice, stop lining the pockets of big oil.

Thank you Mark Dayton Governor of the State of Minnesota Several people expressed two issues we would like to share with you. You deserve a big THANK YOU for making tough decisions. How can we make a positive statement when most of what we hear is attacking negative statements? So this is an attempt to have a positive petition to THANK you the Governor of the State of Minnesota for your leadership and exercising your power as governor vetoing several bills, showing that Minnesota has a check and balance system.

Overturning Citizens United decision of the Supreme Court. When coporations have unlimited funds to spend on campaigns, the democracy is lost. We all lose.

To give powers back to Congress and the States that have been arrogated by the Supreme Court may require a 28th Amendment to the Constitution. The text above will be on the ballot in November across Massachusetts, and it is offered as a model for other states and municipalities to encourage others to become active in protecting our democracy from domination by big money and big corporations.

Everyday, tons upon tons of carbon pollution, ozone, nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxides, particulate matter and mercury – all from coal - exact a staggering price. Coal is the primary driver of man-made climate change – the defining moral and ethical environmental challenge of our age. The production cycle of coal is a cycle of death - especially for the people living in the toxic shadows of coal plants: breast cancers, stomach cancers, heart and lung disease and asthma.

Getting a ground swell of supporters to write to their Representatives and Senators to support an increase of monies for Neuropathy Research at the NIH.

The City of Toledo has failed to "notify" its citizens, and historic district residents, as to their “rights” and responsibilities under Federal law. Additionally city officials have failed to involve any interested citizens as required, from the very early stages of planning for the reconstruction of Collingwood Avenue until the required Section 106 review is finally completed. Reference : http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2012/04/09/City-holds-to-plan-to-fell-72-trees-in-Old-West-End.html Reference : www.achp.gov/regs-rev04.pdf § 800.2 Participants in the Section 106 process. (d) The public. (1) Nature of involvement. The views of the public are essential to informed Federal decision making in the section 106 process. The agency official shall seek and consider the views of the public in a manner that reflects the nature and complexity of the undertaking and its effects on historic properties, the likely interest of the public in the effects on historic properties, confidentiality concerns of private individuals and businesses, and the relationship of the Federal involvement to the undertaking. (2) Providing notice and information. The agency official must, except where appropriate to protect confidentiality concerns of affected parties, provide the public with information about an undertaking and its effects on historic properties and seek public comment and input. Members of the public may also provide views on their own initiative for the agency official to consider in decision making.

Despite changes under the current administration, high-stakes testing remains a cornerstone of "accountability measures" for schools. This testing harms schools and has caused states to lower their standards so that their students perform better on the tests. Teachers are now so stressed from this unreasonable emphasis on testing, which takes away from college readiness and higher-order thinking, that they routinely dissuade others from entering this important field. We call on President Obama to end high-stakes testing in schools and develop alternative means of school improvement using those same resources. Please also sign the Whitehouse.gov petition: www.wh.gov/PtG

Disabled veterans who are non-custodial parents and provide little or no support for their children are entitled by law to receive disability benefit stipends for these children, just because their name is on the birth certificate, though they do not support the children. Also the custodial parent is not entitled to any of these funds if the veteran says there is a hardship. How can they be entitled to federal funds for children they are not supporting?

Banks have taken control of the appraisal business to the detriment of the homeowner and the appraiser. The proud independent profession of appraisal has been undermined by the banks- they are making money off of the independent appraiser. No more meritocracy. The homeowner is totally ignorant of this fact at closing.

The picture ID's now required by some states is social, racial and economically discriminating. If a State passes a Photo ID Voters Law they must IMMEDIATELY notify their citizens of this and provide an easy, effective, FREE way to obtains such a credential before this November election.