Congress needs to reinstate the tax deduction for credit card interest as the banks should be counting this as income and paying taxes on this. Like interest on a home mortgage, this cost should be deductible from income on the tax return. It used to be a deduction, and now more than ever the 99% need tax relief as they are having more and more to live on their credit cards to make ends meet.

Previous petitions which demanded truth in labeling have been disregarded by the FDA due to conflict of interest, neglect, and full blown corruption. We will continue to raise this issue, as the FDA has made it clear that they care more about the interests of their corporate constituents than the health and welfare of American people. Those in the American government should view petitions like this as a herald - that if our representatives continue to disregard the will of the populace, the populace will begin to demand reparations.

When servicemen returned to civilian life after WW II, our education was funded by the GI Bill. Now, when the technological future requires even more education for them and the country, we are not giving the same opportunity to returning service men and women. We should.

forgiveness of school loans that are crippling former students with high interest rates.

My Irish and Portugese ancestors fled the famines and poverty of their countries to find a better life in America just like Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas did when he came here to California from Mexico many years ago. My ancestors helped to build their new country, like Anastasio did, and they faced some of the same opposition from a population that had forgotten their own immigrant roots, but they were not brutally tortured and murdered as Anastasio was in 2010 by our own Immigration authorities. President Obama, we cannot be true to our founding values unless we can actually ensure "liberty and justice for all." We're calling on you to ensure that everyone involved in Anastasio's murder is brought to justice so that his American family, and every American, can continue to believe in our fundamental commitment to human rights.

These bureau have set their own guidlines and they are in no way helpful to the average person. It is next to impossible to get them to change incorrect information.

The Federal Reserve Banking system, and the truth of who actually own it. The the federal reserve isn't own by us the tax payers, and how it have cause the country to pay interest on money printed by the US Treasury with federal reserve note printed on it, then given to to them. On December 23, 1913, the Federal Reserve Act, also known as the Glass-Owen Bill, was passed. The Republican controlled Senate rammed the bill through when many members of the US Congress were home for the holiday. The President, Dr. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, signed it into law one hour after being passed by the Congress! Somebody very powerful really wanted this law passed. The Federal Reserve System is an independent central bank. Although the President of the United States appoints the chairman of the Fed, and this appointment is approved by the United States Senate, the decisions of the Fed do not have to be ratified by the President, or anyone else in the executive branch of the United States government. Buried in the legislation was the granting of total power over the monetary policies of all US banks. A very curious statement is found in the original 1913 law. SEC. 30. The right to amend, alter, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Reserved expressly to whom, or what? No definition is provided. This is the entire Section 30 statement! "Curiouser and curiouser, cried Alice".

Get Governor La Page out of office before he ruins the state of Maine! And hopefully the Democrats deveop some balls so that they will start to lead this country and that includes Obama. The Rep. are sucking the goodness out of this country are intent on destroying it.

Lobbyist give money, bribes, to politicians to get their vote. This is not done in the best interest of the people. This has created a government where the people are without representation. Nothing is done for the people. We need to change this. Eliminate lobbyist and their money now.

The Philomath school board voted on the 2012/2013 calendar. There will be early release each Wednesday in addition to 7 Fridays off. This calendar is budget neutral. The purpose is to provide educators with time for professional development.

Let's decide if we're a plutocracy or a democracy. If we pay taxes we are the boss and that's it. No citizens united ruling, no lobbying. No corporate personhood. We are in charge by majority.

Please FOCUS on one large major issue like just taxation rather than scattering our energy and strength on lots of off-shoot issues.