My petition is to make women's rights a top priority on our agenda for human rights in the U.S. and worldwide.

Support a Social Security Tax exemption on first $1,000 earned per month and eliminate the maximum cap. Currently, Federal social insurance taxes are imposed equally on employers and employees, consisting of a tax of 6.2% of wages up to an annual wage maximum ($110,100 in 2012) for Social Security and a tax of 1.45% of all wages for Medicare. This is the most regressive of all tax situations in the United States. It also causes many to circumvent the law and operate illegally. Recent modifications in the contract labor definition have helped but a more appropriate solution would be to exempt the first $1,000 of each wage earner each month and eliminate the cap. This change, without raising the level of benefits, would ease the burden of taxation on those in the absolute lowest economic position to a flat tax rate on all others equally. Computing the exemption monthly reduces the verification process that would be entailed if an employee changed employers mid year. Those earning hundreds of thousands to millions per year would carry an appropriate level of fiscal responsibility for the nation. Regardless of whether this increases or decreases the overall revenue by $1 this constitutes a more logical allocation of taxation. In all likelihood, this will increase revenue to the Social Security Administration, and efforts need to be maintained to keep these funds from being commingled with other federal revenue sources. Every powerful decision maker will be adversely affected by this measure, so support will be extremely limited unless it comes with resounding force from the grass roots level. Please join me in signing this petition and making payroll taxes more equitable for all.

There are nearly 4.5 Million homes which are at serious risk of being taken by the banks. Most are underwater. The FHA, VHA and the Fannie and Freddie owned mortgages are not allowed to be modified. It is time to realize the Bailout was pointed at the wrong people. If Foreclosures were stopped for 12 months on all mortgages under $729K, the financial boon to the economy would be phenominal. Taxes for the real estate would still be paid - helping the states and towns, and there would be no interest deduction so the tax revenue would most lkely go up. 12 months of having the mortgage payments available for job searches, gasoline, food, repairs, and purchases would far outstrip the payroll tax cut and cost NOTHING to anyone - even the Banks will find a way to write this off. The banks were happy to do this on their own for several months when they were threatened by the SEC for Robo signing.

In 2008, President Obama signed the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities and that's where it has ended. The Convention sits at the White House and has not been passed on to the U.S. Senate for ratification.

We are sending another $3.2 Billion dollars carte Blanche, and 20 MORE very expensive Fighter Jets to Israel soon. while the Israeli's are annihalating the Palestinians one by one, expanding settlements, starting war with Iran, and literally controlling our government with contributions from our Taxpayer money, AIPAC, and Sheldon Adelson's Billions. We are led by the nose by Netanyahou and the Israeli lobby's to such extremes, that it's becoming a real outrage.They are starting a World War

Investigation of possible illegal acts by the G.W. Bush Administration.

New Orleans is one of the few remaining large cities in America to not have a major, custom, in-ground concrete skatepark despite the longstanding and massive BMX and skateboarding communities in the greater New Orleans region even though there are numerous public amenities for traditional sports. We're calling on the New Orleans city council to allocate funds for a major, custom, in-ground concrete skatepark such as the newly completed Baton Rouge skatepark with design input from the local BMX and skateboarding communities featuring hybrid terrain for everyone from beginners to advanced users to accommodate everyone from the youth to the veterans of the New Orleans BMX and skateboarding communities.

It is about promoting fairness as a criteria to get past the culture and class wars and unite us for needed political reform. It is committing to the principle and using it as the criteria, even if we still disagree about particular programs or policies, rather than employing more divisive language such as that used in the culture wars and class warfare.

Moneys being donated from unknown sources which opens the way to buy elections.

My petition is about educating our children in another language. We have many languages in our world today. In our schools, we have to learn some of them to graduate. I want to make American Sign Language one of these languages our children have to learn. As a mother of a deaf child, I know first hand what happens when people don't take the time to try to understand him. Many problems can and have occurred. It's not like, " you live in America, so learn English! " Deaf Americans don't have a choice to learn another language ! Please sign my petition to have American Sign Language taught to our children in our schools .

The horrible and slanderous lies about our President ! I have never seen such lies and disrespect toward any of our US Presidents in all the years of my life ! I am a senior citizen of America. I hate how the conservatives are getting away with calling our President racist names, that he wasn't born in America, that he is a musleum...drawing posters with him as a Nazi !!! And, it doesn't stop..But, this horrible treatment of our great President Obama has got to stop, ASAP !!! Sincerely, Ellie Folkins, Scotts Valley, Ca. U.S.A.

Governor Nixon outlined a goal in the 2011 summit on higher education to give greater weight to revise funding to give greater weight to measurement and performance from institutions of higher education. Budget cuts have forced universities to reorganize their operating models to meet this new standard. The Missouri Academy of Science Mathematics and Computing is a high performing institution that deserves funding to operate at this excellent level of performance.