The first step that must be taken to save our country's financial system and that of Europe is to pass FDR's Glass-Steagall Act

US taxpayers subsidize the Israeli military machine to the tune of $3+ billion per year and yet the Netanyahu government feels no compulsion to refrain from it's fast and furious annexation of land and expropriation of resources in the illegally occupied West Bank and inhumane treatment and expropriation of resources (gas) off the coast of Gaza. Israel should be held accountable. No more money while these illegal activities continue. The "security" wall is an annexation wall and should be moved to Israel's side of the border instead of snaking through the occupied territories to steal more land for the settlers.

Hospital Emergency Room Patients should always be protected with doctors trained in Emergency Medicine 24/7. Only doctors who are certified in Emergency Medicine should be allowed to work in Hospital Emergency Rooms. My daughter suffered at the hands of a doctor who was not certified in Emergency Medicine. As a result of this, my daughter is in a persistent vegetative state, with little hope of ever recovering! By signing this petition you have a chance to help other daughters from suffering the same fate.

This is the ruling made by the U.S. Supreme court that allows any corporation to spend an unlimited amount of money on campaigns and ultimately a heavy hand in the outcome of any election.

The Center for Responsive Politics revealed Thursday that corporate campaign spending has skyrocketed since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. the Federal Election Commission decision in January 2010. The report comes at the same time as the first major state-level challenge to the controversial ruling.

There is only only one way for people to take back our government, and that is by putting more authentic representative voices in it. The irony is that the very first proposed amendment to our constitution, Article the First, would have created a far more vibrant and democratic republic, than we have presently. Read, research, and sign this petition to refresh the republic with real democracy! New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, and Kentucky have already ratified the proposed Amendment to the Constitution, let’s do likewise!

Taxpayers are paying millions in pensions & family insurance to one time congress members. We need to change it to match the public sector's benefits. Members of congress should pay health insurance for their spouse & children. Members of congress should receive no pensions until they have served for twenty years. If they serve for ten years they could receive a pro rated pension unless they are convicted of a felony or forced to resign due to scandal.

At the heart of all of our problems as a nation is that we want a government that is truly BY the PEOPLE, FOR the PEOPLE but instead we are suffering from an institution that is being crippled by private / special interest groups. We the people need to take special interest money out of politics and make it illegal to accept private money, bribes or favors from lobbyists.

A systemic pesticide moves inside a plant following absorption by the plant. With insecticides and most fungicides, this movement is usually upward (through the xylem) and outward. Increased efficiency may be a result. Systemic insecticides, which poison pollen and nectar in the flowers, may kill bees and other needed pollinators. In 2007 with the use of Bayer's systemic pesticides, as occurred in France 10 years prior, over one billion honey bees were killed within a one year period prompting the California Almond crisis. Since this time, the French minister of agriculture has banned the use of systemic pesticides in France. We will have no more fruits and vegetables in the US if we continue the use of systemic pesticides because all the native bees will be killed except for a small number. What happens to a human DNA when system pesticides, that cannot be washed off produce, is ingested in our bodies? When our bees die in multitude, isn't that a serious omen? Please pass legislation to ban system pesticide use NOW!

Getting governments to obey their oath to obey our constitution. This ignoring of our supreme law has led to inflation, unemployment, corruption, usurpation, tyranny, excess regulations, rules, codes, acts, orders, mandates, laws, restrictions, high taxes, low representation and loss of freedom.

Congress has passed laws that provide it special privileges. Congress should not be treated differently than the public. They should have a retirement plan the same as federal or state workers.

Having an educated population strengthens our economy from within, but, so many of us can't afford a college education or, once we've gotten one, can't afford to both maintain a household and make student loan payments. Many people derive no significant benefit (or none at all) from the current tax regulations because, in order to be able to afford to make loan payments and also make a living (especially in urban areas where 79% of the country lives), we can exceed the income threshold specified in the tax regulations, and lose the benefit entirely. Let's acknowledge as a nation that education, just like office supplies and fuel for our cars, is a real business expense, and allow everyone who is either attending college or repaying their student loans to take 100% of their payments as a tax deduction.