Whitehouse petition threshold raised to 100,000

[oplholik]

White House raises online petition threshold to 100,000 - Technology on NBCNews.com

Petitions already underway will not be affected.

 

[Vocalek]

Uh-huh. They treated the first petition, as PlaceboEffect puts it, "with utter contempt." That was back when you only needed 5,000 signatures; and right after we got ours submitted, they raised the required number of signatures by a factor of 5 to 25,000.

Guess they saw us coming again and decided to raise the stakes, but this time "only" by a factor of 4.

Here is a link to the first petition and the response we got (which basically repeated the same lies displayed on the FDA web site.)
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/pe...nd-support-job-creation-new-industry/57vtB0QK


Upon hearing that they raised the threshold again, Carl Phillips quipped, "I guess that is to relieve themselves of the burden of having to ignore so many things."

 

[VapApe]

Well with all the gag petitions like the death star thing I saw it coming.

Its been nothing more than a PR gimmick from the start.

 

[daPorkchop]

Well with all the gag petitions like the death star thing I saw it coming.

Its been nothing more than a PR gimmick from the start.

I agree, they don't actually do anything with the petitions. They just answer them like you or I would. We petitioned to have Obama impeached for lying to us about the Benghazi attack and all we got back was this long drawn out response that basically said no. It also said he loved his country and blah blah. Nothing that really had anything to do with what the petition said.

 

[Petrodus]

The government has no issues with petitions

1. Click to choose a Form Letter response
2. Click "Reply All"
3. Click "Send"

4. Drag an drop the petition in the Recycle Bin (trash can)

 

[Petrodus]

Actually, Petitions are of value to the government.

Petitions give the government important statistical information.

The Government and its agencies don't know for sure
how many rights, freedoms, and privileges they can steal
from the "cash cows" before they "snap"

So ... Petitions are kinda sorta visual aids.