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Olympic USA Team, 2012-2016 is not BP.Today, I went to Team USA, to "like" it, and make a donation. How supprised I was to find the letters, BP not only was in the title, but was the first name in the title. I actually appreciate this corp for supporting our team and thank BP and all contributors, BUT to "name" our team BP is a travisty. A. This is a British corp, and B. this corp. caused the greatest menmade disaster t2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by J. Vail
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Mitt RomneyI am concerned about your lack of transparancy on your financial holdings especially those overseas.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Ralph Ferrigno
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Moritorium to stop evictions for 2 years.As FDR did in the Great depression, the president needs to sign a mortitorium to stop all evictions and if any fraud or broken "chains of title" have been found force the banks,Freddie mac,Fannie mae,fha and any envolved to work with the former homeowner to restore this real property (land ) into the hands of American people not foriegn envestors.4 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Michael S Stewart
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Stop Bank Frauds From Dumping the Cost of Their Fines And settlements on taxpayersIt is more than obvious that some in the Big Business do not directly suffer the consequences of their actions. The proof of this began in 2007 when 50% of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, 2 decades old, was dumped on taxpayers. The proof of this is the number of financial settlements on companies like Glaxo and big banks like JP Morgan Chase. Their tactic is to recoup their losses by simply jacking prices of their goods and services until the settlement or fine is paid for by consumers first and taxpayers second. This does not in any way force those who make these fraudulent decisions to suffer the consequences of their actions. But, a petition to pass a law that disallows these businesses to raise their prices or accept tax subsidies until these fines or settlements are paid in full is the only way taxpayers and consumers can put the brakes on this kind of corruption.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Eleanore Whitaker
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No Public Funds for Economic DevelopmentRight now, my state is spending millions of dollars to steal companies from your state, while your state is doing the same thing to mine. This bizarre system is called "economic development," and its sole beneficiary is big corporations, which use it to extort further tax breaks from local communities, the state and the nation. And if the corporations play their cards right and wangle enough goodies, they may not have to pay any tax at all, as we have seen in recent years. Unfortunately, no state can afford to unilaterally disarm in this sick game for fear of losing. Meanwhile, the public doesn't seem to realize how much of its funds are being eaten up in this corporate welfare shell game. People tend to believe our public money goes to welfare cheats, unproductive poor people and crack addicts, when the truth is that our tax monies are simply lining the pockets of greedy robber barons -- a half a million to this corporation to build a plant here, and another to that one to do the same over there -- supposedly to gain new jobs that are really just being stolen from neighboring states, while those states are stealing an equal number from us, for a net gain of zero for everybody. There is nothing wrong with local chambers of commerce passing the hat amongst local business communities to attract new businesses, but it is wrong to do it with public funds derived from taxes and fees. We need a national response to this problem, probably a constitutional amendment, but it probably won't happen because our legislators appear to be slaves of the wealthy corporations that are robbing us blind. Please, legislators, prove that statement wrong!2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Jim Muench
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"Prohibition of election campaign ads on television"The most effective first step towards reducing the overwhelming influence of money in elections is to prohibit election campaign ads from television, radio, and large, stationary signs such as billboards. Two-thirds of all campaign funds produce TV ads, targeting a "captive" audience. Eliminating those ads will greatly reduce the power of big money, e.g., corporate money.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Leo W. Quirk
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BETTER LIFE FOR LABOR?LOST HOME.CHASE BANK GIVE NO ,POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES,ON 2007,MANY PEOPLE HAVE LOW LIMITS TO DEAL WITH DRUG PRICES,THE FEW OWN THEM,AND CONTROL GOVRERNMENT''.1 of 100 SignaturesCreated by BENJAMIN VASQUEZ
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Keep Governors/Lawmakers from Privatizing their Pockets with Taxpayer's MoneyI am concerned about Republican Governors owning monied interests in private businesses they are pushing on the people of their state through laws and policies to replace government agencies. For example Rick Scott, Governor of Florida wants all state workers to take urine drug screens from a company that he owns monied interest in. Rick Scott, Govenor of Florida and Jan Brewer, Governor of Arizona also want to privatize prisons. This sets up corruption that is unimaginiable in that people who make laws about who goes to prison are also lining their pockets with taxpayer money supporting those prisons. Also, the more people that are in prison, the more money they make. Could this be why Jan Brewer is so intererested in placing illegal immigrants in prison? This is not free enterprise and this is not democracy. It is a very scarey type of facism and needs to be nipped in the bud now instead of later.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Anne Teller
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Stop the secrecy surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership!Branded as a “trade deal” by its corporate proponents, the TPP would actually establish new corporate rights and privileges that would include permanent constraints on government regulation. These include new corporate safeguards to ease job offshoring, assert control over natural resources, and severely limit the government's ability to regulate financial services, land use, food safety, natural resources, energy, tobacco, healthcare and more.7 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sharon Messerschmidt
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Stop Piece work exploitation and pay a fair hr rate.Stop employers like DirecTV that paids technicians by the job they complete only, but in many, many cases these technicians dont get paid over time, driving time, jobs that were canseled or rescheduled by customers, jobs where the customers were not home or jobs that were not able to be completed for reason that are out of the technicians control, these technicians work long hours, but they dont get pay all the hrs of work, and the employers like DirecTV are getting away with that, what we need is a law that forces all employers to pay the employees by the hour their work insted of piece rates.18 of 100 SignaturesCreated by nicolas
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Hold bank CEOs accountableMy son and his wife were unable to have their bank (PNC) lower their interest rate, but instead their monthly payment were raised. The scandal at Barclay's in London which involves American banks affected all of our interest rates since 2005 - perhaps even earlier. When is the Congress going to hold the top officers of banks legally responsible, instead of treating them deferentially, as they recently did when Robert Diamond testified.3 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Susan Giesel
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End the Banking Culture of Impunity: Investigate, Prosecute and IncarcerateWe the People grow weary of waiting for justice to be served to the financial institutions who brought our nation to its knees with the 2007-08 economic collapse from which they recovered immediately with our tax bailout money while the people are continuing to lose jobs, homes and savings with no end in sight; We demand action on the part of Congress and the White House to end the culture of impunity under which the financial institutions continue to operate as evidenced by: 1. The recent $9 billion loss incurred by JPMorgan Chase in the same kind of risky gambling with the People’s money that brought us the Great Recession; 2. The unfolding London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) rigging scandal in which sixteen global banks are alleged to have colluded to set the international interest rate from which flow interest rates for trillions of dollars of loans worldwide, including credit card debt, mortgages, student debt and other indebtedness too numerous to name; We demand the end of the business-as-usual practice of federal investigations of financial crimes which result in a relatively small fine which the financial institutions simply consider a cost of doing business.4,937 of 5,000 SignaturesCreated by stephanie hampton