• Stop requiring credit checks for employment
    American citizens are frequently asked to sign a paper stating that they will allow a potential employer to check their credit. This is a invasion of privacy. The information should be considered private and personal. It does not benefit the employer as there are various reasons why a person may have a low credit score or bankruptcy, such as due to a job loss or catastrophic illness. We have just been through a major economic collapse. Employers have no business requiring this information and it needs to stop. We want a law passed making it illegal for employers to ask or obtain this information.
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    Created by Karen Brubaker
  • Save Our Post Office South Dakota
    Our goal is to save the U.S. Postal Service from drastic cuts in service. We want the postal service to cease closing mail processing plants. We want the postal service to continue 6 day delivery and we want the postal service to stop closing post offices and cutting retail operating hours. Our goal is to see the dramatic pre payments into retirement accounts to stop and be returned to the postal service. We are proud of our postal network in South Dakota and want to keep it the way it is.
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    Created by Jerry Stidman
  • Save Our Post Office North Dakota
    Our goal is to save the U.S. Postal Service from drastic cuts in service. We want the postal service to cease closing mail processing plants. We want the postal service to continue 6 day delivery and we want the postal service to stop closing post offices and cutting retail operating hours. Our goal is to see the dramatic pre payments into retirement accounts to stop and be returned to the postal service. We are proud of our postal network in North Dakota and want to keep it the way it is.
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    Created by Jerry Stidman
  • Save Iraq Veteran/Hometown Hero's Home
    After fighting for our homeland, he should have a home to come to. He bought this house so I could live with him and help raise his children. Due to divorce and my disability he could no longer afford to pay 259, 000 on a home that is now worth 70,000. The banks need to start working with families instead of taking their homes and selling them off to investors. My grandchildren are so sad they don't know where to come see Grandma. How do I tell them I am homeless. The shame and embarrassment of the sheriff coming to lock me out tomorrow May 12th on Mother's day is more than I can stand.
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    Created by Sharon Fuentes
  • End the IRS Subsidy for Moving Jobs Overseas
    The current IRS code gives a massive tax credit to multinational corporations that pay taxes to operate in foreign countries. Each year, over $100 billion dollars are lost to our treasury, and used to subsidize the offshoring of American jobs, at a time of 14% real domestic unemployment.
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    Created by R K Welch
  • High Gas Prices
    Make the Oil Companies stop gouging the public in their gas prices
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    Created by Arthur J. Krieger
  • Gas Prices
    Gasoline Companies are gouging us in their pricing. A few years ago oil was $140 a barrel. and we paid $4.50 a gallon. Now oil is below $100 a barrel and we still have to pay $.4.00 a gallon.The first quarter profits of all the Oil Companies were at record highs
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    Created by Arthur J. Krieger
  • Expand 529 college savings plan to include student loan payments
    Currently, the 529 student savings plan is only useable in the current school year. The expansion of the plan to include student (and parent) college loans would enable students and parents to pay off their loans faster. The student loan debt load is inhibiting the entire economy, including housing, by preventing young people and their parents from taking on additional debt to purchase homes.
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    Created by Gary Myer
  • Stop Online Job Applications
    I've talked to many unemployed individuals who talk about the difficulty getting a job, because of online applications. My son got a job after looking for months, only because he met someone whose husband worked for the company, and he pulled my son's application, and offered him the job. How are people supposed to get jobs when they can not get an interview? Applicants are also warned against calling to follow up on the status of their application. Personal interviews can reveal more about an individuals work ethic!
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    Created by Gwen Giorgis
  • Tax Organized Religion
    Organized religions enjoy tax breaks that are outrageous. These tax breaks amount to at least 71 billion dollars annually and that's only what can be accounted for. Countless billions cannot be accounted for. These tax breaks violate the separation of church and state and it is time to end them. Follow this link and read the report http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=fi&page=cragun_32_4
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    Created by elin heard
  • Reverse House and Senate pay hikes
    Republicans and Democrats get pay hikes, but the public suffers while they bicker back and forth and nothing gets done.
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    Created by B.L. Grisel
  • Highways Rebuilt by Drivers Who Drive the Most: Tax Commuters!
    We all know our highways need consistent maintenance. We're doing our best by buying green cars, carpooling and using the bus. Still, too many commuters are clogging the roads with little consequence. Report your mileage at registration time and pay taxes based on your mileage. Less driving equals less taxes. More driving, more tax. You get what you pay for.
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    Created by Rachel Pearl