• Living Wage
    My petition is for a living wage. The current minimum wage of $7.25 nationally is not enough for people to live on. San Francisco made their wage $10.25. Even though that is good, many say that is even low since the price of housing is tremendous there. I have two jobs that pay $9.25 and $9.77 respectively and am barely making it myself. Also, each person in this country should at least receive enough money and resources to stay in a home, buy food and pay utilities. Although there are services in place, quite often it is not enough.
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    Created by Mike Arroyo
  • The President, Senators and Congressmen and Women Should be Paid the Minimum Wage.
    Seniors like me and my Wife have to live on tiny amounts of money. Our leaders have lost touch with many millions of low income and fixed low income Americans. The tiny salary checks they would get would be a reminder of what we have to live on.
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    Created by James A Baker
  • CANCEL THE SEQUESTER
    Project "Head Start," medical care to the poor, schools, jobs, etc., etc..... Everyone will be impacted by the sequester and will suffer because of it.
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    Created by CANCEL THE SEQUESTER
  • "No Cherry Picking Sequestration!"
    It allows Congress to continue to avoid working on a budget. The problem with the Air Traffic Controllers is part of that pain the country is suppose to feel from SEQUESTRATION. That pain is what is suppose to get Congress to act! Smoothing over the parts that effect Business, doesn't fix the areas that effect the PEOPLE. By approving the Bill, the President signs away any leverage he has over Congress on the Budget issue.
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    Created by Daniel Grant
  • Mayor Emanuel; Taxi drivers deserve a fare increase now.
    Chicago taxi drivers have not had fare increase since 2006, and Chicago ranks 125th lowest cab fare of all U.S. cities and 27th of large cities. Since 2005, the cost of living has increased by 19.1% and lease rates for taxicab have increased 20 - 36% and gas prices have increased 60%. Taxi drivers work an average of 13.1 hours per day for less than $5.00 per hour. The United Taxidrivers Community Council (UTCC) calls for 22% increase in fares that would bring Chicago into the top ten taxi fares for large cities.
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    Created by fayez khozindar
  • Real Salaries for Waitresses and Waiters
    Stop subsidizing establishements who do not pay real salaries to their waitresses and waiters but depend on cutormers tipping them. Why should we subsidize restaurants when it is their responsibility to pay a fair day wage to their employees including benefits? The clients responsibility is to pay for the meal and not the service. We don't tip nurses, bus drivers, drycleaners, grocery clerks because they receive salaries from their employers.
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    Created by Raymond Hoche-Mong
  • Government Out-of-Control Spending
    If those in power would just get along and try to figure this out the government could do what us normal people have had to do in these past years. Cut a little here and there until we all do our best to live within our means. Why should the government spend like there is no tomorrow? We can't!
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    Created by Marcy Crossman
  • Credit Report
    I think that I was discriminated against by a employer because of my credit score. I have lost my job and my credit score has suffered because I could only afford to pay for the necessities. I was more that qualified for the position but was not hired. On the application, it was stated that they do credit check.
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    Created by Joe
  • Tax Reform
    The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) requires significant requests to consider addressing the issue of tax reform Reference Fortune April 29th issue, page 57.
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    Created by Stephen Barr
  • thomas wood
    take a cut
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    Created by woodie
  • First Money in a Budget Crisis comes from Congress
    Congress has let the Budget hang for too long. Let Them pay for their stupidity. Before general department cuts, Congress' salary and privileges will be completely cut. Privileges are for Performance of duties and the income is token from the days when budgeting the government's expenditures was the job of Volunteers for a few years, rather than the reason for being a legislator.
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    Created by Alexis Mirsky
  • .75 cent tax on Flu Vaccine
    The full congress is preparing to pass a bill that will put an extra .75 cent sales tax on flu shots this will raise about 100,000.000 in new revenue.this again will pass a new tax onto the low wage earners in this country. Granted it is not a lot but they continue to 5-10 the people who can least afford it.
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    Created by Lee Rigney