I returned from selling art in New Orleans where, since the failure of the Levees, New Orleans has had this method of nurturing art and artists in their work and supporting collectors of art to participate in culture by connecting with and supporting local artists. It is good for tourism, world opinion of the city and it cultivates culture directly with very little bureaucratic handling.

I have been out of work for over a year now due to the fact that the company that I was working for closed down. I have two degrees and have applied for close to four hundred jobs. I also lost my home of thirteen years to foreclosure. I am also in the process of trying to clean up my credit. And in doing so; I am finding that employers are running credit checks to see if you are a good candidate for a job. My circumstances should not be the factor of whether or not I can do a job. It also brings down your beacon score every time someone pull up your credit. What I am trying to correct; they are adding to the problem and it should not be allowed. Finally, I know that I am a great employee!

Exempting the poor and elderly from sales tax when and if the proposed State income tax is abolished. No one should pay sales taxes on benefits or retirement income.

***This is the official petition of the Florida Arcade Association*** Amusement Arcades pay all necessary state and local taxes! They employ thousands throughout the state of Florida and generate a significant amount of tax revenue. The industry is blooming, but it could come to an abrupt halt if these bills pass as-is!

Florida's big corporations, and present Legislature's allies are bloated with the financial blood of those with less!

Stop cutting much needed government programs and services.

The economy of the states and nation needs help.

$12 an hours still doesn't meet the cost of living for many Americans but it is a start. We need to get our economy back up and stop starving the poor in order to feed the rich.

Federal income tax standard deduction is too low.

When Australia passed a parental leave law in 2010, it left the U.S. as the only industrialized nation not to mandate paid leave for mothers of newborns. The United States has no mandatory paid family leave policy, making it one of just three countries in the world and the only country in the first-world to not mandate paid maternity leave for new mothers (Swaziland and Papua New Guinea are the others). Many countries give new fathers paid time off as well or allow parents to share paid leave.

The fact the the Florida Board or Respiratory Therapy is MANDATING that we MUST join CE Broker in order to renew our Respiratory Therapy Licenses. Responsible individuals should have a right to decide if they need to join a tracking system for their CEU's.

Stop attacking middle class wages and working conditions.