state and federal govts tax money sent offshore for tax avoidance. 5%state 5% federal..

Our elected representatives pass legislation that is supposed to reflect the needs and the good of the people. Instead, they continue to listen only to the moneyed. If their salaries were based on the minimum wage, they would have closer ties to the needs of those they speak for.

We should not have to pay taxes every year on a vehicle that is personally owned.This year I was charged more in taxes than My car is worth.Taxes should be determined by value not weight.Older cars should be exempt as their taxes paid have been overridden by the value of the vehicle.

The California minimum wage has not been raised for five years and currently stands at $8.00/hour. We have the lowest minimum wage among the west coast states, with Washington at $9.11/hour and Oregon at $8.95/hour. The cost-of-living in California's biggest cities is unsustainable on an $8.00/hour full time work load. It is time that we joined Oregon and Washington by attaching our minimum wage to inflation, adjusted at the beginning of every fiscal year, and set at $10.00/hour beginning this upcoming fiscal year.

Since Gov. Corbett took office he has cut funding for primary and secondary education by over a billion dollars. At the same time, He's allowed the give away of Commonwealth natural resources, worth billions, to oil and gas companies. We call for a tax for the extraction of these resources to the benefit the education of the children of the Commonwealth!

Creating jobs for our citizens.

The cost of living in Providence and cities around the country has sky rocketed. The minimum wage, adjusted for inflation has not increased since 1968. The middle class is what built this country and pays for the services the state offers. If the law makers and leaders of this state do not address this issue, future generations will lose funds for schools, public transportaion and other crucial public services.

I work full time, yet I am forced to receive help from the government. I work for one of the richest families in the country - The Walton Family - yet the taxpayers are forced to help pay my wages.

We have a lot of unemployment,–– and if the Republicans have their way it will get even worse. I want to see the jobs that are presently only attractive to young people in the military, because of their socialized nature and benefits, springing up in the country's inner cities and areas that need help with infrastructure. We could put people to work building alternates to unsafe power sources, such as working to eradicate nuclear power, and emphasize green choices:wind power, solar power, solar satelite battery power, fusion power( no nuclear waste!) we could have tutors in inner city schools,maintenance of national parks, artistic redesign of crumbling architecture, high speed rail construction, and we could have much social outreach from presently unemployed people of all ages, and from returning military. LET'S REBUILD AMERICA!

So many Americans are being ask to take a reduction in their wages, benefits and pension. My husband took the hair cut Nancy Pelosi said was needed when the auto companies were in trouble.

JMB is seeking to build an office tower in an empty lot in Century City. Why should we care? It's a LEED Platinum-certified environmental tower - the first of its kind in California! As if that weren't enough, it'll bring thousands of jobs to Los Angeles - jobs for the hard-working and hard-hit construction industry. In other words, it's a good thing!

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