Currently, our tax code does nothing to address corporate vulturism - the making of vast profits without paying back (consider GE these past few years).

the whole country has taken a beating over trade agreements.thats where the jobs went overseas.

This so called fee is actually a tax imposed on all California rural property owners by Cal Fire. It imposes a $150 yearly tax on over 800,000 properties in the state. This is an illegal tax that did not get a 2/3 majority vote by the state Legislature. This requirement was circumvented by Governor Brown and the Legislature by calling this tax a fee.

My petition is raising minimum wage to $15/hour.I am a low wage worker downtown making 8.25 .I have a family of 6 and by raising it to 9 or 10 that's still not enough to make a comfortable living.Its not that people are not skilled these minimum wage jobs are basic knowledge compared to someone who was making 50,000 a year got laid off, and can't find a job in their field.

As citizens of the greatest democracy in the world, we should have a say in how our tax dollars are spent. Imagine a system that allows taxpayers to choose where to allocate 50% of their taxed income directly on their tax return. Our government can do as they need to with the rest. In 2012 alone, 53% of our tax dollars were spent on the Military budget while less than 7% on Energy and the Environment, 5% on Transportation & Infrastructure and 3% on Education. Back in 2011, $695 billion was spent on Defense (more than the next 10 national defense budgets combined). China spent $120 billion. As for alternative energy, China will spend $473 billion this year, Germany: over a $100 billion, Japan: $483 billion, Canada: $195 billion and the U.S.: only $50 billion. We talk about being the most important and transparent democracy in the world—a magnificent idea—"if you can keep it…." Compared to other developed nations, we are on our way to losing our status as a modern, socially-progressive country. Number One? Not even close. Economic Freedom: U.S. is 11th. Education: 20 something, Science: 23rd , Math: 31st, Graduation Rates: 21st, Health Care: 38th, Infant mortality is in the high 30s and we have the highest rate of poverty of any industrialized nation in the world. Your hard earned money is often being spent on the wrong things, for the wrong reasons. Our education systems are failing, Our network of highways, bridges, railroads, schools are all in serious disrepair and far from state-of-the-art. Our ‘internet connection time’ is 16 times slower than most of Europe and Asia. Our environment and air is being poisoned. America has 5% of the world's population but used 25% of the world's energy. If you borrow money to acquire a better education, the loan will most likely take you the next 30 years and maybe the rest of your life to pay off. And last but not least, you may be out-sourced and denied the right to collectively organize. As Americans, we all share the opportunity to have our voices heard by our elected officials. If each one of us posts this petition on social media sites and shares it with friends and family, we can begin to create a movement of people demanding a choice of where our tax dollars are spent! If this petition gets enough signatures, it could end up on President Obama's desk!

Reviving the property tax in California to permit of sunsetting the sales tax.

Raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour, more if you can.

My husband and I are both retired from the Postal Service, because we are federal annuitants we are taxed on our retirement income while Social Security annuitants are not. This unfair pracitce does not only affect federal employees, it also affects state employees and teachers. Many other states do not tax their retirees in this manner when they are at a point of their life when their income is fixes and medical bills have increased.

Increasing the gas tax on a retail basis will add another 8 to 9 cents a gallon to the cost of gas for Vermonters. This is a regressive tax which will hurt low-income Vermonters who must commute largely by car to get to their jobs. It will also hurt gas station owners along the New Hampshire border where NH gas stations already have a 7 cent a gallon advantage.

Congress temporarily lowered the Social Security tax withholding rate to 4.2% from 6.2% for 2011 and 2012. But amid continued hand-wringing about deficits and revenue, lawmakers let it expire for 2013. What that means for most workers is 2% less money in their paychecks.

Use of Free Software in government can increase efficiency, lower costs, and set a useful example to the citizens.

Im a great loyal and faithful and cannot get a job due to bad credit which was beyond my control.