Since our federal government is not a business that must balance its budget, but rather a sovereign state that can create any amount of fiat currency, need never borrow, and can never become insolvent, we are limited only by time, material, labor, and productive capacity and not by a lack of dollars so that our problem is not an excess of necessary federal spending but an excess of unnecessary federal borrowing. The Federal Reserve System and the Treasury have used this procedure on a massive scale with enormous success. To finance World War II, the Fed pegged Treasury bonds at an almost-zero interest rate and bought as many bonds as Treasury needed to pay the nation’s wartime salaries. After the war, consumers spent their savings on homes and cars, starting 35 years of prosperity without harmful inflation.

THE STATE OF N.M. IS ONE OF THE LARGES EMPLOYERS IN NM. ISSUES ARE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE ECONOMY, AND JOB OPPORTUNITY. STATE GOVERNMENT CAN FUNCTION WITHOUT DOUBLE DIPPERS WHO ARE SPENDING DOWN THE PERA FUND.

By supporting online gaming legislation, you are making your voice heard that you are fed up with governments over-reaching into your personal life. Your support would also help generate millions in tax revenue and create jobs that are now overseas. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/CSM/showMemoPublic.cfm?chamber=H&%2A%2A%2A%2A%2A=20130&cosponId=11316

Whereas our federal government is not a business that must balance its budget, but rather a sovereign state that can create any amount of fiat currency, need never borrow, and can never become insolvent, we are limited only by time, material, labor, and productive capacity and not by a lack of dollars so that our problem is not an excess of necessary federal spending but an excess of unnecessary borrowing, To finance WW II, the Fed pegged Treasury bonds at an almost-zero interest rate and bought as many bonds as Treasury needed to pay the nation’s wartime salaries. After the war, consumers spent their savings on homes and cars, starting 35 years of prosperity without harmful inflation, This law would let the Treasury spend even with a deficit and still not increase the national debt.

HOW TO: Reduce spending, create jobs and increase revenue.

Illinois' pension-fund shortfall is by far the largest in the nation. Simply put, Illinois' unfunded pension liability is massive. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn says the $96 billion of liability has been accumulating for decades, with the state's pension problems dating back at least 70 years. "There have been 12 governors, 13 speakers of the House and 13 presidents of the Senate that have come and gone, and the issue has kind of confounded our predecessors," he says. Over those many years, Illinois' teachers, state troopers, university professors and other state employees have been paying their share, contributing about 8 to 12 percent out of every paycheck to their pension funds. But the state hasn't. Illinois' governors and lawmakers have frequently shortchanged the pension systems. They've even skipped some pension payments altogether so they could more freely spend on things more popular with the voters, such as schools, highways, health care and prisons. The result, says Quinn, is a huge pension shortfall that is growing bigger by the day."Our liability every day goes up by $17 million, so we've got to deal with this," he says.

In the state of TN, Certified Nursing Assistants are very underpaid! We have the hardest job in the nursing field. We are more hands on than any LPN or RN. We deal with the mess. When the patient is nonresponsive 9 times out of 10 we are the ones who find them. Patient to CNA ratio is 1 to 15 patients or more. That is why it is poor patient care in nursing home facilities

The Governor has done so much to make sure Massachusetts pulls out of the recession faster and more robustly than the rest of the nation. Let's support his efforts by investing in Massachusetts' future and fund that investment in a balanced and equitable fashion.

Please help ensure Seniors are AUTOMATICALLY sent Double reminders AND complete forms to fill out IN ADVANCE to send in for Tax Exemptions from local Town and School Taxes.

After rejecting a contract offer that the workers' union believed could jeopardize their jobs, workers at American Crystal sugar plants have been locked out since August 2011. Since then unemployment benefits have expired and the union has rejected the contract three more times. According to the Star Tribune, this is "one of the longest work stoppages in Minnesota history" (Blog 1/29/13).

Tennessee is one of the states that has a high sale tax, and now that we have a Republican Governor we want a lower sale tax.

Recognizing that the major basis for military action around the world is to protect supplies of oil and other resources, the cost of that activity should be applied to the resources protected. This will provide a more accurate cost of oil when compared to alternatives such as solar and wind, and shift the tax burden away from the general public.