This petition is based on: Recovery Fraud Complaint RATB-2011-DOL-9DF2506-0 March 2012 against the Department of Labor CUIAB Case No. A0-265448 won on 10/20/2011 (challenged the faulty and illegal EUC08 policy mistakes and prevailed). (A) The Department of Labor published an implementation error in the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program (EUC08). (B) This error was published by the Employment & Training Administration in August of 2008, in UIPL 23-08 Change 1, in the Q&A section about "Multiple EUC Claims". (C) "Multiple EUC Claims" does not comply with 20 CFR 615.5(2). What they advise all states to do violates regulations and laws. If you are a scholar and researcher of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), then you might want to look into Division B, Subtitle II section 2001, the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Program (EUC08). The Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration published an error in their EUC08 guidelines Q&As that they issued to all state agencies starting in August of 2008. The Q&A about "Multiple EUC Claims" does not comply with 20 CFR 615.5(2) the "definition of an exhaustee". What this does is force claimants for EUC08 to "finish off" any remaining balance leftover from any older benefit years EUC08 claim first, before being allowed to start receiving payment for EUC08 based on the most recent benefit year. Example: 1. A Teacher becomes unemployed in 2008. 2. She qualifies for and runs through a 26 week state regular compensation unemployment claim for $81/week based on a part time temp job. 3. She then becomes an "exhaustee" and qualifies for EUC08 at the same $81/week in late 2008 (99 weeks total available on this claim back then). 4. This claimant only uses up 5 weeks at $81/week but she has a 95 week still available when she returns to a much higher paying job again. 5. The EUC08 claim stops payment and ends (according to 20 CFR 615.5(2)). http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=6ab144a522fac8b1680f3fb9dec8ebc9&rgn=div8&view=text&node=20:3.0.2.1.8.0.1.5&idno=20 6. When she loses her job again in 2009, and she goes back onto a new state regular unemployment insurance claim for 26 weeks. This time she qualifies for $450/week. This claim is available for 52 weeks. In her case she started in August of 2009 and the state claim ends in August of 2010. 7. When she runs out of this 26 weeks of state aid for the second time now in early 2010, she becomes an "exhaustee" again for federal EUC08, and the "Multiple EUC Claims" error START (see link for (B) below). 8. Instead of paying her a new 99 week EUC08 claim, based on the 2009-2010 $450 week state claim she just finished, the "Multiple EUC Claim ERROR", incorrectly instructs the states to put her back on the old EUC08 claim from 2008-2009 claim at $81/week for the remaining 95 weeks. 9. This means that when the new benefit year she just entered that paid her $450/week ends in 52 weeks, she will still be stuck on the older $81/week EUC08 claim. She then loses eligibility to the $450/week claim (August 2010). 10. Also when she crosses the last state unemployment claims 52 week benefit year end in August of 2010, she WILL FAIL the Public Law 111-205/HR4213 eligibility test because she is being paid EUC08 from the old 2009 claim and not the 2010 one that would make her eligible for this important law as well. This law requires that the claim she has ENDS after July 22,2010. The old 2009 one does not, but the 2010 one she should have been paid on does (if 20 CFR 615.5(2) had been followed and "Multiple EUC Claims" had been ignored). So she may be forced off the $81/week federal EUC08 and be forced on to a new even lesser state claim for another 26 weeks. On and on... It is just complicated enough that the feds think we are too dumb to figure this out. That almost worked too. Much less federal aid has been paid out for far shorter time periods due to these errors. You can compare and research the ERROR that the DOL ETA made in these links here (just like I did and used to win my appeal case with): Here's the problem with the EUC08 program: (A) Look up the Department of Labor Operating and Implementing Instructions for EUC08: EUC08 Program pre-errors definition of an "exhaustee" http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/UIPL/UIPL23-08a1.pdf (B) Then look up what the DOL issued just a month later and pay attention to Section D. Monetary Eligibility, Q&A (7) "Multiple EUC Claims": EUC08 Program errors begin with this Q&A http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/UIPL/UIPL23-08C1a1.pdf (C) Then compare that to the DOL's own regulations for Federal State Extended Benefits at 20 CFR 615.5(2), and the definition of an "exhaustee" found here at (C) is the same as (A): 20 CFR 615.5 (C) Refutes what (B) says and supports (A) http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=6ab144a522fac8b1680f3fb9dec8ebc9&rgn=div8&view=text&node=20:3.0.2.1.8.0.1.5&idno=20 The California Unemployment Insurance Appeal Case I won on 10/20/2011, pointed this same problem out. Case No. A0-265448 prevailed in support of 20 CFR 615.5(2) over the Q&A "Multiple EUC Claims ERRORS" that the Department of Labor published. So there actually is a harmful and wasteful implementation error mistake in the "Stimulus". Further details can be found here (based on the appeal case mentioned): an ARRA Implementation Error Exposed http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/18/1121545/-An-ARRA-Implementation-Error-Exposed Here is the Recovery Fraud Complaint RATB-2011-DOL-9DF2506-0, that the Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board has "buried", and that the Department of Labor is "ignoring" (they are the "accused party in this complaint"). http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/17/1121274/-a-Recovery-Fraud-Complaint-ignored As for the Obama Administration that is seeking re-election...they got involved in this mess too: Mr. President there is a serious problem with the EUC08 program...

From the moment Walmart announced plans to open a grocery store in Chinatown, that community has been clear. They don’t want the retail giant’s poverty-wage jobs, nor do they want to see the destruction of Chinatown’s small businesses and unique neighborhood character. But Walmart won’t take no for an answer. So now it’s up to the City Council – and to us. Ten councilmembers already have pledged their support for an emergency law to stop Walmart and other chains from locating in Chinatown. We need two more votes to prevent Walmart from moving ahead. Please tell City Councilmembers Tony Cardenas and Joe Buscaino to vote YES on the Chinatown Interim Control Ordinance.

As a member of the Welcome Table, the food I eat is important to me. Part of a safe and sustainable food system is ensuring that the people that grow, harvest, process, transport, and prepare our food are treated fairly and with dignity. Worker rights are as important to me as organics and buying local. According to a recent report released by the Food Labor Research Center at UC Berkeley, raising the minimum wage for the benefit of 29 million low-wage workers - including almost 8 million food workers - would only cost the average household about an additional 10 cents per day for food (see the report at www.rocunited.org/dime-a-day). Almost one-third of food workers suffer food insecurity, meaning they are unable to access enough safe and nutritious food to meet their needs. Food workers rely on food stamps to meet their needs at 1.5 times the rate of the general workforce. This has to change. I have started this petition with the Food Chain Workers Alliance and the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, calling on Congress to increase the minimum wage (currently $7.25/hour and for workers who receive tips $2.13/hour). If you care about the people behind your food, please stand with me and urge Congress to support the Miller/Harkin Fair Minimum Wage Act. A dime a day is a small price that I am willing to pay so that 29 million workers can make ends meet! P.S. Some of your reading this might recall that last year's proposal was to increase the minimum wage to $9.80. This year's proposal is to increase it to $10.10 per hour over three years and we have changed the petition to reflect that.

Romney owns the private voting machines that will be used to count votes in an election he is running in. This is a conflict of interest. Keep the vote Fraud free.

Inflation has been increasing due to printing money by the government. This is causing prices to rise on everything, which, is a tax on everyone. President Obama promised not to tax the middle class.

Candidate Romney refuses to commit his support for women's financial welfare in the workplace by working for pay equity. Women, both young and old are concerned about supportng themselves and their families now and in the future. We are requesting Candidate Romney make a committment to all Americans to fight for economic fairness for women in the workplace.

Bain Capitol's Sensata Technologies, an auto parts manufacturer in Freeport, Ill, is scheduled to be closed in early November and moved to China. Mitt Romney owns 51% of the corporation and is in a position to halt the move if he truly believes in protecting American Jobs. Sign the petition and put pressure on him to act before it it too late.

Our government has allowed our economy to become depressed through the mass exodus of manufacturing positions and the outsourcing of other sectors of employment. Congress has been unsuccessful in stemming the tide of job losses, either due to incompetence, or a conflict of interest in that they are favoring corporations over their fellow citizens. By failing to take strong steps to restore our jobs, our economy is being destroyed. George Washington realized that in order for our country to succeed, it was necessary to protect our economy and make use of import tariffs.

Provide a wage based Tax Credit for any company or individual that provides employment to any legal resident of this country. This credit would be applied to all existing employees, any hired in the future and would effectively lower tax rates for job creators and create a larger working tax base of employees. This provides incentive to keep jobs in America and for foreign corporations to locate to America. This credit would be based on wages from $0-$250,000 on a sliding scale without industry preferences.

The gutting of the Glass-Steagall Act is largely credited as the first in a series of legislative decisions that led to the 2006 and on market collapse. Put the safeguards back in place. Both sides of the aisle have unclean hands here.

Revise American Taxes Antiquated Taxes Our income and Social Security type taxes were Instituted many decades ago when the world was A very different place. They both are mainly taxes on American Labor and are a poor way to raise revenue in our present highly automated and global economy. Our nation must find a way to derive income from all business transactions and not mainly from the earnings of American workers. Ralph R. Layman 6210 Mineral Point RD. #511 Madison, WI 53705 608-230-3770 [email protected] * ********************************** Thoughts to Consider? 1. Unemployment and the deficit are two of our Nation’s biggest problems. They are related. 2. Most of our nation’s income comes from taxes on American labor. About 30% comes from Social Security type Taxes and most of the rest comes from income taxes on the Salaries and wages of American workers. 3 To pay an employee $100, an employer must pay about 7% in SS taxes and also Employment compensation and Workman’ compensation. It costs the employer about $110 And even more if health insurance is provided. The employee gets probably less that $80 in take home pay. As SS and Income taxes are deducted before he is paid. 4 The employer must come up with the total amount of $110 to have the employee. It is an expense to the employer. And an incentive not to hire employees and to pay less. 5. A Business must have an income greater than expenses in order to survive. Governmental agencies and non=profits need an income equal to expenses. 6 All of these taxes must be recovered by adding the expense to the cost of everything produced by American labor. Our taxes are embedded in the cost of all goods and services produced by American labor. 7. Hospitals, nursing homes, school districts, local governments state governments, small businesses are all labor intensive and this is where our tax money comes from. Naturally the expenses are passed on to consumers of these services. 8. Imports, out-sourced labor, Advertising, Sports events, Cell phones, Cable TV. banking, investments and many other profitable endeavors that are not labor intensive do not contribute as much. 9. Our budget and deficit problems should be resolved by finding a way to garner tax income from profitable businesses that are not labor intensive. 10. Our Social Security and income taxes were initiated many decades ago. back then few things were imported and most all things produced were labor Intensive. This is not the case anymore: we should adapt to our new conditions. How simple life could be without the IRS! 11. If Republicans could get over their hatred of big government and Democrats could forget their obsession with taxing the rich, maybe we could get something done. Spending is probably less than half our problem. It is not who pays the taxes, but where the money comes from that is important. 12. Think of our nation as one big shopping mall that we all own. Whenever anything is sold in this mall a percentage of the selling price should go to our mall. This should include labor as well as everything else 13. Our nation is incredibly rich. Years ago a two bedroom apartment with the bathroom down the all was not uncommon. Today, 2 or 3 bathrooms, 3 or 4 bedrooms, a 2 car garage and an SUV in the driveway is not unusual, Think of the money that is spent on luxury foods, designer clothes and athletic events. Why can’t some of this money be channeled into our infrastructure and the well being of our people. Ralph R. Layman 6210 Mineral Point RD. #511 Madison, WI 53705 608-230-3770 [email protected]

Put price control on gasoline to get the country going again. The month of October control price of gal.. of gas would be $3.00 a gal. including all taxes. The month of November the control price would be $2.00 a gal. of gasoline including all taxes. The month of December and the year 2013 the control price of gal. gasoline would be $1.00 a gal. including all taxes. Stop selling U.S. oil and gasoline to other countries. Price control on gasoline will get the country going again, every one will have more money to spend. There will be no need for tax increases, or tax cuts. This will work where every thing else fails