Our economy, environment and civil rights can be improved with one quick change. US State governments are realizing the potential of hemp in all it's uses by re-legalizing all over the country. Let's respect our historic rights and re-legalize it to stimulate environmental change and good business that will improve Missouri with Hempcrete for Construction, Plastics, Textiles/Clothes, Paper, Food, Medicine, Oils, Suppliments, Animal feed/bedding, and much more.

Forbes reported that AT&T was worth over $265 Billion Dollars in total assets. Forbes ranked AT&T 13th on Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the most powerful companies in the world. Why would a company ranked 13th in the world be laying off. Some may blame Greedy CEO's and Share Holders. Some may blame the fact that AT&T has out sourced many of its Middle Class jobs to Foreign Countries. Others may blame failed plans to buy T-Mobile USA. Regardless of who you blame, we all can agree that America can't afford not one additional layoff. AT&T employees are banning together with Communications Workers of America (CWA), hundreds of other Labor Unions, Politicians and Clergy, to put an end to the WAR on Middle Class Workers. AT&T proposed layoffs could cause foreclosures in your neighborhoods while their out sourced worked will create job opportunities, housing, and help build economies in other countries. That’s why it is extremely important that you join with fellow Americans to save jobs, and create jobs here in the United States of America. CWA is known for being a Community Minded Union. So should the company our Members work for.

Governor Bentley and the Alabama State Legislature are pushing an agenda that takes money from state schools, and from Medicaid, in order to balance the budget, while they enforce an extremely biased and unjust immigration policy and trample on the rights of Alabama Women.

Chronic underfunding of the NIH has resulted in evisceration of our national medical educational infrastructure, the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs, severe damage to all 50 state economies, erosion of our internation edge in medical research, and the closure of hundreds of ancillary small businesses such as laboratory supply houses. The proposed flat budget for NIH next year will considerably sorsen this situation.

The Governor of Idaho just pushed through the legislation a tax break only for Idahoans who earn $36,000 or more a year. This bill only effect the top 17% of tax earners and is blatant pandering the the wealthy in the state of Idaho. This money would be better used reversing the cuts made in Medicaid then giving to the wealthy.

Indiana's legislature is close to voting away our state's inheritance tax. As it now stands, inheritance left to a spouse or charity is wholly exempt, and leaving a million dollars to a surviving child would incur a tax rate just under 5%, hardly destroying a family's fortune, while generating $165 million in annual revenue. At a time when state programs are needed to support infrastructure, education, and business development to create new opportunities, there's no reason to stop asking the extremely wealthy to pay it forward.

Tea Party Republicans are out to cripple the Postal Service, thereby eliminating up to 200,000 good paying Postal Worker jobs. The Post Office is fully funded through the sale of stamps, but Bush-era regulations require them to fully fund pension and healthcare benefits for the next 75 years, something that Republicans would never dare to ask a corporation to do.

Create monetary incentives for companies that hire unemployment insurance exhaustees. The 99er's, as they are known, are trying desperately to survive and find jobs while having no income. They are not asking for a handout. They simply want to be restored to the work force.

The Governor's Budget includes proposals to lower taxes, but only those families who have incomes over $90,000 actually see reductions. All lower income families would see tax rate increases, making it even more difficult for these families to be financially independent.

While black Americans are buying from everyone - no one is buying from us! How long can our communities sustain this financial drain? Are you willing to help stop the madness by making your dollars make more sense?

A hotel has been proposed in downtown Gloucester that will help our economy grow. But a small group of vocal opponents wants to hold Gloucester back. It’s time to stand up to them and say, “Enough is enough.” Gloucester needs to move forward, not backward, and create jobs and a healthy economy that will give our young people a reason to stay and visitors a reason to come here. This is about Gloucester’s future. We need your help! The hotel will go on Pavilion Beach, near where an earlier hotel stood for 65 years. The new hotel will: • Attract visitors whose spending will strengthen our downtown businesses. • Create over 100 new full-time jobs. • Generate revenue for the City from Meals, Rooms, and Property Taxes that can be spent on public safety and education. That's why we created a petition to the Planning Board and City Council that says:

Governor Fallin has proposed to slash Oklahoma's top income tax rate, a move that could cost the state as much as $1 Billion. She proposes to offset these losses by eliminating tax deductions for our veterans and middle class families. This brazen proposal could leave our state in financial ruin, forcing us either to be insolvent or slash vital services.