Governer Brewer is poised to sign legislation allowing an unlawful militia connected with hate groups to receive over 1 million dollars in taxpayer money. She has given tax breaks to corporations, and decimated Arizona's healthcare and education systems.

Walmart has no place in Humboldt. - It will destroy our local economy. Studies have shown that within one year sales volumes at local stores will fall on average 14% and by ten years 31%. Many will be forced to close. - With two K-Marts and a target, we already have everything WalMart can offer and more. - Many states and communities will our tax dollars to pay for subsidies to aid WalMart's arrival. This may funding construction and removing trees from Highway 101 to accommodate the imports. - While WalMart may employ a number of Humboldt Co residents, as a company it has refused to support their workers in order to cut their prices lower. WalMart employees are encouraged to drain government resources to fund the working poor and therefore remain a part of the poverty cycle that already exists in Humboldt County. - WalMart is also one of many large corporations that employs slave labor, outsourcing from other countries to produce their products. - The products WalMart produces aren't created to last. Instead they are created to deteriorate quickly, be thrown into our landfills, and repurchased again. - It will put many hard working people and shop owners out of business for the sake of providing cheaper merchandise to our people, many jobs and livelihoods will be lost. There is no benefit here - it will only deteriorate our community. Thank you for signing and doing a small part to keep Humboldt County's economy local and thriving as much as it can.

Send a message to the President and to Congress that creating tax incentives for companies that keeping and creating jobs in the US is the RIGHT action to take at this critical time in this economy. It's a win-win for the President as well as for the companies that want to keep jobs here.

The historic Gem Theater of Garden Grove could be demolished if the city deems it to be a blighted building. The current management of this city owned venue has allowed it to deteriorate and has lost a large part of it's financial backing. Without your support, we could lose an important part of our local history and an iconic part of Garden Grove.

Currently, capital gains and dividens are taxed at lower rates than wages. There is no reason for this. The only thing special about capital gains is that rich people have them: that's why they're always pushing for lower tax rates on them. The same tax rates should apply to all income, regardless of source.

Scott Walker thinks he can just redirect the settlement money from already victimized homeowners in Wisconsin and that there's nothing we can do about it. Sign this petition to Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen and tell him not to let Walker bailout his budget on the backs of foreclosure victims.

Allowing corporate officials to get bonuses for selling off the company is not much different than allowing cashiers to pocket cash. Their job is to guide the company, I think we have been missing that point since the 80's and the mission is developing into 'how can I personally enrich myself?". Since the top executives and boards seem often to be entertwined and self-serving we need a law to pervent this to protect this country's industry, our workers and our future.

Bank and securities regulators are required by the Dodd-Frank Act, written in response to the financial crisis of 2008, to approve a unified rule on the subject. The rule must go into effect by July, according to the statute. At issue is a measure that would prohibit big insured banks’ from trading stocks and derivatives with their own money, known as proprietary trading. It also limits banks’ investments in hedge- and private-equity funds in an effort to reduce risks to the broader financial system.

Currently the deduction for student loan interest is capped. Many of us pay thousands more in interest than we are able to deduct. The idea of getting an education to get ahead both personally and as a nation has become a fallacy for the middle class.

Sen. Baucus figures it will take 10 years to grab $4.6 Billion of our hard earned IRA money initially earmarked for our heirs. The “stretch IRA”, an outstanding estate planning tool, will be doomed if lawmakers get their way. In the latest transportation funding bill, language is buried deep within that would kill the “stretch IRA” for most non-spouse inheritors, primarily our kids. Those families who have established multi-generational IRAs to stretch out the tax burden over the life expectancy of a child or grandchild, thereby allowing those accounts to continue to grow, will see those accounts uprooted. These heirs will be forced to withdraw all funds and pay taxes over a 5 year period. For many, this will force heirs into top tax rates, causing them to lose 35 to 80% in income and/or estate taxes. The “stretch IRA” allows distributions to be controlled, thereby maintaining low tax rates over the years and allowing heirs use of this money over a period of up to two generations. Left alone, congress would actually receive more taxes over the long run while these accounts continue to grow and small annual required minimum distributions are taken, but unfortunately lawmakers are looking for a quick fix and don’t care about how this law will sabotage a lifetime of family saving and planning.

Petition to repeal the Bush Tax Cut except for those earning $ 1,000,000 or more per year

Petition to repeal the Bush Tax Cut except for those earning $ 1,000,000 or more per year