Sign on to A Better Balance's Working Families' Bill of Rights and join us in drawing attention to the needs of working families in New York. With your support, we are calling for laws and workplace practices that help workers care for their families without risking their economic security.

There are millions of homeowners who, while still employed and fullfilling the obligations of their mortgage commitments, cannot afford to sell their homes due to being "upside down" in their mortgages. They now owe more on their mortgage balance than what they can expect to sell their house for - due to no fault of their own, but caused by the downturn in the American housing market due to the recession. A program of government relief that would REQUIRE banks to "rightsize" these mortgages would allow these homeowners to sell these homes, and jumpstart needed movement in the U.S. housing market and create related job growth.

* Ask retailers to carry at least 10% of their apparel from Made in the USA sources * Ask consumers to buy ONE made in the USA t-shirt in 2012

Congress is poised to cut medicare, social security, medicaid, planned parenthood and other key social programs. Taxpayers pay for high salaries, benefits, pensions for Members of Congress. We demand that Congress begin its budget-cutting by: 1. Reducing their salaries by 40%. 2. Eliminating all pensions, including former members, but enabling them to be eligible for social secuirty. 3. Eliminate free gym and other privileges. 4. Eliminate Congress's taxpayer subsidized health care, mandating they purchase healthcare insurance from their home states. Taxpayers can no longer afford these costs.

Most of the long term unemployed have run out of resources. The only thing left is 401K or IRA. If we have to withdraw money to survive we should not have to pay taxes on it. The government let us down and bailed out banks, I'am not looking for a bailout, I just want my own money to survive on. I've already taken a beating in my investments, I do not think the government should pick up the stick and beat me some more because of something I have no choice about. Lets get legislation started so I can use my money without penalty,

It is time to make sure Social Security is both fair, and properly funded. It is time to have ALL income taxed for Social Security, not just the income below $106,800.00. This will end the regressive nature of the tax: Now, those who can least afford it are the ones responsible for funding it. And taxing ALL income will allow for a substantial reduction in the actual tax rate.

The 10$ fee per month for vehicle registration

Repeal the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (Gramm–Leach–Bliley), Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000, and Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 in their entirety, no questions asked. Repealing the first two would have prevented the current recession.

Cancel ALL corporate Tax incentives to take jobs out of the USA.

In response to President Obama's position that we all need to "share the pain" our government has forgiven the banks with the bailout now it is time to end the foreclosure crisis by forgiving the homeowners. Begin economic recovery where it is needed most – in the homes of working America. Debt forgiveness is moral & just & necessary. A "shared appreciation" agreement will lift homeowners out of unsupportable mortgages and allow banks to recoup a portion of any positive equity of properties sold in the future.

My name is Peter Gigliotti and a graduate from Rowan University with a degree in Radio, TV and Film production. I was working at a local TV station by my house (which closes 6/8) as well as a delivery driver at a bakery, but make just enough to cover my loan payments. Although I have applied elsewhere, I have had no success in finding another job. Even going on unemployment, it will leave me having to find around $200 for loans. This leaves me with no money to save for me to get my own apartment, or in emergency cases. Even on my family's health care plan, I haven't been to my doctor in almost 2 years because I literally can't afford the co-pay to go. I would ask for my parents' help in matters like this, but I can't because they have one child in college and another to go in. They have given me so much, and I know if they could help me, they would. Plain and simple, I need help and I have no where else to turn. Thank you very much for your consideration and I hope to be able to thank you personally. If anyone would like to meet with me personally, I would like to sit down and discuss my situation further.

Occupy Wall Street and, locally, Occupy Bloomington have galvanized national attention to growing economic inequality, the erosion of the social safety net, and the political assault on public schools, unions, collective bargaining, and the environment. Join IUB faculty and staff in applauding the Occupy movement for acting as the public conscience and drawing attention to the larger collective good.