President Trump and Republicans are pushing a trojan horse through Congress. This trojan horse is a budget bill that will deliver massive tax cuts to the wealthy and big corporations and pay for those tax cuts by slashing health care and other important programs. Over the next 10 years, the U.S. House of Representatives budget bill would cut $2 trillion from Medicaid, Medicare, Affordable Care Act subsidies, and other health care programs. The U.S. Senate bill would cut $1.8 trillion from these programs. 80% of the tax cuts funded would go to the wealthiest 1% of Americans.

Help Holy Cross Neighborhood Association Stop This: The Lower Nine needs progressive businesses and growth. Rebuilding our area should be a top priority for the Council, and Gas/Liquor Stores impede positive growth and create unsafe environments. Help stop the approval and come to the Council Meeting, Oct 12th. We are not in favor, and do not support, the Proposed Conditional Use of both the Gas Station Use and the Retail Sale of Alcohol Beverages Use at this location for the following reasons: • Gas Station developments do not help in revitalizing neighborhoods • Package Alcohol & Liquor Stores have documented negative Health and Safety effects on surrounding communities • Gas Stations have documented negative Environmental, Health, and Safety effects on surrounding Residential neighborhoods • 5330 St Claude is a corner site with significant potential for a dense, pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development; this proposed development does not meet and is not compatible with this potential. • The Conditional Use Proposed does not match the Historic St Claude Main Street Corridor. It does not meet the requirements of the CZO and the Multiple Zoning Overlays on St Claude Avenue. • The proposed development and Conditional Use does not meet redevelopment goals for St Claude Ave as envisioned by our Community and the City of New Orleans in the many Community Planning Efforts post-Katrina. Sincerely, Mr. William Waiters, President Holy Cross Neighborhood Association [email protected]

We The People will need to march, rally, engage in peaceful acts of civil disobedience and have millions sign this petition to stop the Senate from passing this enrichment for the ruling class of oligarchs. The House budget resolution set up a procedure for fast-track consideration of tax legislation, enabling Senate Republicans to bypass bipartisanship to pass a tax plan with just 51 votes. We need three Republican Senators to vote NO while all Democrats vote NO as well.

To gain support for the city of Gary, Indiana's Amazon bid.

The United States Trade Representative has pledged to wrap up the NAFTA renegotiation by years end (2017). We need to tell Congress now what a renegotiated NAFTA that puts people and the planet first before corporations looks like. Congress must say no to a trade deal that includes ISDS.

We should no longer be forced to send our tax money to billionaire team owners or millionaire players.

The form for this could be very simple: 1) How many employees of this company were paid at least 65% of the US median wage this year? 2) How many employees of this company were paid at least 65% of the US median wage last year? 3) Subtract line 2 from line 1 4) Multiply line 3 by 20% of the median wage 5) Enter line 4 as a tax credit on line…. of form … Cutting taxes for the rich does not create jobs. Reagan tried it and tripled the national debt. Bush II tried it and doubled the national debt. Brownbeck tried it and ran up a huge debt. Some companies that took advantage of Bush’s tax holiday actually reduced their domestic payrolls.

I am starting this petition because the cost of childcare is out of control and crippling the middle class and lower income families who make nothing, yet too much to receive assistance. In running for president, Donald Trump made fixing this a priority. Now is the time to force action. Let's put some money back in the pockets of American citizens by making child care costs tax deductible.

The weakening of unions throughout our country and the rollback of retirement and health benefits.

Culver city farmer's market has been open for over 15 years. This staple in farmer's market has always hosted a diversity of vendors. From fruits and veggies, flowers to hot food, deserts, snacks and crafters. We as crafters offer an array of healthy alternative products. From bath and beauty products to clothes , jewelry and baskets. This made the market unique and helped the community to be health conscious from what they eat to what they put on their bodies. We are having a new market management company that wants to exclusively offer farm products. That mean not only it will rob the Culver City community of their access to much needed products, but will cost us crafters and vendors a percentage of our income. Indeed some us crafters and non agricultural vendors have been in the market for over a decade and will be left scrambling to find a supplemental income to replace our loss of revenues. We were given only 3 weeks notice to vacate. We don't think it's fair to the community or the vendors. We want the city council to review their vote and ask the new management company to allow us to stay in the market or at least until December. This will give us ample time to find a replacement market. Best regards.

We demand that the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board withdraw its new set of harmful proposals. Without any regard for injured workers – or medical science – the Board has issued cost-cutting and protection-slashing guidelines that will strip already weak protections and render workers’ comp impossible for many of New York’s injured workers, at a time when they need support the most. With these proposals, the Workers’ Compensation Board would: - Open the door for doctors, insurance companies, and employers to mistreat already injured workers. The proposal impacts injured workers vulnerable to various forms of discrimination, bias, and potential abuse by giving company doctors power to suspend care. With this new “insult to injury rule” already injured workers will not be allowed unbiased medical care and will be forced to go to a company-assigned doctor who can perform any exam or ask any question—regardless of relevance to a person’s injury. If the company doctor then decides that that worker did not “fully cooperate” with the exam, the doctor can recommend a suspension of benefits and care. - Slash protections by eliminating injury payments for a number of injuries to workers already struggling to make ends meet. Fractures, ligament and tendon tears, dislocated patellas – the list goes on and on of painful life-altering injuries to the body that would be eliminated from any payment under the comp system. The proposals also slash vital injury payments for a number of impairments associated with a workers’ ability to fully extend their arms and legs, cutting benefits by up to 97% for some injuries. - Illegally seize the power of the legislature to determine the nature of medical impairment, eliminating accountability and transparency and spelling doom for Workers Comp in New York State. This proposal grants the Board sweeping authority to sidestep the law to adjust claims, regardless of what the legislation guarantees. Workers’ rights are under attack all over the country, and workers’ safety is being threatened by the slashing of regulations, but New York has the choice to resist being part of the anti-worker wave. We demand that the Board withdraw these anti-worker proposals and focus on how to improve the comp system and the lives of injured workers who need support now more than ever.

Credit-reporting giant Equifax has just disclosed that in the summer of 2017, hackers gained access to the personal information of 143 million of its consumers. The hackers obtains access to names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some cases, even credit cards. But the behavior of Equifax in the wake of the cyberattack has been horrifying. Three Equifax Managers sold their stock in the company before the cyber attack was revealed, raising questions about potential insider trading. Worse still, the company offered "free" identity theft protection for those impacted, but only if the consumer waived their right to sue Equifax in a class action lawsuit! Buried in the terms of service for Equifax's TrustedID Premier is a ripoff clause that blocks consumers from joining together in class action lawsuits against the company. It is despicable that Equifax would exploit consumers' need for identity theft protection to avoid accountability for this devastating breach. But perhaps most despicable of all, at this very moment, U.S. Senators are weighing legislation to take away our right to hold companies like Equifax accountable in court (S.J.Res.47), and the House of Representatives is considering legislation to make life easier for credit-reporting agencies that screw up (H.R. 2359). This cannot stand. Repealing crucial consumer protections as new financial scandals break every week would send a clear signal to bad actors like Equifax that they can continue to plunder consumers for profit. We call on Congress to IMMEDIATELY withdraw both S.J. Res 47 and H.R. 2359, and to hold hearings to investigate Equifax's response to this cyberattack. Sources: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/three-equifax-executives-sold-stock-before-revealing-cyber-hack http://www.consumeradvocates.org/media/press-release/georgia-congressman-must-withdraw-his-equifax-friendly-bill http://www.fairarbitrationnow.org/wp-content/uploads/Fact-Sheet-CFPB-Arb-Rule.pdf