Comparing the status of the New York City subway system to many international models, there is much work we could do to clean the subway areas, and replace old models with newer, quieter, faster ones. This would highly improve the infrastructure of New York, an extremely international city, in an area that has been neglected for far too long.

Why is it that non-custodial parents always have to fight for joint physical custody and only get every other weekend visitation? The court system makes it hard financially and emotionally for non-custodial parents to be just that PARENTS.

I did not have the money to help my son get a id with his new address on it,but did have proof that he did not live with me.they say there is only one person who can say if you will are will not be put off housing and i think that is unfair.and don't talk about it you do do your congress for help they do not even help you like -Congressman Al Green and Rep. Allen, Alma A. Rep. Allen, Alma A.

Misnaming social programs as "entitlements";

Social Security payments should be made on a date certain (like they used to be) rather than a certain day of a certain week of the month. Recipients now must wait five weeks several months in the year before receiving their payment, which throws off the recipient's payment of other monthly obligations, thereby making those payments overdue. Social Security Administration is an entity unto itself much like the Internal Revenue Service, and the people of the United States have no recourse. They will not even respond to individual correspondence.

As a New York resident you are about to be saddled with an astronomical cost, via increased taxes, and reduced quality of life due to more traffic jams, 5 to 10 or more years of noise, dust, increased air pollution, and inestimable environmental damage to the Hudson River, it’s aquatic life, and the surrounding communities. The cause of all this: Our State Governor has embarked on a project to replace The Tappan Zee Bridge— a completely unnecessary, $5 to $10 billion or more undertaking, with an unbalanced state budget, borrowed funds and already strained public services. PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION AND PUT A STOP TO THIS MADNESS

The pace of work on the Farm Bill is picking up. For more than a year, Wholesome Wave has worked on and supported a variety of Farm Bill initiatives designed to improve access to and affordability of fresh, locally grown food for underserved communities. Join us in weighing in on this opportunity to improve the food system. It comes along only once every five years. Now is the time to make your voice heard! Complete the form, register your views, and we will make sure they are delivered to members of the House Committee on Agriculture. (Find your Congressional District Representative for the box below at at http://www.house.gov/writerep/)

Join residents of Camp Take Notice in Washtenaw County in calling on State Leadership to officially recognize the Camp and to embrace the rights of the homeless to live in a safe, stable environment free from threats of arrest or eviction.

The Governor of NY has proposed and the NY State Senate has passed legislation to start a new government agency called the Justice Center to investigate and prosecute all allegations of abuse to individuals with disabilities by their workers. This legislation does not include enough measures to fix a broken system that contributes to the abuse or provide any measures to support and educate good workers to keep them in the field and prevent them from becoming abusive. this petetion is to urge NY State Government to include measures to prevent abuse in this legislation.

In PA, we have thousands of people on waiting lists for needed human services to help them survive and live in the community. Why not come up with a new model for services that uses timebanks and people who have been trained by DPW to provide services. There is a model in existance in Rhode Island that does this now. It is a great help to the community.

We need your help! Public servants across the U.S. are penalized by GPO/WEP! Penalties: If you work in a government job and with its own retirement system, not paying into Social Security, you risk being penalized by WEP and/or GPO: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP): You can lose up to half or more of any Social Security benefits you have earned in other work paying required FICA taxes. The Government Pension Offset (GPO): If you are married to someone who is earning Social Security, you will probably lose all SS retirement or survivor benefits due you from taxes paid by spouse during the marriage. Check out: http://www.ssfairness.com/ In December 2011, Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Collins (R-ME) introduced the Senate version of the Social Security Fairness Act (S. 2010), which would repeal the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. Representatives McKeon (R-CA) and Berman (D-CA) had previously introduced the bill in the House (H.R. 1332). Take Action Today: Urge your Senators and Representatives to cosponsor the Social Security Fairness Act. See if your Representative is a cosponsor. (http://www.nea.org/home/16491.htm) Thank you for your help.

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -Chinese Proverb Our country has a record deficit. Threats of cutting benefits to the elderly are on the table. Times are tough for many people but the working-poor and the middle class are shouldering the majority of the financial burden as well as making the majority of sacrifices that it takes to get through day-to-day. It is time for our federal and local politicians to stop the threats of cutting benefits to our elderly. It is time for our activists in the communities to stop battling the corporations that employ those of us who are employed. It is time for more, non-elderly Americans to be accountable for their own well-being and to suffer consequences from their own actions. A strict time limit should be set for adults who exist off of public aid. Drug screening should be mandated for all adults who accept public aid in any form--subsidized housing, food/EBT cards, welfare checks, etc. Volunteering should be mandated for those living off of public assistance. Birth control should be mandated after having one child that must be supported on public assistance. Men and women who continue to have children they are not supporting should have harsh consequences and/or mandated sterilization. Public assistance is a way of life for many who are perfectly capable of getting a job, who can further their education on student loans (like many of us have done in the past), and who can work two jobs to support children they continue to have even when they can't afford their first. Being a stay-at-home parent should not be an option on the taxpayers bill. The refugee and immigrant programs should be frozen until our country is back on its feet. There should also be a requirement for those who enter the country to be readily employable with some sort of English speaking ability as well as productive skills to add to our economy. The working class should not have to support ESL class, food and housing, and ongoing healthcare for this population when we are also struggling to put food on the table and pay our own rent and living expenses. Medicare and social security should not be threatened for our elderly. Americans should all have to work to put into this system and when they are 65+, they should have this entitlement to help into their later years. Stop the handouts not only for the corporations but also for those who make public assistance a way of life--it should not be an option to live from long term. Help them plan for a future, give them a time frame to work with, and then let them be accountable for their own well-being. Too much money is being spent on enabling public assistance as a way of life. Too many children are being brought into this world by men and women who are not prepared to raise and support their own children financially or emotionally. Stop the madness. This is a growing problem and it's sad to think about what our future looks like if we continue to enable this way of life for this growing population.