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.

If the GOP and the Ryan plan harm Social Security for all who paid into it, the government will owe us all what we paid into it.

This petition is to stop the largest property residential corporation from trying to destroy "Rent Control" and "Below Market Rate" apts laws. Anyone who believes in fair housing laws should sign.

Governor Jerry Brown is racing his plan to put all Medicare AND Medicaid recipients into managed care. This means that we could lose the ability to choose our own workers We may have to live according to a schedule of the managed care plan. There is even language in the plans that mentions the words "in home institutionalization"! We are not sick. We have physical or cognitive limitations, why should our own homes become mini nursing homes?

When I look at the shopping carts of many people who are on food stamps, there is often so much unhealthy junk going home to feed their families. Obeisity, diabetes, heart problems and overall poor nutrition could be solved if there was a restriction on the what foods could be purchased with food stamps. With the exception of some staple items such as bread and pasta (whole wheat preferably) items should be limited to single ingredient foods: such as milk, eggs, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, potatoes, whole grains. Yes, it may take some relearning in the cooking of more simple foods, but convenience foods with 15-20 or more mostly unpronouncable ingredients, artificial flavorings, food color and fillers are slowly killing our nation

There is rampant food stamp abuse in this country because our goverment employees who grant them do not verify income to the required extent. Every self-employed person I've ever met has the ability to make their income as close to zero with no scrutiny. Conversely, these same people, many of whom are renters, have to prove that they make enough income in order to obtain housing. Every person that applies for food stamps should have to provide their landlord's contact info so that a nexus can be made between the two incomes reported to the different entities. This may in fact provide a bit of extra work for the food stamp case workers and landlords, but I believe every taxpayer in America providing for themselves would support the extra effort. I would and I am a property manager who sees abuse of food stamps, section 8 assistance, bogus disability awards, and the list goes on.

To end War and Disease: We must: 1) Expose how the Secret Societies manipulate govt's with central banks to enough people. 2) Stop paying taxes on labor which go to Rothschilds, not us. Those are NOT LEGAL TAXES! 3) Learn how the Constitution, equity, common, and admiralty/maritime law actually work (See: UCC_Connection), and START PROSECUTING THE BAD GUYS (Rothschilds, Morgans, Rockefellers, police, judges, congress people, and sooooooo many more). 4) Learn that the cure for all disease is to eat ONLY foods that have existed in nature for millions of years in such a way that you balance your Ph to just over 7.1, you have the right proportions of the 42 "Essential Nutrients" which your body cannot produce, and you detoxify your body with natural means like berry and fruit juice and distilled water.

I want to make it clear to the Lone Star Rail District that its passenger rail service will not be successful if it forces people to rely on the public transit network in the cities it serves; in addition to information brochures, there needs to be the option for the passenger to transport his automobile on the train with him.

Insted of going to China put on some work clothes and fix our streets.