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Our Social Security system has never contributed a penny to the deficit. Yet the President is planning to include cuts to Social Security in the budget he releases this year. The debt we have comes from a decade of tax cuts for the wealthy, unlimited spending on foreign wars and a recession caused by unregulated Wall Street speculation. It’s wrong to ask senior citizens, veterans and the disabled to pay for the greed of the top 1%. The President is proposing to use a cut called the “Chained CPI” that will cut benefits for every single Social Security beneficiary—now and in the future. The average earner would lose $4,631 in Social Security benefits by age 75, $13,910 by age 85; and $28,004 by age 95. These cuts are an even bigger threat to the disabled and veterans, who would face the COLA cut for 30, 40 years or more. For example, a severely disabled, unmarried veteran who claims Veterans Disability Compensation benefits today at age 30 would experience a cumulative cut of $60,121 by age 65 and $144,189 by age 85!* The average Social Security benefit is only $13,833. Over 12 million beneficiaries live on 125% of the poverty level ($13,485) or less. We have earned our retirement and disability benefits by contributing a portion of every paycheck to Social Security. And veterans have earned their benefits by putting their lives on the line for our country. ---- * According to “Inflation Indexation in Major Federal Benefit Programs: Impact of the Chained CPI,” Alison Shelton, AARP Public Policy Institute, March 2013. http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/public_policy_institute/econ_sec/2013/impact-of-chained-cpi-federal-programs-fs-AARP-ppi-econ-sec.pdf

Stacy Campfield is sponsoring bill SB 132 designed to improve academic performance of children who are doing poorly in school by cutting the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families received by their parents or guardians. As things like rent, utilities, and gas are fixed items in a family's budget the items most likely to be cut back when the budget is reduced are from the food and medicine areas. Many studies preformed over many years consistently established that students perform better when they are adequately fed. Years and years ago when I taught school, it was easy to spot the all around improvement--both academic and disciplinary--in children once the free breakfast was implemented, thus making it especially hard for me to comprehend how this bill would improve the academic performance of children by limiting their access to food.

Accountability. If you want to covertly insert something into a bill about to be voted on…expect to have to explain yourself later!

Money-making ticket writing via fear and PR rhetoric to convince us that "abuse is good for us."

Accountability. If you want to covertly insert something into a bill about to be voted on…expect to have to explain yourself later!

President Obama will reportedly propose a budget in which Social Security and Medicare benefits and income taxes brackets are calculated using a "chained CPI" method. That amounts to future benefit cuts and income tax increases for those who can least afford them, and is a betrayal of the people of the United States. Accordingly, we, the undersigned, will not ever again support *any* politician or candidate -- Democrat or otherwise, federal, state or local -- who does not publicly join us here or elsewhere in opposing this measure, or who votes for such a budget. [Drafted by a Maryland resident. Please feel free to copy this petition and target your state instead of Maryland, as well as President Obama and the entire U.S. House and Senate.]

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We want Christopher Ecceston, the 9th doctor BACK for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who! He was GREAT as the Doctor and this is the best chance for the doctor to come back, and it would be a very special thing for us to have him back! For us fans! For EPIC HISTORY! BBC One, Please let Christopher know how much this means to us, his fans, and fans of Doctor Who. For the love of the 9th Doctor!

Right now, the state legislature is mapping out Connecticut's energy future. It is clear that we must do something to address global warming, but special interests and corporate lobbyists are all pushing their own agendas. It's an uphill battle, but with your help we can save our environment while creating hundreds of in-state jobs. We're working on a variety of issues like the creation of a sustainable fund to retrofit thousands of old Connecticut homes, and ensuring Connecticut's place as a national leader in clean energy. Our goals include conserving energy, creating thousands of green jobs and lowering utility bills. Tell your state representatives that you support this agenda by signing our petition.

To broaden the educational opportunties for children living in Districts 8, 10 and 11 in the northern part of The Bronx, New York. We propose the establishment of the Arturo Toscanini Charter School which would open in September, 2014 for students in grades K-1, and expand each year until the school will cover grades K-5.