2500 People live on or about the streets of Portland. They receive enough S.S.I/S.S.D. / Oregon Trail Cash to pay for a Salem Approved Shelter System Investment. Start Here: STATE ADVANCE / S.S.I. / $5K NANO NONPROFITS ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Our own S.S.I. money paid forward to invest in Portland modular shelter system ideas! ~~~~~Love, www.nickelnonprofits.org

Taking away health insurance and benfits.

Utah adoption laws are harmful to the rights of fathers. In a recent case of Terry Achane, it took him nearly 3 years to have his child returned to him after his now ex-wife, Tira Bland, illegally put Teleah Achane up for adoption. Other fathers have similar stories. Tragedies like this, perpetrated by people of poor character, must be stopped.

SUPPORT ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR TANF - CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE. WORKING WILL BE WORTHWHILE AND PEOPLE WILL MOVE OFF OF WELFARE AND LOSE RESENTMENT , GAIN SELF RESPECT. CHILDREN WILL BE SAFER.

The violence and death caused by lack of regulations on firearms has to be stopped. The leadership of the Massachusetts government should take the lead in championing change starting locally, but driving change at a national level.

SUPPORT ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR TANF - CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE. WORKING WILL BE WORTHWHILE AND PEOPLE WILL MOVE OFF OF WELFARE AND LOSE RESENTMENT , GAIN SELF RESPECT. CHILDREN WILL BE SAFER.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich's imposition of a corporate model onto public education has found a new target in his proposals regarding college and university funding. Chief among the problems is the elimination of separate funding for the university regional campuses that would undermine their open-access mission and thus close the path to the middle class for many Ohioans . This petition was started by a large group of regional campus faculty from around the state who want to preserve the important role out institutions play in the state's higher education system.

It is time we demand our elected officials do something significant about gun violence to keep our communities, families and children safe. After the horror of Newtown, we need comprehensive, common sense legislative action.

Public Employee Retirees have not received a COLA in several years to offset the cost's of healthcare premiums, co-pay's, deductibles and out-of-pocket-expenses, which were imposed by the Public Employees Retirement Board.

People are dying in the subways, and what does the MTA do? Remove service booths and agents from the stations. Since the removal of the service booths and agents, crime, particularly vandalism, has been on the rise within the stops, according to DNAinfo.com. More importantly, these stops are overcrowded and, as a result, people have tripped or been pushed onto the tracks. Without service agents to alert oncoming trains, people have been tragically hit and killed; 55 deaths on New York City subway tracks last year.

The State of Vermont currently hands over much of its funds to big out of state banks and Wall St. for safekeeping. Many of us believe that keeping our money in a publicly owned state bank would be a much less risky way to keep public moneys. A state partnership bank would partner with local community banks to help grow the economy of Vermont in ways that would better benefit all Vermonters. S.55 would set up a task force to examine the most efficient ways of managing state funds which is a necessary step on the path to creating a Vermont Partnership Bank.

The White House petition to expand HARP 3.0 #MyRefi is currently up on the White House website and the petition needs to reach 100,000 signatures before there is a response from the President of the United States. HARP 3.0 has not yet become a reality, which has frustrated many homeowners who are still currently struggling to make their mortgage payments and cannot do anything about it. Homeowners that are still “underwater” on their property and/or make less income than before the recession hit cannot qualify for a new mortgage. Currently, if you refinanced using the HARP program before, you cannot use it again or if your loan was endorsed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on or after June 1st, 2009 you cannot take advantage of the program at all. HARP 3.0 would possibly revamp those provisions.