My son is under 50 and it seems to make a huge difference in whether he will get care in order to walk again; it doesn't make sense when this is the time in his life that he needs to raise his young kids and give them a good life, providing for them and coaching them with basketball, taking them fishing and the like, he needs to stop being ignored by the system.

As Eliot Spitzer says, this idea is supported by a wide range of economists, including Nobel laureate James Tobin, as well as advocates, including Ralph Nader in the Washington Post [4] this weekend, and elected officials: a tax on financial transactions. It will give us gobs of revenue. It will fall on a sector that has generated enormous and unwarranted profits for a very few, who at the same time have benefited from huge bailouts and regulatory help and largely escaped any responsibility for their central role in creating the financial cataclysm that we are still struggling with. And as Spitzer says, there is an added benefit here: Trading in the equity and debt markets has gone wild over the past few years. High-speed trading and speculation have overtaken the economically legitimate reasons for our desire to have highly liquid markets: the capacity to raise capital and then allocate it efficiently among sectors and companies. The trading that has emerged over the past few years is not serving that purpose—it is a casino enterprise driven by hidden pools and computer algorithms that do not seek to hold capital for longer than an instant. To the extent that a financial-transfer tax drove some of those trading practices out of the marketplace, that would be another good outcome.

The Senate Republicans need to stop playing games with Disabled Americans worldwide rights. There are 47,000,000 Americans with Disabilities. Americans with Disabilities need your help. Sign this petition today. We will deliver this petition on January 31, 2013

The recent election was a clear mandate of the people: We voted to end tax cuts for the top 2% and to demand that there will be no cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security....vital programs for the middle class and working people, children, and seniors, We are backing our Senators Feinstein and Boxer and President Obama to not give one inch on these vital programs and telling our Representative Ed Royce to support the mandate of his constituents, the 98% that he represents, over the interests of the wealthy 2%.

CEOs talk about shared sacrifice, but the only thing they want to share is your retirement money with their wealthy friends.

There are many laws in my state, and I have picked out some, that dont make any sense. I am sure many of you will agree with me.

US Congress Add a 25% TAX RATE Hike above what you all ready pay. Or meet the tax cliff deadline.Show us you are in this by raising taxes on the top 2% to 80%. It has been done before and the Nation did just fine. Keep us out of a recession or allow jobless numbers to determine what percent to be added on top of your current tax base. Remember that top 2% taxes increase will not pay off the debt alone however it should go along way to help the homeless, starving, ill to obtain the basics needs. The top 2% should be taxed at no less than 50% above the current rate of taxation not to exceed 85 % overall We need to show compassion to the poverty, middle class, all of which well exceeds the upper 2%.

Voting rights should be amended to the constitution and should be controlled by uniform national laws not state laws.

Making legislators have state benefits equal to all state workers.

Congressmen have signed a sworn oath that contradicts their oath of office.

This petition is about The Ohio Legislature is, once again, considering a proposed law that could end the rights of Ohioans with life threatening or fatal asbestos diseases to seek fair compensation from injury. This proposed law is called House Bill 380.

Ask the Raleigh City Council to take this progressive step to expand urban agriculture in the new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The Planning Department has made important progress on urban agriculture, but to create lasting change we need the above enabling legislation within the UDO. Urban agriculture builds soil, builds innovation, and builds our economy. Urban agriculture feeds people, improves public health, and strengthens our communities. Let the City Council know that you support farms and gardens throughout Raleigh, for Raleigh! This petition sponsored by the Raleigh Urban Ag Work Group.