A Financial Transaction Tax would apply to purchases and sales of derivatives, options and stocks above $100,000.00 per year and it would be small, half a penny on each dollar of the transaction value. It would effectively be a "speculation tax", because it would hit hard at short-term high volume trading as opposed to sober, long-term investment, which is what most small and institutional investors do. Such Tax was already in effect from 1914 to 1966, and a version of it was advocated by the late Nobel Prize-winning economist James Tobin as a means to curb foreign exchange speculation in the 70's. This tax could raise badly needed revenue, while having little effect on most American pocketbooks and reducing the devastation risk of of runaway speculative trading on Wall Street. According to a joint report from the Cent!er for Economic and Policy Research and the Political Economy Research Institute, it could raise as much as $350 billion annually.Therefore, the financial transaction tax should be an integral and important component of any "fiscal cliff" negotiations.

I am a survivor of domestic violence. Interval House helped me get back on my feet. They need more money to continue to help and fight domestic violence!

Every year millions of Medicare beneficiaries must change Medicare Part D prescription drug plan to find a plan that will cover their prescribed medications and determine what their projected cost will be for each plan researched. The beneficiary is often given a new prescription during the year, only to discover their current plan will not cover the new prescription. They either return to their doctor and ask for a different medication (often not as effective) or sometimes go without the necessary medication growing more seriously ill, increasing their overall medical costs.

Recently, our water bills have increased because the city has added a $11 trash. Maxine Johnson is a plantiff in a suit against St. Louis City disputing the fees. Under the Hancock Amendment, the city should have asked the voters to approve an increase in revenue via a Proposition on an election ballot. Please support us in bringing this situation to our elected officials.

In running for his very first office, State Rep, Charlie Dent promised, if elected, the $7,000.00 annual increase PA. House just approved would all go to local charities. He won - no one got a cent! People who courteously stto0d their grond to talk to them, got sent to jail, and heavily fined. Their crime? They wanted to meet with their Congressman

The looming sequester mandated by the inability of US Congress to reach a deal on spending cuts and raising tax revenue by at least 1 trillion will raise everyone's income taxes and reduce spending across the board by far more than 1 trillion. That will send the country's economy into recession again. Congress must act soon and come up with a plan by years end.

PREVENT FOX NEWS FROM TAKING OVER TWO INDEPENDENT US PAPERS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxbn4kSU8_I

Let's get solar energy generation going strong

My petition is about our representatives in congress. I feel as though they should be paid by the hour since they take more vacations than anyone in America. Also I feel they should stop their cost of living raises they get every year until they do the job we sent them there to do.

Over the past decade, most Americans have seen their income plummet and many have lost jobs and fallen into poverty. Meanwhile, the wealth of the top 2% has skyrocketed, thanks, in large part, to huge tax cuts. Enough! It's time for the top 2% to pay their fair share.

There should be restoration of Military Retired Pay for Soldiers retired under US Code Title 38 Chapter 61 who served less then 20 years' time in service and are in receipt of VA Compensation.

I experience first hand (by Mentoring youth who are in Detention Centers) the need for more affordable, positive and safe facilities for After School Care. While graduation rates decline, crime and gang activity is on the incline.