Health professionals carry crushing loads of student debt, from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Now they are like soldiers in war, saving lives while risking their own and protecting the rest of us, and many have already died while doing their duty. Without the debt burden more would work in lower-paying specialties like family practice, or in underserved rural and urban areas. Society would benefit both in health and economically for many years to come, just as America benefited from the GI Bill.

The class of 2020 has nothing to look forward to with school being cancelled. I want them to still be able to atleast walk across the stage and receive their diplomas in recognition of their hard work just as the previous classes before them did it also. We shouldn’t just sit down and take this slap in the face as this pandemic will past in due time. It may not affect directly you, but put yourself in their shoes the 1st class ever to have their senior year canceled stripped of everything they have been working toward for all 4 years. We’ve already had our our fun of highschool and moved on it’s a one time experience all should have so why excluded our next generation of successors. I for one say this should be treated as a top class emergency in efforts to save the class of 2020. All those who would love to help spread this and raise awareness your effort are greatly appreciated.

To save our Country, Lives and our entire Lifestyle.

U.S. has until recently had a strong and healthy air transportation industry. Having multiple carriers providing service on same routes encourages competition. Competition improves quality and convenience and reduces prices, all of which benefit the consumer and passengers. On March 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a show cause order (see docket DOT-OST-2020-0037) proposing air carriers offering scheduled passenger service and all-cargo carriers maintain a defined schedule of flights to communities they served prior to March 1, 2020, through September 30, 2020. This is nonsensical as the demand for service does not exist. The airlines have requested to be able to consolidate their passengers onto flights between cities rather than sending five passengers on Delta and five passengers on United. Alternatively, air carriers could reduce the number of flights flown between cities and anti-trust regulations could be furloughed and scheduling could be allocated based on current demand and recent year's marketshare. Perhaps air carriers could each be allocated days or week or specific dates which they are the service provider between specific markets. (For example, American on Mondays and Thursdays, Delta on Tuesdays and Fridays, United on Wednesdays and Sundays, and Southwest on Saturdays.) This would not be much different than how during the 1970s oil crisis people were allowed to purchase gasoline based on their vehicles license plate number. Considering the energy (electricity, water, fuel) cost and health risks (increased number of persons reporting to work as ticketing, gate agents, maintenance service, air traffic controllers, TSA agents, janitors) to operate vast more planes, terminals, and gates than is necessary to service passengers and nationalizing air carriers will result in reduced competition in the future, the USDOT order is ill-conceived and will be costly for U.S. taxpayers. First, there is the $50 billion bailout. Second, many of the airlines will be forced into bankruptcy. Third, to maintain service it will be necessary of the government to takeover ownership (i.e., nationalize) bankrupt airlines, assets (i.e., landing/takeoff rights, gate rights) will be consolidated, and competition will be reduced. Consider last recession. Ford remained private, survived and flourished. GM was nationalized and survived, and near dead Chrysler was resuscitated by private equity funded acquisition by Fiat. Did government improve GM or Chrysler products or services or pricing for customers??? (No.) Let's not let this happen to air carriers in the United States. Yes, some may flourish and some may fail, but let's not force the stronger air carriers and taxpayers drown by being forced to prop up other airlines. Tell the U.S. Department of Transportation to work with air carriers to allow them to consolidate passengers and air cargo and reduce the number of daily flights between cities immediately while fostering survival of multiple air carriers servicing same markets.

During this period of social isolation it is vital that people be allowed to pursue solitary recreational activities for exercise and to relieve stress and anxiety.

Tenants struggling with rent payment during coronavirus should know whether they are protected from eviction.

Saving lives

How can the federal government hold this check from those who owe back child support? I am affected just as much if not worse than many other Americans that the check will be sent to because my hours are cut and they are still taking current and arrears from my check leaving me with little to nothing. I am getting the feeling our government believes those who owe back support do not need shelter, food, clothing, or money to survive. Just a job. What do I do when that’s taken completely away from me by this virus. Who do I have to depend on? Why am I paying taxes to a government that abandons me when I’m in trouble?

Tens of thousands, perhaps millions, will die if this petition is not answered positively.

The stimulus package gave a lot to the airlines, and us Americans cannot travel anytime soon. The vouchers are only good from issue date for one year and doesn’t leave enough time to know whether it is safe to travel or not. Americans are in a financial crisis, the refunds can go towards our bills. Why do we have to loose money on tickets we would enjoy to use if this Pandemic wasn’t here!!!

Without a working healthcare system, entire communities will collapse -- healthcare workers, patients and their families will be affected. Not that one can put a monetary value on human lives, but our economy will never recover from a healthcare collapse.

An endorsement of a large group necessitates an election by its members! The American Federation of Teachers  (AFT) supports Joe Biden for president, says spokesperson Randi Weingarten. But, we professional educators were not asked our opinion and we should have been! The undersigned AFT teachers support Bernie Sanders for President and we think the AFT should do the same because Bernie's platform is the best for our students, from the young child through the college-bound student. There is no question or doubt that Bernie's platform for education from the start is superior and calls on us to make the playing field equitable and education attainable for all. Here is why: Bernie's platform for elementary and secondary school education: • Provide equitable funding for public schools • Give teachers a much-deserved raise by setting a starting salary for teachers at no less than $60,000, expanding collective bargaining rights and teacher tenure, and funding out-of-pocket expenses for classroom materials. • Strengthens the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by ensuring that the federal government provides at least 50 percent of the funding for special education and giving special education teachers the support they need. • Provide year-round, free universal school meals, and incentivizes locally sourced food. • Make schools safe and inclusive by protecting the rights of all students from harassment, discrimination, and violence and enacting comprehensive gun violence prevention laws. • Rebuild, modernize, and green our nation’s schools. • Combat racial discrimination and school segregation • End the unaccountable profit-motive of charter schools Bernie's platform for higher education:  • Guarantee tuition and debt-free public colleges, universities, HBCUs, Minority Serving Institutions and trade-schools to all. • Cancel all student loan debt for the some 45 million Americans who owe about $1.6 trillion and place a cap on student loan interest rates going forward at 1.88 percent. • Invest $1.3 billion every year in private, non-profit historically black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions • End equity gaps in higher education attainment. And ensure students are able to cover non-tuition costs of attending school by: expanding Pell Grants to cover non-tuition and fee costs, tripling funding for the Work-Study Program, and more. We do not support the AFT's decision to support Joe Biden without full participation. We, respectfully, request that the AFT support Bernie Sanders because he is the best pro-education candidate in this race for the presidency.