make it illegal for a huge corporations to buy up a company, transfer a huge debt to that company (including the loan they took out to buy it in the first place), and then sell it or IPO it, having crippled it and laid off a lot of the employees and outsourced the work. This not only is devastating for the employees but also shareholders of the company (including employees) who see the value of their shares disappear to nothing. And the CEOs of the corporations get a big bonus and a huge profit then go and do it to some more companies.

Corprations can deduct the cost of entertainment such as sports, restaurants, and strip joints from their federal taxes. This is why football teams want tons of luxury suites and seats. Taxes which businesses don't pay must be paid by ordinary taxpayers, many of whom are really struggling. This will also end the economic distortions resulting from taxpayer subsides used for sports and other entertainment. End the corporate tax deduction for entertainment NOW!

There's a bill before the Vermont legislature (The Vermont Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, H. 722), that would require foods with genetically modified ingredients to be labeled as containing GMOs, and would bar GMO foods from bearing an “all-natural” label. Monsanto has threatened to sue the entire state if the bill is passed! Help expose Monsanto as the bully it is: tell Monsanto to back off!

Wrongfull termanation in the work. Reason to sighn to get rights to be able to report upper management without have to worry about being seperated from the company

Next to each pump at any given station is a trash can. However there is no place to toss your recyclables like empty bottles and cans. By adding a recycling container next to the existing trash bin, or replacing them with dual trash/recycling bins, the amount of waste going to landfills with be reduced. This is a relatively cheap way to help the burden placed on the environment.

I propose that all large or very busy foodservice establishments give their surplus food to the local missions instead of rendering it inedible and throwing it away. All food given to local charities can be written off at full menu price with arrangements made for these charities to pick up the food on a daily or at least weekly basis. Special conditions should also be in place so there would be no liability against the foodservice establishments that the food came from if someone claims to have been made sick from it. Perhaps all who get some of this food will sign a waiver. Tons of perfectly edible food is ruined and thrown away every day and it is only to prevent lawsuits regarding the people who might eat this food and sue the establishment from whence it came. A proper waiver would eliminate this issue and hungry people would get fed as well as foodservice establishments getting tax write-offs. Logic suggests this is a win/win proposal with the right preparation.

Our pristine Arctic is about to be attacked by Shell Oil. The fragile Beaufort Sea, a critical habitat for whales and polar bears, has never been drilled for oil. This summer, unless we speak up, Shell Oil is preparing to do just that. Right now their drilling rig is getting towed up the Pacific Coast to the Arctic. Let's show Shell we are serious. Vow to cut up your Shell Oil credit card if it does not cease its destructive plan to drill in the Arctic.

Restaurants, bars, clubs, convenience and grocery stores have no mandatory recycling rule in place and no incentive to start. I want to call on everyone who knows and cares about this huge and very important issue to help make it mandatory for any establishment that sells glass bottles or plastic bottles to recycle them. If there is any interest in something like this, then incentives can be created for these places of business to participate and fines can be established and issued to those who do not comply. If a business is allowed to sell glass or plastic bottles, they MUST recycle both. Beach bars and restaurants are especially guilty of filling their dumpsters with glass and plastic bottles. Convenience and grocery stores are guilty of supplying the very bottles that litter our streets and fill our dumpsters. This practice must end now and reasonable incentives need to be put in place to make compliance something that is not resented by targeted business establishments.

Presidential elections are generally controlled by the electoral votes in a very few states. As in the elections of 2000 when the popular vote elected a president who did not serve.

Many of us support the Occupy Movement. We may be too frail, too old, too remote from the action, or for other reasons unable to participate on site. The Occupy Movement's reputation has been diluted by the destructive actions of a few who do not represent the movement, but its values remain intact. We need to have a strong on-line presence as part of the 99% message.

When millions of American's lost their jobs due to big business fiascos, people had to dip into their 401ks and IRAs and the like to survive. The federal government did not lift the rule on the 10% pre-withdrawal penalty. Corporations got bail-outs, and executives got bonuses. But the average citizen still had to pay a penalty when they tapped their retirement funds to survive.

Justices Scalia and Thomas are supposed to be neutral in their decision making yet they routinely associate with the Koch brothers and Tea Party even echoing their positions. They might as well be wearing 3-pointed hats while on the bench.