The Florida Senate unveiled their budget, and they are proposing $400 Million dollars in cuts to Higher education. Florida Atlantic University would receive a $47 Million budget reduction. These cuts will decrease our operating budget by 33% and have devastating effects on our education and university.

First time, non-violent felony convictions actually are a life sentence hampering the person from getting a job, a place to live, getting credit, etc. Establish an independent, non partisan, non-political committee to do in depth investigations and grant pardons, thus relieving the Governor of the burden of political backlash and giving the convicted felon who has paid his debt to society a second chance.

The horses drawing the "romantic" carriages in nyc, are falling over, getting spooked, and even dying. It's a dangerous endeavor for the horses and for the customers in all the noise and traffic.

All campaign ads, especially the ones on television, should only be allowed to air, if they are truthful. There should be a clearinghouse for all ads, with a fact checking team, to make sure all claims are truthful, before they go to print, online or on television.

Styrofoam has a 2,000 year half-life. It is extremely toxic. It's unnecessary - just cheap. It can't be burned without polluting the air and can't be buried without polluting the ground. Many people take their food home and microwave it while still in styrofoam containers, creating the potential for released toxins going into their bodies.

Governor Corbett plans to cut higher education funding again next year by 20%. With the budget cuts of last year, state universities are already hurting. Tell Governor Corbett that funding for higher education is a priority!

The federal government is proposing to grant a first-of-its-kind permit that would allow wind-power projects to legally kill golden eagles.

We can organize more of the people as did the 60's movement for Black's Civil Rights. The Middle Class has had their Civil Rights controled by the 1% Special Interests in bed with many of the politicians that we elected. Why did we elect such people? Because we had no other choice with so much money and political power behind them and control of the media we have no vote

The current payroll tax is regressive. Regardless of income, we all pay 4.2% payroll tax up to $110,100 in 2012. Why should the wage earners in the lower income brackets pay an equal amount or even more (percentage wise) than a high income earner? The rate can be lowered FOR ALL if there is no cap.

Capital should take a long-term view. Currently, the break-point between short-term , and long-term capital gains in the tax code is 1 year. This means that the outlook for profit-driven decisions only extends 1-year into the future, as gains need to be held for only 1-year in order to be taxed at a lower rate. Institutions suffer when such a short-term view is taken. If the tax-code were to be written so that the break-point were 5-years, then the institutions would benefit from a long-term view, and the longevity of institutions would be more important than the individuals that profit from them.

"The banks are not lending" is true for millions of Americans who have always paid their bills, have earned high credit scores, and share a long history of responsible borrowing. Those who have sought to refinance a home loan are often mired in paperwork, delay, and unintelligible formulas used by underwriting to deny refinancing. The banks and other Wall Street entities are said to be sitting on trillions in cash, that they fear the effects of Dodd Frank, and/or they are practicing caution. Their "caution" would have been welcome long before the crash and is not credible now. If the government can push the financial giants to help people whose loans are "under water" or who bought more than they could afford, it should certainly investigate and CHANGE bank practices that deny refinancing at today's low rates to responsible borrowers.

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