• Congressional Salaries, Pensions and Benefits
    Any bill passed by congress to restrict or limit Social Security or Medicare benefits of the people will result in an equal loss of salaries, pensions and medical benefits to all past, present and future members of congress. If we can live with less, so can they.
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    Created by dick haskamp
  • Do nothing congress
    Congress is not working for the people
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    Created by Ed Morgan
  • Bush-Era Tax Cuts - Where are the Jobs?
    The justification offered by Congressional Republican leadership for refusing to consider increasing tax revenues through the suspension of the Bush-era tax cuts is that it would discourage or suppress new job creation by the benefitting industry sector and enterprise organizations. However, no analysis from independent agencies has been provided that document a net gain in new jobs created within the US, resulting from the 10+ years that the Bush-era tax cuts? have been in effect.
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    Created by Ronald Thomason
  • "I'm Fine with 49" - A Call to Reduce Debt & Deficit by Raising Taxes on Earnings Above $250,000/...
    In an era of unprecedented national debt and deficit, many of our elected officials adamantly refuse to raise taxes and are instead calling for additional tax cuts for the wealthiest segment of society. This distorted thinking gains tacit approval each time it is repeated and reported without critical condemnation. Citizens can and should feel free to say, "nobody likes to pay taxes, but increasing taxes on those most able to afford it is practical, necessary, reasonable - and realistically, a burden one can live with." This petition will tell the President and Congress in clear terms that many Americans support increasing taxes. A maximum marginal tax rate of 49% on earnings above $250,000 will help sustain solid social programs and gradually pay-down our debt, while allowing those earning the most money to keep most of what they make. I'm fine with 49 - are you?
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    Created by Dan Bentley
  • Free Press....free of corporate/private ownership!
    For our media outlets to ever be truly "free" they must be free of the shakles of those "owners" who influence what is and isn't told to the American people. Move ownership of all corporate mass media news outlets into the holding hands of "blind-trusts" that are then not allowed to influence journalists freedoms to report the truth as they see it!
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    Created by Darrell Ernest Rolstone
  • Please Help Stop the 100Ft Cell Tower at DPW!
    The town of Watertown is proposing a 100 ft Cell tower at the local DPW on Orchard St. This is across from Lowell Elementary, next to Victory Field, and surrounded by many residential homes. The area may not actually need a full tower to bridge any dead/soft zones. Other solutions (smaller/less impact) may be possible. Our children may be at risk! Market values on homes nearby will be negatively impacted. Please consider signing the petition so that the Town Council will understand that the town and residents do not need/want this 100ft tower. Please look into all alternatives! The Town hired an agency to map cell coverage who found the town had good coverage. March 20th 2014 5:15-7pm Town Hall meeting to review the document to allow Cell Towers/Antennas on public land! This document makes many assumptions. The first and main being that we want and need a 100ft Tower! Please Attend!
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    Created by Kate Coyne
  • Mayors, Bring the Troops and War Dollars Home
    Ask your mayor to support the unanimous resolution of the recent US Conference of Mayors to bring troops home and use the war dollars saved in our community for many of the vital human services we need.
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    Created by [email protected]
  • Flat Tax
    A simple solution to the debt crisis is to implement a 10% income tax on all gross earnings for individuals, private companies, and corporations. This is fair and affordable for all. No more deductions or loop holes. No more tax dodging. The $20,000 threshold would benefit those living at the povery level. Many economist have proposed this solution. NOW IS THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Created by William Turley
  • Cut Pentagon Budget
    Cutting Military Spending
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    Created by Joseph Treimel
  • Stop targeting women's rights
    Women are in danger of losing the grounds we have gained over the years and are in danger of having our hard won rights stripped away
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    Created by Marjorie Morales
  • Stop Fracking in Arkansas
    Stop hydraulic fracturing in Arkansas. The gas industry in Arkansas is self regulated by nine members who work in the gas industry. Drilling, disposal, transportation, and environmental pollution and destruction are occurring at a uncontrollable rate. The laws are not in place to protect our air, water, noise, and landowner's rights. The wells are being placed where the Buffalo National River and Greers Ferry Lake (an Army Corps of Engineers lake) could be contaminated.
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    Created by Amanda Rodgers
  • STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH ENDANGERED SPECIES
    For the first time in history, Congress recently passed legislation (hidden in the Budget bill) that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for one particular species, putting politics above sound science and our national commitment to conserving America's wildlife. Wolves were reintroduced into areas of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, under the Clinton Administration and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt. Since then, studies on area elk and wolves find that weather and hunter harvest affect elk declines more than wolf predation. Wolves often enhance prey populations by culling weak and sick animals from the gene pool, leaving only the strongest animals to reproduce. But many western politicians, such as Idaho Governor Butch Otter, despise wolves and want to eradicate them to placate the hunting and ranching lobbies. This provision has set a terrible precedent that could be regarded as an invitation to strip protections for any other endangered species that a politician finds inconvenient to protect. Grizzly bears, salmon, whales, polar bears, and Florida manatees and panthers are just examples of those that could be at risk
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    Created by Shelley Czeizler