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1. Stop Illegal Immigration and Deport Criminal Immigrants 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States
http://www.westernjournalism.com/obama-gives-illegal-aliens-phones-for-votes/
http://www.usillegalaliens.com/impacts_of_illegal_immigration_economic_costs.html
2. Campaign for Better Safer Roads in the Vale of Glamorgan
Roads in the Vale area are a disgrace, uneven road surfaces, multitude of potholes, poor road surfacing and poor road markings. Shoddy repairs make our roads look like patchwork quilts.
The cost to local residents in extra repairs of their cars that are affected by poor roads is ever increaseing. Recently councillors wasted a huge amount of £'s on Thompson Street in Barry, a road that was already in fairly good condition. The money could have been better spent on roads such as Princess Street which has been in a dreadful state for a long time.
We pay enough local and national taxes to use the roads but get little in return, money needs to be spent to bring our roads up to a acceptable standard. It‘s time our elected officials took action to resolve this issue to the satisfaction of those who elected them, afterall they are there to serve us aren’t they?
3. They broke it. Make them pay to fix it!
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- There is an employment crisis because of a lack of decent stable jobs.
- There is a moral crisis because the rich and well connected want the rest of us to pay for their irresponsible speculation, fraud and greed.
- There is a crisis of democracybecause our political system is dominated by people with money rather than people with good ideas.
- We've made our sacrifices. . . . We sacrificed our jobs, standard of living, health care, children's education, retirement security, the environment and the precious lives of our loved ones in wars.
Let those who caused the crisis now make their sacrifices!
4. Sensible Solutions to America's Economic Problems
It's no secret that America’s staggering gap in both income and wealth between the richest 1% and the rest of America is a primary driver in our economic woes.
Crippling consumer debt, years of decreasing worker wages, and mass layoffs for profit have all resulted in high unemployment, skyrocketing government debt, and more importantly a decimated lower and middle class unable to provide the kind of consumer demand required for sustained economic growth.
However, even under these circumstances businesses have not only managed to survive, but remarkably improve their profits year over year by simply instituting MORE mass layoffs, more outsourcing, and more tax aversion.
Some experts estimate that corporations are sitting on over $2 trillion in profits, yet they still are not creating new American jobs because there is no increased consumer demand for their products and services. The result is an economy at a stand-still.
But there are simple solutions.
One specific disturbing area of taxpayer abuse comes from the Department of Heritage and Official Languages.
It’s budget in 2010 was 3.1 BILLION – yes billion dollars of your money. We want you to know to whom that tax money was given.
Here are some "benefactors"; a group called FACTOR received $8.7 million to funnel to friends and music type projects. Factor funded a Vancouver punk rock “band” to produce an album titled Holy S*!t which contained very offensive content and graphics.
Another organization, Telefilm, received $104 million dollars last year. In the past couple of years it has funded films most Canadians would consider objectionable, including Young people F…ing, The Masturbators and The Year of the Carnivore (1.2 million ), the latter of which we question whether it contains child pornography images.
Funding for both these groups seems to given with no proper accountability or review.
The Canadian Council for the Arts received $183 Million and the National Film Board $69 Million, both annual recipients of millions of your dollars.
The CBC also received about $1.1 billion from Heritage budget last year, with a promise of more this year.
Heritage department policy and objectives state that it funds sustainable projects. The laundry list of recipients that receive money over and over is long and objectionable. Sustainable funding of unsustainable arts projects is a violation of Heritage policy. James Moore publicly bragged about how his government had given more money to the arts community in 2010 than any other government.
Canada has record debt and a large budget deficit. Taxpayers cannot afford this kind of waste.
We, the undersigned, taxpayers of the UK, request that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, immediately halts all and every payment to the EU.
It is a known fact that criminal fraud within the EU is so rampant, that their accounts have not been signed off for seventeen years
Secondly, allowing the signing of the Lisbon and EU Treaties, which allow it to impose its laws upon us, is High Treason.
7. STOP the Unfunded State Mandates
New York State has some of the highest school and property taxes in the nation. Unfunded and underfunded mandates passed down from both the federal level and state level are to blame.
The taxpayers of New York are fleeing the state in record numbers. We need to put pressure on our representatives in both Albany and Washington to make changes before it is too late. Sign our petition and make your voices heard!
8. Demand a third party evaluation of the penny from Parliament
http://www.creditcardscanada.ca/news/2011-02-15-penny-brief
Over the past several years, the rising cost of production of the superannuated penny has come to the public's attention. Various evaluations of the penny's production costs have been done, some higher than the Government's assessment of 1.5c. Several factors are involved in the production cost of the penny:
- Producing the one-cent coins;
- Storing them;
- Transporting them;
- Going to a financial institution to obtain, roll and deposit them
This petition is to ask for a third party evaluation of these costs to ensure the fair treatment of the penny's demise and account for funds otherwise not accounted for.
9. Lower National Taxes in Cyprus
To be justified based on the Private employees.
10. Lower Powerstream Delivery Charges
PowerStream is the second largest municipally-owned electricity distribution company in Ontario, delivering power to more than 325,000 customers residing or owning a business in communities located immediately north of Toronto and in Central Ontario. The communities it serves include Alliston, Aurora, Barrie, Beeton, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Markham, Penetanguishene, Richmond Hill, Thornton, Tottenham and Vaughan.
The company is jointly owned by the municipalities of Barrie, Markham and Vaughan.
Powerstream charges what many customers feel are excessive delivery charges. Subscribers to Powerstream often feel helpless to complain about these charges, which can exceed the actual power consumption charges on many bills.
Enough is enough. Add your voice to demand that the Ontario Energy Board order Powerstream to lower its delivery charges, making them more reasonable and affordable to its Ontario customers.
11. Urine Test for Welfare Recipients
History dictates that at many corporate and non-corporate entities require a drug test be administered for new employment and continued employment in many cases. Taxes from said employment supports many local and federal programs including welfare.
Typically many welfare recipients require no drug testing or proof of employment. Those individuals are receiving funds from CT and all US tax payers. A drug test is a fair request of those recipients and of those who fail, they should be denied those benefits.
12. John Mica, End the BP Backdoor Bailout
BP, which is supposed to be paying for the cleanup in the Gulf, announced last week that it plans on writing off $10 billion in expenses related to the clean-up on its U.S. taxes, shifting financial responsibility for the clean-up to us, the taxpayers. In short, BP plans on creating a taxpayer funded backdoor bailout for themselves.
The idea that BP has decided to engage in a sleight of hand, backdoor bailout to abscond with our tax dollars is nauseating. Taxpayers are not responsible for the disaster in the gulf, and we shouldn’t have to pay the bill either.
13. Stop Military Funding to Israel
Israel has ignored international law and specifically U.N. Resolution 242 which calls for Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territory.
It is against U.S. law to transfer funds to Israel, a country defying this U.N. Resolution. Yet the U.S. continues to pour $3Billion U.S. taxpayers dollars into Israel yearly.
This money is used to purchase and develop weapons that are used to continue the illegal Occupation of Palestine. ..
14. A Call for the States to do Their Duty!
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Did you know it is the CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY of your state to protect your right and liberties? We are in EMERGENCY MODE now! Washington is not listening to us, it is time our state governments earn their keep.
Sign this petition, then print it and deliver it personally, by email, by fax, by petition and any other way you can to your state legislators. Tell everyone you know to do the same.
15. Exempt Human Service Not-For-Profits From Governor Paterson's MTA Mobility Tax
The Human Services Council of New York City (HSC), representing nearly 170 not-for-profit member organizations is the voice of the human services community of New York City. For nearly twenty years HSC's mission has been to build board recognition and support for the substantial and essential contributions of the not-for-profit human service sector to the citizens and fabric of New York City.
We passionately champion the sector by proactively negotiating with State and City government for mutually beneficial, solutions-based budget, policy, and legislative reform that improve our members' work and the lives of the men, women and children they serve.
In 2009, the NYS Legislature enacted a budget that included a hastily planned Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) Mobility Tax aimed at curing the authority's deficit. The MTA tax imposes a 0.34 percent payroll tax on businesses within the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District (MCTD) and does not distinguish between not-for-profits, many of which are funded primarily with public funds, and for-profit businesses.
The MTA tax has had a drastic impact on the human services sector. Unlike for-profit businesses, they do not have profit margins to pay for this additional cost. And now the Governor has proposed increasing that tax, at a time when human service agencies can least afford yet another burden on their already overstretched budgets. These agencies are suffering a loss of private dollars while also enduring numerous program cuts from the State and the City. Yet the demand for services continues to grow during this recession. The consequences of this tax will be a reduction in the amount of funding the human services sector will have to deliver essential services to the public.
HSC urges the NYS Legislature to exempt human service not-for-profits from the MTA mobility payroll tax.
16. Stop the Jersey City Tax Increase
In the waning days of your predecessors' administration, the City Council of Jersey City hastily proposed a budget that included a substantial tax increase (http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/jerseycity/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1263453994245760.xml&coll=3).
Additionally, the Council on January 27, 2010 passed a resolution on a 5 - 3 vote to petition the State of New Jersey to allow the city to raise property taxes above the legal maximum of 4%; N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.15a).
The city has not followed the example of other states and municipalities and adjusted its expenses to the revenues it can raise. In fact, the city has not made a concerted effort to reduce its overall expenses, with the exception of cosmetic cuts such as furloughs, closing 4 fire stations and reassigning personnel, and requesting department to reduce costs.
17. Outlaw Outsourcing or Tax Companies that Outsource
Unemployment is an issue that needs to be addressed quickly. With each passing day that this situation continues, thousands of laid-off workers around run out of state and federal benefits. There are simply not enough jobs with the amount of available workers there are and this is a serious problem for many families.
The ‘real’ unemployment rate is 17.5% (.4% more than what it was in December of 1962) which includes both the unemployed and underemployed. The amount of people that want to work but cannot find a job is more than five times the level early this decade and the highest unemployment level since the Great Depression. Even having enough money to take classes to study for a new career is proving difficult for many Americans. Ironically, many jobs are being denied to many graduates because they are overqualified. What will happen to the younger generations? The older generations? How much longer can we wait, Mr. President?
Most of this mess that we are in right now could be avoided if American companies would provide their jobs to American workers and not outsource them.
18. Lower Property Taxes in Hamilton
Taxes in the City of Hamilton have risen steadily. Local politicians turn a deaf ear to people who call in to complain about property taxes. Together with this increase has occurred a loss of industry, a loss of jobs, a decrease in wages, a decrease in services, such as street cleaning. Hamilton now has the distinction of being the highest taxed city in Canada.
People are being forced out of their homes because they can no longer afford to live in them. We the people must take action. We need 100,000 signatures or more!
Make your MPP stand up and take notice.
19. Repeal the 1943 Current Payment Tax Act
Have you ever heard of the 1943 Current Payment Tax Act? Have you ever had taxes withheld from your paycheck? The 1943 Current Payment Tax Act (CPTA) is the law that allows our government to do that. With this law our government gets paid before we do! Prior to this law people paid their taxes once a year but the taxes due for the present year were paid the following year. For example the taxes someone owes for 2009 before this law was passed would be paid in 2010. Can you imagine what it would do for our economy if you put the money you owed for taxes in the bank and earned interest on it for a year?
The Current Payment Tax Act was passed for the benefit of our government. Automatic withholding was passed so that taxpayers would pay their taxes on time. It had been a plan of how our Treasury Department wanted our taxes to be collected ever since the Civil War. An automatic withholding system was also promoted as a way to help make the Federal income tax permanent. By 1943 the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the income tax had only been around for thirty years. The BIR, created in 1913 with the ratification of the XVI Amendment to our Constitution, opposed the plan for the automatic withholding of taxes.
What has happened to our government since the 1943 Current Payment Tax Act was passed? Our government has grown! Why has it grown? When a business has an unending flow of money it grows. The automatic withholding of taxes from our paychecks has created an unending flow of money to our government. No wonder our government has grown! How can we stop this? Your signing this petition will help. Please sign it today!
20. Against Light Rail Transit in Waterloo Region
The Region of Waterloo recently approved a $790 million plan for light rail transit (LRT). This will have a major tax impact on everyone in the Region – even those who never take mass transit. Cost overruns and annual subsidies will all be borne by local taxpayers.
Waterloo Region would be the smallest municipality in Canada with an LRT, and it lacks a major downtown employment core. The LRT will turn King Street and other streets into rail corridors. For much of the route, King will be reduced to one lane of car traffic each way.
There will be no parallel parking, and left-turns will be impossible. This will reduce accessibility and have a negative impact on many businesses.
21. Financial Reform For The American People
We are in a recession and bailing out companies with the Americans' tax dollars and it's not working. The Government wants health care reform by hiking up all the taxes which we the American people already pay.
If the average American got this stimulus package it would give them the ability to pay their debt ie, Mortgages, loans, medical and dental expenses, educational expenses. It would allow us the freedom to spend money on insurance for our family's, send our children through college, avoid foreclosures, repo's, the seniors could pay their outstanding medical bills and get out of debt which would regenerate the economy by putting the money back into the lending companies, banks, government and other companies big and small.
We bailed out the Corp Company's now it's time to start back at ground zero with the little people that work at the stores, secretaries, medical offices, teachers, etc. Some even don't have jobs anymore due to this recession and have lost everything they have worked so hard for, we are having to decide weather to feed our children or pay a loan, to pay our car payments or keep a roof over our heads, these are not easy decision but we are having to face them.
I purpose that we get a Financial Stimulus taxed package ranging from $100.000 per single family to $250.000 for a two parent household based on an annual income range from $70.000 or less. We need help now not later. It's time to make a change for the American people.
22. Ottawa Council keep my taxes DOWN this year!
Last year Ottawa Council had options available to them that could have reduced the municipal tax increase to almost zero.
Thanks to the hard work of some, millions of wasteful spending were stripped from the budget with no impact in the community.
When Council had to deal with the parts of the budget that comes with vocal special interests such as cultural groups, daycare unions, and students they voted to go home and leave you with the bill.
One Councillor even suggested that going line by line through the budget was too time consuming, despite the fact that they had already identified over a million dollars in savings after only 2 hours of debate. Another claimed that she wasn't willing to spend all week doing this because she "still had Christmas shopping to do".
23. Stop sales taxes on items consigned, resold, recycled, and used
Taxes are being collected on the sale of the same item multiple times. Taxes have already been collected on goods that are offered up for consignment, resale and recycling and in the efforts of environmental responsibility and accountability.
24. Petition for each Naturalized US citizen to receive "Bailout" cash!
Why give the big companies all the Hundreds of Millions of dollars in stimulus packages?? It won't help because the American people STILL cannot buy, nor help stimulate the economy! There are a few things that REALLY WOULD WORK!
Here is some current info as to where the government has placed funds... taken from The New York Times: The American International Group on Sunday released the names of financial institutions that benefited last fall when the Federal Reserve saved it from collapse with an $85 billion rescue loan and then three subsequent bailouts.
All told, Sundayâ's statement detailed payments of more than $94 billion, excluding payments to municipalities. All were made using government loans. (Read the disclosure by A.I.G. after the jump.)
As the mortgages underlying the credit default swap agreements decayed, A.I.G. was required to post collateral to its counterparties. By September, the firm warned that it would run out of money, prompting the government to swoop in with its initial $85 billion loan.
A subsequent government bailout provided money for the Federal Reserve to buy the securities underpinning these credit default swap agreements, canceling the contracts. Nearly $30 billion was spent to do so.
Nearly $44 billion was paid out to 20 firms, most of which were banks. (One non-bank that appeared on the list was the Citadel Investment Group, the giant hedge fund based in Chicago. It received about $200 million.)
A.I.G. also disclosed $12.1 billion in payments to municipalities, including about $1 billion each to California and Virginia, under guaranteed investment agreements. These were essentially places for municipalities to hold money raised from the likes of bond issuances until the cash was needed.
The insurer has already taken fire this weekend for its plans to pay out more than $165 million in bonuses to employees in the unit that brought A.I.G. down to its knees. Despite the consternation of the Obama administration and Republicans alike, the company was allowed to make the payments because of contractual obligations.
Update: A commenter Devilâ's Advocate helpfully added up how much each listed firm was paid by A.I.G. Goldman comes out on top with $12.9 billion through credit default swap exposure and securities lending contracts, followed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch with $12 billion and then Bank of America itself.
As of 4/1/2009... this is: 306,130,094 Americans in the U.S.A. If the government can give out BILLIONS...why can't they give Millions to the people?
SOOOO... What does the government need to do?
First: Give each NATRUALIZED AMERICAN a 1 Million dollar stimulus check!
This would do several things.
#1. It would allow every American who needs it, a chance to buy a new car.
#2. It would allow everyone to pay off debts! This in turn helps the companies that are owed, to get back on their feet as well.
#3. This would also put money back into our banks, and start the circulation of funds.
#4. This would allow those that need/want to go back to school the ability to do so.
#5 This would also allow people who need medical/dental/vision and other care to get just that!
#6. It would give parents the funds to place their children in day care while working, or attending classes.
It would allow Americans a chance to fill their freezers/pantries/walk-ins. To buy needed clothes.
And instead of a $200, or $700 stimulus on a yearly basis... bigger tax cuts, federal tax cuts for the elderly, and disabled. Our world has changed dramatically, as our economy has shown...so every American should receive a $1000 stimulus every tax season. This is in view of rising prices and costs. OVER taxing is not the answer!
Right now tax hikes, price hikes, fees, and the like are getting out of control..., and again it is directed at the PEOPLE...people who have NO money! This makes no sense, is backward thinking!
We also need to: STOP OUT SOURCING all of our work, and bring it BACK into our own country. This in turn will bring work back to our own people which in turn HELPS OUR COUNTRY!
Start a more rigid program that prohibits Non Naturalized Americans from moving here, AND staying. We have thousands of Illegal Aliens in the United States that ARE NOT accounted for!
I am not saying that we need to be un- friendly, but we do need to start thinking about, and taking care of our own!
Again, we are no good to anyone else if we can't even care for our own people in our own country.
If you agree if any of this, and see that these things would help make a Hugh turn around for our country, PLEASE sigh the petition!
Thank you for reading!
25. Allegiance to the U. S. Constitution by We the People
What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Patrick Henry - March 23, 1775
We the People, believe that the true power lies with the private citizens of the United States. We believe the founding fathers intentions were, according to the Constitution; for “the People” to control the government, not for the government to control “the People”. Government exist only for the People, only by the consent of the people.
We the People do hereby set forth the following list grievances and convictions, to all elected officials of the United States Government, in defense of certain inalienable rights, and moreover in defiance of the disregard of the principles laid forth in this petition.
26. Americans Must Insure Our Political Leaders Will Honor The Constitution
We, as Americans, must insure that our current and future political leaders cherish and honor The Constitution of The United States of America. We cannot let the 222-year-old experiment called America fail because of a 1-month radical agenda in Washington, DC filled with manipulation and deceit.
Social issues have changed, technology has changed, and our knowledge has changed. However, human nature and behavior have not changed. This is why The Constitution is not out of date or ever will be because it protects us from the frailties and whims of our leaders.
Please sign this petition electronically by clicking the "Sign Petition" button below. Your email address will be kept condfidential. Also, please forward this petition to all of your friends and family.
Sincerely,
Bill Hedgecock
27. Stop making smokers pay unfair taxes
Well, first and foremost I will say I am a smoker have been for 6 years now. I am writing this petition because I feel we as smokers are being treated unfairly and being taxed unfairly.
Where I am we not only have a state tax, but also are about to have a federal tax on top of the state tax. I feel this is unconstitutional if it were to happen to someone else they would be up in arms and it is discrimination against us.
I feel it's time for smokers to make there voice heard. For to long have we been footing the bill for anything that goes down hill financially in this country, for to long have we been taxed unfairly and I say enough its time to fight back.
28. Audit Congress and All High Government Officials
Whereas the Citizens of The United States of America have elected officials to offices of the highest power and responsibility, and whereas these same officials are human, and subject to the same faults as are all humans, and whereas recent history has shown that members of our Congress as well other high government officials may not have paid the taxes for which they are responsible:
29. Save Our Communities - Stop the Gov's Tax Freeze
In his 2009-2010 budget, Governor David Paterson proposes to freeze State property tax payments at 2008 rates on State lands, including the Catskill Park. The Governor's proposal would force local residents and business owners to pick up the State's tab on future tax increases at the county, municipal, and school district levels.
The NYS Legislature made a commitment to pay full local property taxes in 1886, when it created the Adirondack Forest Preserve. A similar commitment was made when the Catskill Park was created in 1904. State tax payments are compensation for the prohibition against commercial use of the Forest Preserve, and in recognition of the services provided by local taxpayers, including police, fire, courts, and road maintenance.
30. A Stimulus Check Every Year
Our country is really hurting financially. In fact the government doesn't even have enough gold to back up the money that is printed everyday.
It is unbelievable how busy the unemployment lines are. The jobs are all leaving the country and our economy is sinking down into a pit hole.
