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  Jobs, jobs, jobs

  "It's the economy stupid!" On WYSL radio a financial guy had a woman on who said all those retired and those who lost their jobs might want to "energize their lives" and do something they always wanted. Its' a great opportunity to do so. Let me see...you lost your job in a tight market and you decide you want to be a actress or actor. Do you think that would feed your family? Or say you retired and your health ...more »

  "It's the economy stupid!"

  On WYSL radio a financial guy had a woman on who said all those retired and those who lost their jobs might want to "energize their lives" and do something they always wanted. Its' a great opportunity to do so.

  Let me see...you lost your job in a tight market and you decide you want to be a actress or actor. Do you think that would feed your family? Or say you retired and your health is so so. Do your dream anyway. What?

  Any day now I expect to hear them say how about starting your own business (al la Kerry last campaign for President). Where's the money for that when money is tight (and an international bank wants to use it for weapons, etc.)? We get no bailouts with our own money.

  Then when your business is successful and you go corporate to get shareholders some larger international corporations buys it up and moves it over seas. You lose control and your employees in your community are out of work. Your market, technology, and ideas gone to a foreign country because they are cheaper labor (without benefits and pensions). Hey those CEOs have so much money they don't need it. The politicians have pensions we pay for.

  The "go back to college and get an education" is a little worn too. We have more educated applicants than jobs.

  It's so easy for the rich to be comfortable and tell the jobless to find a job...lazy people!! Many politicians are rich on our tax dollars. They get golden prosecutes when leaving office for their vote.

  Stop the fear mongering and false hope in a society on it's knees from poor leadership and policy. Where are the jobs, jobs, jobs?

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  Submitted by stevensje 3 years ago

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  Dark Skies Parks

  National Geographic had an article about light polution in our country. Many areas are starting Dark Sky codes and regulations. http://www.polcouncil.org/ Why can't we in America begin to do what is right for our environment? Lights would be a good place to start. http://www.selene-ny.org/downloads/lightfixtures.pdf Types of lights for homeowners interested in the Dark Skies movement. Our outside ...more »

  National Geographic had an article about light polution in our country. Many areas are starting Dark Sky codes and regulations.

  http://www.polcouncil.org/

  Why can't we in America begin to do what is right for our environment? Lights would be a good place to start.

  http://www.selene-ny.org/downloads/lightfixtures.pdf

  Types of lights for homeowners interested in the Dark Skies movement. Our outside lights are hooded. We turn our lights out now to prevent bugs, etc.

  My inlaws in a retirement community have a mailbox which can be turned on for emergency rescue, etc. Public services such as police and firemen would need to see your address.

  http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/cherrysprings/cherrysprings_darkskies.aspx

  Why not a Dark Sky Parks in your state? I'm sure we already have park lands which are way out and dark.

  Here in my town there are too many lights to see a dark sky with many stars. I miss them since I grew up in a rural area.

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  Submitted by stevensje 3 years ago

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  Single Payer Health Care Truth

  First we have to define why any insurance system works. It is because many people pay into it. When you need it (hopefully not at the same time) you draw your benefits. In a health system some may never need more than their yearly physical, etc. Republicans forget this definition of insurance. They say it will be too expensive. Yes that is true since they only include the poor, cheap labor, immigrants, etc. (including ...more »

  First we have to define why any insurance system works. It is because many people pay into it. When you need it (hopefully not at the same time) you draw your benefits.

  In a health system some may never need more than their yearly physical, etc.

  Republicans forget this definition of insurance. They say it will be too expensive. Yes that is true since they only include the poor, cheap labor, immigrants, etc. (including women and children of illegals). They mostly don't make enough to pay into it or not at all.

  Repubs want to fund insurance company profits and cover cheap labor costs for low wage workers. Corporations win big time.

  Here's the bottom line of a government run system. Everyone has to be in on the system or it will be too expensive.

  Kucinich has told them that a pay into government system by all would be cheaper. Yet the media has those talking heads...and even President Obama on warning of this and that...saying it won't work for all. Lies once again by our own leaders.

  Both party constituents want government health systems without insurance companies. Boy is that scary for the politicans since they get money from them.

  Europe has health care for all yet aren't bankrupted by it. Why? Most systems are controlled and everyone who qualifies pay into it. We have the most expensive and poor health system of any developed country. It is more costly than theirs right now (and going up faster than the cost of living).

  Paying a tax to health insurance companies is just outrageous when we consider we are the most costly and poor health system in the world already. This won't make it cheaper.

  It is too expensive. Care is going down hill quickly.

  Too many doctors give patients drugs which are bad for them and don't follow up on warnings, etc. There are drug deaths and seniors are losing their homes.

  Most of Congress have good health insurance so they aren't worried. It's our money which protects them. They don't have family in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. either. That's another subject like health care that is just unfair to be discussed at another time. The elite few live well on our money and labor. It's an oligarcy who can't seem to run the country.

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  Submitted by stevensje 3 years ago

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  Tax the top rich now

  We have huge debt. Obama instead is promising to let tax cuts to top 1% rich expire in 2010. It will be 2011 before the money even flows into our treasury. Movie stars don't need million dollar weddings, numerous homes, etc. Billionaires are very common today while our society can't pay to run our government. Our large, educated middle class made us the great democracy "we were". If you are lucky to prosper in our ...more »

  We have huge debt. Obama instead is promising to let tax cuts to top 1% rich expire in 2010. It will be 2011 before the money even flows into our treasury.

  Movie stars don't need million dollar weddings, numerous homes, etc. Billionaires are very common today while our society can't pay to run our government. Our large, educated middle class made us the great democracy "we were". If you are lucky to prosper in our democracy, you should pay back so others can do the same.

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  No fast track passage for Congress & President

  When ever there is legislation for a fast track status..it is always bad for America. Now we find out that the Iraq war was a lie. That was forced by Bush. Powell lied to the UN. We've been there for over five years. It could be a decade of the Military Industrial Complex profiteering. Forget who dies. When the bailout by Obama was on a fast track we found out no one knew what the bill said but Congress voted ...more »

  When ever there is legislation for a fast track status..it is always bad for America.

  Now we find out that the Iraq war was a lie. That was forced by Bush. Powell lied to the UN. We've been there for over five years. It could be a decade of the Military Industrial Complex profiteering. Forget who dies.

  When the bailout by Obama was on a fast track we found out no one knew what the bill said but Congress voted it on it anyway. Now we find out $9 Billion has gone down a black hole.

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  More Representation in Congress

  Believe it or not there is a law that states as the population expands more representatives should be in Congress (one representative not to exceed every 30,000 people). They have not kept up resulting in 650,000 people for every representative. Not since 1901 or so has Congress added many. It's a dangerous concentration of power to the few. If Illinois had 30,000 people (population 12,901,563) for every representative ...more »

  Believe it or not there is a law that states as the population expands more representatives should be in Congress (one representative not to exceed every 30,000 people).

  They have not kept up resulting in 650,000 people for every representative. Not since 1901 or so has Congress added many. It's a dangerous concentration of power to the few.

  If Illinois had 30,000 people (population 12,901,563) for every representative we would have 430 representatives in Congress. Right now we have 18. NC for every 30,000 people (population 9,222,414) would have 307 representatives. Right now you have 13.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment#Controversy__and_History

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment#Proposed_expansion

  Try and talk with your representative on the phone. They are too busy and ignore us.

  Oath of office and Constitution? Forget it. We do not have "representation for and by the people" right now. It is representation for the corporations who give them money (who write the laws and give positions after office).

  With so many representatives they would have trouble paying them all. Our voices might be heard. Our representatives not think they are kings and queens with so much arrogance we can't stand most of them.

  It is a violation of our right to representation at this present number in the House.

  Now this is something to think and write about!!

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  Department of Waste

  Since waste has become such a problem to our society we We need to have a agency who can address the ever increasing problems. They could be under the EPA or working together, etc. They should also have law powers against pollutors, dumpers, etc. We should not allow our country business, etc. to dump off waste foreign countries in the ocean, etc. Nor they us. We could demand products such as plastic toys ...more »

  Since waste has become such a problem to our society we We need to have a agency who can address the ever increasing problems.

  They could be under the EPA or working together, etc.

  They should also have law powers against pollutors, dumpers, etc.

  We should not allow our country business, etc. to dump off waste foreign countries in the ocean, etc. Nor they us.

  We could demand products such as plastic toys be recycleable and of a similar type. Same with hospital waste plastics, etc.

  We have so much waste they should also monitor and be given funds to do research, recycle here making new produts, or sell our garage to other countries. There is profit in those dump yards and land sites.

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  Hostile takeovers should be illegal

  Very good American companies have been victims of hostile take overs. The corporate\company CEOs, lawyers, etc. profit big time but not the company, employees, or shareholders. In towns with only a few industries the community suffers too. Huge debt can ruin them all. When you think about it the hostile CEOs and directors have violated the corporate charter to be good citizens to that community, etc. No charge ...more »

  Very good American companies have been victims of hostile take overs.

  The corporate\company CEOs, lawyers, etc. profit big time but not the company, employees, or shareholders. In towns with only a few industries the community suffers too. Huge debt can ruin them all.

  When you think about it the hostile CEOs and directors have violated the corporate charter to be good citizens to that community, etc. No charge is filed. No state outrage by govenment to make it answer for the hostile take over being good or bad. It is against the law and has a huge fine.

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  Submitted by stevensje 3 years ago

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  Enforce the Logan Act

  Our American citizens joining secret,behind closed door groups making policy, etc.is against our law. They meet with foreign people...leaders, royals, corporate CEOs, bankers, etc. in our name. No journalists are allowed to know what they talk about or who is at the meetings. This is a law not enforced by our government because many of them belong to these groups. By ignoring them it has given them great power. It ...more »

  Our American citizens joining secret,behind closed door groups making policy, etc.is against our law. They meet with foreign people...leaders, royals, corporate CEOs, bankers, etc. in our name. No journalists are allowed to know what they talk about or who is at the meetings.

  This is a law not enforced by our government because many of them belong to these groups. By ignoring them it has given them great power. It should not matter who it is...since no one is above the law. Seems they are today.

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