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 Stand with Leading Economists: Get America Back to Work
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Stand with Leading Economists: Get America Back to Work
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Leading American economists are coming together to sign this manifesto. The Coffee Party stands with these leaders, and invites you to support them.

The Coffee Party believes that the government and the private sector should work together to create jobs.

Please add your name.

MANIFESTO DEMANDING URGENT ACTION ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE FALTERING RECOVERY

The urgent need is for government to boost demand by replacing the lost purchasing power of the unemployed and their families. Addressing deficit reduction without solving the chronic underlying deficiency of demand will prolong the great recession, harm the social cohesion of the country, and continue inflicting unnecessary hardship on millions of Americans.

The surest course to balance the budget over time is to restore a full measure of economic activity.

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1 dan luttrell 9/10 - 1:47 pm est
http://www.change.org/petitions/voters-sign-petition-to-get-the-28th-amendment-to-the-constitution-into-law?share_id=kYfHEoghxR&pe=d2e I posted to our group this link. Help send Congress a message from We the People. This is to petition congress to add the 28th Amendment to limit time served in office is 12 years and no longer. In the 70's people had made an Amendment to allow 18 year olds to have the right to vote. It took less than 3 months and less than 8 days to ratify into law. Please visit Change.org site above and read my petition. Pass it along if you agree or simply delete it if you don't. I believe you will like what you read. Change.org has done many petitions and passed and changed laws to help people. Check it out please. Visit my Face book page to make sure I am who I say I am if you want to check me out first. I recommend it if you have any doubts. Dan Luttrell, Bedford, IN. Thank you for your consideration of my petition. Dan
2 8/7 - 2:58 pm est
The party of "NO" has to stop and think about our nation as a whole. They should stop listening to the far right "tea party" people for one thing. Another would also be to vote for the people, not against them. I fear that most of the GOP are just saying no, because they are not the party in power and also shows I believe their racist attitude towards the president. I don't think the Republicans have said no so many times to other presidents in the White House. It's time for them to get together and get jobs back here so we can get to work and move the economy. Without jobs, where do they expect us to pay the taxes that they keep promising to raise?
3 gary pinto 4/21 - 6:02 pm est
I FIND THE AMERICA FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL WHE THEY ELECTED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE HOUSE! WHAT THEY GOT WAS MORE MONEY FOR THE TOP 2% AND SCREWING OF THE REST OF THE 98%! THE OLDER I GET (68 NOW) THE FARTHER TO THE LEFT I GO, CAN ANY ONE IN THIS COUNTRY SHOW ME 1 REPUBLICAN, TEA PARTY WHITE MAN (A PARTY FOR WHITE MEN ONLY, BY WHITE MEN ONLY) FOR THE WORKING AMERICAN! ALSO HAWO ABOUT ALL OTHE OFF SHORE ACCOUNTS THE RICH ARE STUFFING MONEY INTO. SOON, VERY SOON THERE WILL COME UPON MY COUNTRY A REVELUTION AND IT WILLL NOT BE PRETTY, THE HAVE NOTS WILL RISE UP AND TAKE BACK WHAT IS DUE THEM! I PUT ON THE UNIFORM AND WENT TO WAR ONLY TO BE POISONED BY MONSANTO WITH AGENT ORANGE, IT WILL BE THE THING THAT RESULT IN MY DEMISE, ONLY A MATTER OF TIME, BUT THE RICH AND THEIR MOUTH PIECES KEEP SAY CUT THIS, SCREW THEM AND GIVE MORE AND MORE TO THEIR BUNCH, WILL WE AWAKE AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, SIVILITY MY ASS!
4 Robert Bergeson 4/19 - 9:37 pm est
5 frank liuzza 4/19 - 12:54 am est
6 pam tobin 2/26 - 9:35 pm est
7 Tara Bridges 2/25 - 2:28 pm est
8 Thomas Marshall 2/18 - 7:19 pm est
9 Jasmine Bowman 2/3 - 12:22 pm est
10 Beverly Mathias 1/19 - 6:07 pm est
11 Vicki Best 1/19 - 1:14 pm est
Quit giving to the rich and help the poor become self sufficient. It will make things better for all of us.
12 Mary P Thompson 1/18 - 10:44 pm est
13 Susan Boyce 1/18 - 9:13 pm est
14 Doug Wright 1/17 - 5:53 am est
15 F.M. Sard 1/17 - 12:24 am est
I do believe that we are going to have to institute some kind of enlightened protectionism. We cannot compete with slave labor, and it is absurd to think that we can become a nation of doctors, lawyers, financiers, computer wizards, engineers, etc. The "working class" has been thrown out into the cold and given fast-food service as their alternative. America no longer manufactures the necessities of life. The global model has not worked. Its success requires the sacrifice of several generations in the developed world, as we wait for the Third World to attain a reasonable standard of living. Protectionism is a dirty word, and no politician dares advocate it, but it is what we need, applied judiciously and wisely. Simply giving people money to spend via a stimulus package will not do the trick. If spent, it will stimulate Chinese manufacturing and American retail, that's all. We need to restore American manufacturing. Bring the jobs home!
16 judy kramer 1/14 - 11:38 am est
17 becky runkle 1/13 - 8:22 pm est
18 Ray Lovelace 1/11 - 1:53 pm est
19 Susan Whalen-Sanders 1/9 - 10:07 pm est
20 William Kahler 1/9 - 6:40 pm est
21 shirl levesconte 1/9 - 6:09 pm est
22 pablo rubio ODENVILLE Alabama 35120 1/9 - 5:41 pm est
23 Denise Johnson 1/9 - 12:55 pm est
24 Eric Johnston 1/9 - 12:53 pm est
25 12/21 - 8:00 pm est
26 12/19 - 8:19 pm est
27 Kelly Owens Gwynn Oak Maryland 21207 10/4 - 10:40 pm est
Are there any local meetings in the Baltimore area? This is so refreshing. I am so glad this is here for those of us who are so tired of the ugliness in politics
28 Angela Lund Oswego New York 13126 9/27 - 10:13 pm est
29 Charlotte Greenbaum Stanford California 94305 9/11 - 1:27 pm est
30 Kennedy Nguyen Kansas City Missouri 64124 9/3 - 12:46 pm est
31 R.J. Hayes Lawrenceburg Tennessee 38464 8/31 - 10:00 pm est
32 Mike Fleshman Brooklyn New York 11232 8/23 - 2:36 am est
Dear Mr. President, Its the economy, stupid (and all your wars).
33 Jean and Donald Clark Pleasant Hill Tennessee 38578 8/21 - 1:04 pm est
34 Alan Teitel PORT WASHINGTON New York 11050 8/14 - 3:19 pm est
35 Ben Jones Las Vegas Nevada 89113 8/13 - 6:36 pm est
36 Darla Witmer Duncansville Pennsylvania 16635 8/10 - 11:30 pm est
37 James Ford Oakville Missouri 63129 8/10 - 9:40 am est
38 Christy Shane Lake Mills Wisconsin 53551 8/10 - 12:49 am est
39 Gregory Williams Montclair California 91763 8/5 - 6:47 pm est
The right would have you believe they are true patriots. The right is lead by the establishment who like no better than have a social and economic divide in the country. It serves them to make wages smaller, to import low cost goods and hire people who are not here legally. They play groups against each and offer only weapons of mass distraction. I was a true believer in free trade, countries would produce what they were most efficient at producing, but this was based on fairness, not on laborers exploited or corporations subsidized, or countries having full health care paid by for their governments while ours must pay. That is not a level playing field. The right would have you believe we cannot afford to have a job creation plan. What we can't afford is a tax structure where the rich do not pay their fair share, where the highest tax rates have declined from 92% during Eisenhower to what they pay now. Our tax rate is 38th in the world. Create jobs now or face the consequences in the future. I have seen what it is like to live in a developing country. You do not want that here!
40 East Windsor New Jersey 08520 8/3 - 2:13 pm est
Stop spending money on bombs and killing! We need health care reform, education and jobs!
41 Elizabeth Dunne Oakland California 94611 8/3 - 6:21 am est
42 Ginny Rogers Oviedo Florida 32765 8/2 - 4:14 pm est
43 Catherine Shiver New Port Richey Florida 34653 8/2 - 1:54 pm est
44 James Marinoni Oror Valley Arizona 85737 8/2 - 5:40 am est
We need to change the laws concerning the influence of money and morals, because there are a lot of soulless people who are influenced by the wrong things making the decisions for all of the people but not representing the majority, THIS MUST STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
45 Cheryl Walder San Francisco California 94102 7/31 - 3:58 pm est
46 Kathleen Pearson Wasilla Alaska 99654 7/30 - 2:59 am est
47 Emily Nikirk Bedford Indiana 47421 7/28 - 5:54 pm est
48 Suzanne Reinhardt Hazleton Pennsylvania 18201 7/27 - 4:58 pm est
Opposed to the current republican idea that this nations unemployed are lazy or drug addicted, the economic climate has created a perfect storm of unprecedented unemployment rates. These people are victims of a flawed ideology that shifted jobs overseas and left our workforce unable to compete with lower paid workers elsewhere. When the "greening of America" is implemented with vigor the jobs will begin to come back. Corporations should be encouraged to research in order to provide green products for consumers. I look for companies that use innovative technology to reduce carbon emissions. The government should encourage the private sector to do more in that direction.
49 Paul Escamilla New York New York 10028 7/27 - 3:41 pm est
50 Jon Ramirez Wichita Kansas 67217 7/26 - 10:55 pm est
51 Jeffrey Guerra Johnson City Tennessee 37604 7/25 - 1:22 pm est
52 Constance Engle Hendersonville North Carolina 28739 7/25 - 7:55 am est
53 Natassia Panesar San Diego California 92104 7/24 - 7:45 pm est
54 Alan Daniel Petrash Brooklyn New York 11210 7/24 - 6:07 pm est
55 Eugene Anderson Riverside California 92507 7/24 - 5:59 pm est
Let's face it--the current recession is the result of 40 years of cutting real wages for workers and exporting manufacturing jobs, not just of speculation in the last few years! It's time to do a lot more about this. We have to return to the now-radical idea of actually taxing the rich, instead of only the middle class and the poor.
56 Cecile Carpenter Lawrence Kansas 66046 7/24 - 4:49 pm est
57 Michele Grosspietsch Lake Zurich Illinois 60047 7/23 - 12:21 pm est
58 Kellen Jackson Indianapolis Indiana 46240 7/23 - 10:57 am est
59 billy chasteen mt vernon Kentucky 40456 7/23 - 12:21 am est
how about this thot: sending jobs overseas while maintaining the corprate structure is not stategic. down right dumb, as you are dependent on the quality, safety and supply of out of country providers. as of this minute China could take away our tupperware and we would collapse as a nation. American jobs would reignite the country's real economic engine, the middle class and stop the drip, drip, drip of Amererica's decline.
60 Brianna Hardee Seabrook Texas 77586 7/22 - 10:40 pm est
61 Kimberly HeerBrandt Midlothian Virginia 23112 7/22 - 8:18 pm est
62 Annabel Park Silver Spring Maryland 20914 7/20 - 8:20 pm est
We need to stop focusing on corporate profit and instead work towards American prosperity. There is a difference.
63 Bruce Schuman Santa Barbara California 93101 7/20 - 8:17 pm est
We must call the leading voices together to stand for the people and for common sense, and to protect the economic vitality of our country. We cannot afford to wage two wars and engage in "nation building" abroad, while neglecting our own country and our ecological and economic infrastructure.