SenatorSanders: It is time for the President to stand with the millions who have lost their jobs, homes, and life savings

We desperately need more Bernie Sanders. Who is the Republican Bernie Sanders?

Please make sure you click on the link and sign his petition. No one has been more verbal about the unemployed, 99ers and the fair distribution of wealth in this country than Sen. Sanders. He should definitely get our support. Takes 2 minutes to sign the petition.

My husband and I both signed.

Thank you jculp. So glad you both signed. We need everyone's help.

I want to sign, but I see no mention of unemployed, no mention of treating unemployed with respect, with encouraging hiring. Also, it is not just families or elderly or disabled that need help. Singles have lost their jobs and fall into the typical not qualifying for any help and have had to pay higher taxes. I know Mr Sanders means well, but I feel this petition leaves out the real oppressed and ignored, the singles who are now losing everything and have no partner to turn to for benefits or income.

wausauguy, I think this is just a petition to get him(The President) to listen. Sen. Sanders has been a champion for the unemployed, the 99ers, those underwater on mortgages and preserving our social safety net. At the end of last year, he asked for and received letters and resumes of all the 99ers who participated, he was trying to get an extension of benefits for us.

I believe from what I have read it is largely symbolic, to present the President with the names of those who are hurting.

MaryKay I understand, and I kind of wondered if I should just not have posted. I have great respect for what he has done. I just have this pet peeve that it seems the focus is so much on "family" and whether unintentionally or not it seems singles are being overlooked. My intention is not to diminish anything that some are trying to do.

I do appreciate all that you do and how you stay so focused and positive. I find all that you do inspirational.

John

I didn't mean it that way either wausau. I think he includes everyone in "family" that's just his way.

But it brings to mind a good point, not to diminish families, so please all don't think I am, but when it comes to adults who are single, married with no children (by choice or not)there are few programs that take "us" into account. Tax credits are non-existent, deductions aren't there for us and until they enacted the Family Leave Act, many of us, with no children, but an aging, sick parent or brother and sister, had no recourse. Again, not bashing a "family" unit or the help they deserve, but singles are really overlooked. If you are a single adult, right now, once benefits exhaust many States offer NO help at all. Not even a food allowance. PA is one of them.

Thank you for your kind words. Believe me, I am not always as positive as you may think, like all our members, I have my bad days too. I fight it tooth and nail but sometimes I don't win. So, when it builds, I give myself the day or night off, don't watch the news or go on line, I just get lost in a book or Greys Anatomy or something like that. We have to. But, with not much happening on the job front at all, if I can advocate, it not only clears my head, keeps my focused, but I am amazed at how much I didn't really know about our government, judicial systems and the workings of each State and the Federal Government. I have learned alot and keep learning everyday. It has given me an insight to people I never had before and I have made friends, which I think is the best part. I hope and pray every day that it pays off for all of us, but if it shouldn't, I know that for once, I didn't go quietly, I stood our ground. It saddens me to see the reaction of many people when discussing our plight, we sure could use a little of the "kinder, gentler society", but I learned that as well. Never judge until you have walked in those shoes, it's so true. There are many of us who probably would have felt differently about homelessness, poverty, State Assistance and the like, had we not walked in these shoes for the last three years. So, again, thanks for you kind words, it's really a pleasure for me to have met so many really wonderful people. My real hope is someday we all get to really "meet".