FOCUS On Poverty 2008 (USA)

Target:

Everyone

Sponsored by:

www.focusonpoverty.blogspot.com

This Petition calls for every man, woman and child in the United States of America to have access to adequate food, clothing, housing and healthcare.

50 million people in the United States live below the poverty line. Many of them are working poor.

This means that they work one, two or three jobs, and can still not make ends meet, or help to make life better for their kids.

This is not their fault. They didn't creat the housing crisis, the credit crunch or the steep rise in gas prices.

We are trying to rebuild a country half a globe away, but we seem not have the will to rebuild our own. That needs to change. Now.

Too many people waste time studying the effects of poverty. This petition calls for the immediate alleviation of the symptoms.

We want everyone who reads this Petition to sign it. Then, we want them to get their friends to sign it. Then, we want them to get every one of the candidates standing for election to any public office n 2008 to support it.

In this way, you will help this acorn to become the oak that alleviates poverty in every county, in every town, in every hood, in every state in this country.

50 million of our friends and neighbors unable to live properly, through no fault of their own, is a stain on our conscience - both personal and national.

Make a difference today!

[For more information, go to http://www.focusonpoverty.blogspot.com.]

We the undersigned call for every man, woman and child in the United States of America to have adequate access to food, clothing, housing and healthcare.

By signing this Petition, we send a message to every office-holder and activist in the country that we want poverty to end in this country.

We keep it simple. We don't talk about how; we don't talk about causes; we don't get political. We just say: enough is enough.

We live in the richest country in the world. Our friends and our neighbors should not be wanting, through no fault of their own.

Let's put aside differences. Come together. Find a way - together - to end this national stain. Please.

Join us by signing our Petition. Then, get a friend to sign it. Then ask an activist, or a candidate for public office in 2008, to sign it.

In this way, our network will grow. And where there is a will, there is always a way.

Don't wait for someone else to show the way. We can be the leaders in our society. Each one of us - as citizen activists.

This is the better nature of humanity. It is the nature of SinceSlicedBread.com and Care2. Let's show America how it works!

Thank you.

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# 53:

3:20 am PDT, Oct 16, Helena Dworeck, Finland

# 52:

1:30 pm PDT, Oct 14, William Strong, Virginia

# 51:

6:06 pm PDT, Oct 13, Name not displayed, Florida
It can be a fault on the person. I actually have helped my mom get back on here feet when her house went into forclosure because her inability to pay the payments, even though she was working as a nurse and making very good money, she used half of her paychecks on beer, gas, and ciggaretts. It's bad when that is half of your check and you have house payment, power, phone, and other bills to pay. Our society isn't dependent on it self and this is a major problem of why rates and prices of everything increases and that is the governments job to start controlling. If they take charge and help the US economy then you wouldn't have all these people that are hitting rock bottom.

You have to learn how to simply live without luxury and things you really don't need. Doing this has it's effects also. You grow up to learn the value of a dollar and what's worth spending it on, but you never have the cool things, which can lead to poor self esteem and even depression which can lead anyone to poverty.

# 50:

5:20 am PDT, Oct 2, Name not displayed, North Carolina

# 48:

1:19 am PDT, Aug 10, Maria Romano, New York

# 47:

11:41 pm PDT, Jun 12, Barbara Bunton, Texas

# 45:

5:07 pm PDT, May 10, Rebecca Burns, New Jersey

# 44:

2:06 pm PDT, Apr 29, Anita Kofta, Wisconsin

# 43:

8:06 am PDT, Apr 18, Paul Aaron, North Carolina

# 42:

2:45 am PDT, Apr 13, Can Atik, Turkey

# 41:

4:15 pm PDT, Apr 11, Frank Chizmar, Vermont

# 40:

12:49 pm PDT, Apr 11, Kelsely Noerenberg, Minnesota
Poverty is such a sad thing, my family lives in poverty and it is not fun!!

# 39:

8:20 pm PDT, Apr 10, James Herald, Indiana

# 38:

4:11 am PDT, Apr 7, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin

# 37:

6:19 am PDT, Apr 5, Ines Seidel, Germany

# 36:

4:59 am PDT, Apr 5, Roberta Bolton, Georgia

# 35:

10:24 pm PDT, Mar 30, BiLL Fowlie, Maine

# 34:

4:39 pm PDT, Mar 30, Nicole Vahai, Hawaii

# 33:

3:25 pm PDT, Mar 30, Silky Wyld, Wisconsin

# 32:

1:34 pm PDT, Mar 30, Shivonne Willcocks, New Zealand

# 31:

7:35 am PDT, Mar 30, Jess Bouboulis, Illinois

# 30:

5:55 am PDT, Mar 30, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 29:

3:33 am PDT, Mar 30, Dilaila Ratliff, New Jersey
dilaila ratliff

# 28:

10:22 am PDT, Mar 29, Mary Zoglio, Florida
SOME OF THEM DID NOT HAVE MONEY TO GO TO COLLEGE TO BETTER THEM SELFS NOW THEY WORK TWO AND THREE JOBS JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND THAT IS CRAZY WE NEED TO HELP ALL....

IT IS NOT TO MUCH....AND IS NEVER TO MCU TIME TO STOP HELPING OTHER COUNTRYS AND HELP OURS.....

# 27:

4:43 pm PDT, Mar 28, Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin

# 26:

12:32 pm PDT, Mar 28, Nicky Elizabeth, Maine

# 25:

11:07 am PDT, Mar 28, Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece

# 24:

11:44 pm PDT, Mar 27, Art Deco, Maine

# 23:

4:49 pm PDT, Mar 27, Jenny Mrkvicka, Iowa

# 22:

5:14 am PDT, Mar 27, Karen VDay, Indiana

# 21:

9:09 pm PDT, Mar 26, Victoria Thomas, Wyoming

# 20:

8:49 pm PDT, Mar 26, Dinda Evans, California

# 19:

1:19 pm PDT, Mar 26, Crystal Jack, Florida

# 18:

10:11 am PDT, Mar 26, Cara Gubrud, Minnesota

# 17:

8:39 am PDT, Mar 26, Tania Naim, Lebanon

# 16:

8:12 am PDT, Mar 26, Anne Seidel, Germany

# 15:

7:27 am PDT, Mar 26, Catherine Smalley, United Kingdom

# 14:

6:07 am PDT, Mar 26, Franziska Eber, Germany

# 13:

6:05 am PDT, Mar 26, Dora Kassis, Greece

# 12:

5:41 am PDT, Mar 26, Pierre Chretien, Canada

# 11:

3:15 am PDT, Mar 26, Thomas Pirovano, Switzerland
Hopp!

Yes!

# 10:

3:10 am PDT, Mar 26, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania

# 9:

2:33 am PDT, Mar 26, Steve Klein, Canada

# 8:

10:52 pm PDT, Mar 25, Danielle Ciccone, Hawaii

# 7:

9:58 pm PDT, Mar 25, Pam Boland, Georgia

# 6:

9:11 pm PDT, Mar 25, Kiku Nitta, California

# 5:

8:33 pm PDT, Mar 25, Name not displayed, New York

# 4:

7:10 pm PDT, Mar 25, JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada

# 3:

6:35 pm PDT, Mar 25, Chris Carlson, North Dakota

# 2:

5:34 pm PDT, Mar 25, Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire

# 1:

5:27 pm PDT, Mar 25, Franquelyne Low, New Mexico

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