There is no doubt the election of Barack Obama is a watershed. An 8-year-long national nightmare is coming to an end. But there is a tremendous amount of damage to repair.
Foremost is addressing the economic crisis that is upon us and which touches on every concern from the environment and healthcare to wars and energy.
The wealthy and corporate interests who dished out billions of dollars this election season will be swarming over Washington to get their agendas passed. The energy giants will demand “clean coal,” nuclear power and offshore drilling. More big corporations facing bankruptcy because of their corruption and greed will demand taxpayer bailouts.
Military contractors and weapon peddlers will push the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The super-rich will cry poverty and demand more tax cuts. HMOs and insurance companies will promote bogus healthcare “reforms” so they can forestall universal healthcare. And they won’t take no for an answer.
Organizations listed for identification purposes only.
Just like the 1930s, this unprecedented crisis has given us the opportunity to fix America and create a productive, sustainable economy for all. Let's get to work!
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Signatories
Gregg Osofsky
Pine Plains NY
sandy sanders,
Oakland CA
"Green New Deal! Green New Deal! Bailout Our Home Mother Earth, not Rich People!"
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Emeryville CA
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tivoli new york
Kellia Ramares,
OAKLAND Left Fiefd Line Productions California
"Global Problems need holistic solutions. No ID politics! http://kelliasworld.wordpress.com/"
nicole Lefaivre
montreal
Riley Pollom
Rosedale, Alberta, Canada None AB
Toby Woller
Lompoc CA
Bill Barmettler
Chehalis WA
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atlanta GA
Bob Struwe
Grand Junction CO
Donna Larner Lavery
Los Angeles CA
Janice Hardy
Petaluma CA
Britt Walford
Louisville KY
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Pardeeville none WI
"Stop the thieves that took us over the cliff...Start using the money to help us all, not the bankers."
Caryn Banker
Dubois none WY
James Squires
cook minnesota
Kevin Mitchell
Denman Island BC
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New York NY
Debbie Apperson
Monterey TN
Teresa Jaeger
Melbourne FL
Peter Rudd
Ridgewood NY
Branden Barber,
San Francisco RAN California
"We must stop this final, grand crime of this criminally intent administration!"
susan carey
whitestone new york
Jerry K. F. Chilson,
Enumclaw Washington
"The fact that this "Bailout" was rushed through in days, by the same people who have systematicaly Duped & Plundered our nation for the last 8 years, Plus, is the most obvious reson that it must be stopped.Then, a deliberated, carefully considered plan, Implemented & put in place, Instead of a last minute Republican rape of tax dollars. "
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San Francisco California
Rich Long
Wooster Ohio
Damien Finneran
Queens New York
Paula Steffen
Newton MA
randy hoover,
san diego project:CADD ca
"stop the bailout NOW ... it is just going into the pockets of the bush admin and their henchmen"
Thomas J. Cullen
Philadelphia PA
Scott Richard Lyons
Geneva New York
Kati Lewis
CA
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wesport connecticut
Renée
Plainfield VT
Andrew Kozloski
Shoemakersville PA
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jupiter fl
Dave Justice,
Albuquerque NM
"Stop this Heist!"
Davitt Barry
Westmont Illinois
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East Hampton NY
"Now that we have elected the right president, we must stay vocal and active in encouraging him to do the right thing. The money going to the Wallstreet bailout must be diverted to go to a Mainstreet bailout!"
Steve Brewer
aransas pass tx
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Banner Elk NC
"“Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.” Thomas Jefferson"
James Burnette,
Oak Ridge NC
"People are real; Corporations are just man-made"
Tim Bogle
Delray Beach Fl
Ava Venturelli
Burbank ca
Beverly Erickson
West Linn Oregon
Joe White
New York New York
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lake wales fl
Angelo Venturelli,
Burbank CA
"The gurus of Wall St got themselves in this mess. Let them get themselves out of it!"
Edward Gray
Iowa City Iowa
Jerry Byrd,
Cincinnati OH
"When do we meet in Washington, DC? I'm ready NOW ...and I know many others who will be willing to be there with me! We need to get a million+ citizens to show up and demand action from the rump Congress. Save the future of America for ourselves, our children and our grand-children!"
Theresa Joyce-Harris
Indianapolis Indiana
Jim Maxwell,
Pilot Point TX
""We the People" need to take back our government and country from "they the corporations and corrupt elites""
David Vislay,
Oregon Ohio
"ENOUGH!"
Jamie Bartlett
Santa Rosa Beach FL
ellen allen
melrose florida
Andrew Nessel
Minneapolis MN
joyce corrington
sierra vista AZ
Joshua Blanchfield
Hartford CT
Peter Dimitriou,
Grand Rapids MI
"We must have economic progress and justice in America!!!"
Roy & Andrea Hitt,
Winchester Center CT
"true democracy is within our grasp - we cannot fail to act and call to account our representatives in government to KEEP IT CLEAN - "
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Norwalk CT
Bonnie Winterstine
Sterling VA
Aaron
Granger IN
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Kenwood California
George Parrish
Gardner CO
Michael C Fierst
Portland Oregon
Clint Weldon
Austin TX
christa schlosser
toronto ontario
vivian Norris
Michael Darby,
Sierra Vista AZ.
"enough is enough, if this new administration doesn't get on the ball within weeks, its time for drastic measures. "
Ellin Stiteler
Gillette Wyoming
carla tevelow
wilmington nc
Janet Quinn
Lacey Washington
Peggy Luhrs,
Burlington Vermont
"stop the bonuses and payments to wall street execs who caused this meltdown. Anybody who ever built a house knows you start at the foundation not the top. We need to build an ecological economy that works with nature and encompasses all the people especially women who are at the bottom and whose caring work is not compensated though it keeps us all alive."
Jeanne Lafferty
Cambridge MA
Beth Lauren
NewYork Freyja Films LLC NY
Anne George,
pittsburgh st. vrain valley community watchdogs PA
"The 0 billion bailout is total bullshit. I want that money used used for an alternative energy industry and universal healthcare."
Dexter X
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Richmond VA
Tracey Mitchell,
Saskatoon SK
"Don't let "Yes We Can!" ring hollow when Obama inherits a bare cupboard!"
Robert Barbour,
Clackamas OR
"Billions for health and education, not billionaires."
Brian F Koch
Chester NY
Julia Hall
Damascus OR
Kim Glidden
Plano Tx
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Boston MA
Rhonda Bush
Colorado Springs CO
Norton Lovold
Bismarck North Dakota
Williams Andrew Gibbens,
Johnson City Emmanuel School of Religion TN
"As a Christian seminary student preparing either for further academic work of a life in ministry, I stand with the poor, the lowly, the outcast, and overlook."
Judy Christianson,
Eau Claire Private citizen WI
"Our voices must drown out the influence of corporate power and control in government. Power to the people! "
Don and Betsy Abbott
Andover MA
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Amesville OH
Roberta Frye
Culver City, CA CA
Edmund Weisberg
Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Michael Kanter,
Madison WI
"Wake up America! Yes We Can! Now is the time."
Michael Mahoney
MW Anderson,
Parkland FL
"It is time to apply critical science to our markets, rather blindly accepting the "faith-based" economic policies foisted on us by the son of a failed sweatshop owner."
Jeffrey M Kisling,
Palo Alto CA
"Now on to the work required. There is much repair to be done."
Maureen Dolan,
Chicago Illinois
"YES! Homeland Earth! Joy and Justice! Let's build the biggest people's movement!"
Michael Mandel
Port Washington NY
Dianne Varga
Vernon Canada
Larry Dolan
Plattsburgh Resonator New York
Barbara Anastasia
La Jolla CA
Richard Valentine
San Francisco California
Andre' Blouin
Wilmington NC
Eric Barth
Kerrville None Texas
Carmen n'ha Lydia,
Idanha Oregon
"we need to explore the idea of a Fair Tax. Go to fairtax.com for information about this plan. It's probably not perfect, but has some merit. Yes, we can."
Diane Beaulaurier
Placerville CA
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santa fe nm
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St. Paul MN
Jim Varn,
Greenwood MS
"Stop free market socialism! Say no to socialization of debt and privatization of profit."
Laraine Flemming,
Northford Connecticut
" Happy as I am about Obama's election, I think we do have to be vigilant that he sticks to his campaign promises since, god knows, the sharks will be circling trying to maintain the bastion of power and privilege, which started to be built under Reagan and reached a pinnacle of plunder and corruption under Bush. They aren't going to give up easily so neither should we."
Nancy Gadzuk
Wilmington North Carolina
Madeline Goldstein
Chicago IL
Jeanmarie Simpson,
Los Angeles WILPF CA
"Let's make it stick this time!"
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New Haven STM Mossouri
"Let the fat cats work out their own problems. Help the guy at the bottom!"
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Edmonton Alberta
Michael Angevine
Idanha Oregon
Jeff Goldman
Culver City CA
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Monmouth Illinois
"Slavery, Pollution, and Endless War are the inevitable manifestations of so called "Free Market Capitalism.""
Ross Tanenbaum
Kamuela HI
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Mentor Individual Ohio
"Single payer national health care for every citizen!!! Investment in solar and wind energy with tax incentives for individuals (not just businesses) that are significant enough to make conversion to green energy living affordable!! Invest in a public transportation infrastructure to rival that of European countries allowing us to compete!!Re-structure the public education system so funding and standards are handled at the Federal level (as in other democracies) so everyone has access to the same educational opportunities. A high school diploma should mean the same thing no matter where in the country it was earned."
Amanda Youngbar,
Severn MD
"green new deal!"
Doug Hanscom
Baltimore GM Autoworker Maryland
Jordan Alexander Terrell
Jacksonville Florida
Ian Iverson,
Royal Oak` MI
"The answer is socialism. Environmental, democratic socialism. Just as power naturally belongs to the masses, so does wealth! The environment is public property, and every time corporations treat it like private property, it is a crime against the planet and all life on it. The masses have the right to determine how their wealth is used, and have the right to protect their environment. The fact that people are forced to pay for clean water is a towering monument to the failure of the free market system. This is not a solution to the crisis; the real crisis is the permanent ecological damage that must not occur in the first place."
Barbara Wynroth
Burlington Vermont
Tracey Noblette,
Media concerned citizen PA
"The UK did it correctly. Why not the US??"
Eugenia Aledo
New York New York
von robinson
wappingers falls ny
Diana Fisher
Pittsburgh PA
Phillip R, DeBice,
Longwood retired firefigther Florida
"yes, we can!"
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Baltimore MD
Carl Gendvil`
Staten Island NY
Justin Ripley
Seattle Washington
Jason Stewart
Toronto ON
Eric Schwing,
Richmond Va
"Corporate socialism is really corporate fascism where social wealth is class configured by the state and corporations through class tyranny. Stop Fascism by stopping Corporate thugs"
Bill Buchner,
Idleyld Park Oregon
"Green jobs and retraining now!"
Andrew Kusatsu
San Diego CA
William Lundine
Lansing MI
Stuart Shadwell
Chicago IL
bill hay,
Soquel California
"Our fight is just beginning - and the Rahm Emanuel appointment says we are already losing."
Andrew Riplinger
Chicago IL
Allen Welsch
Seattle WA
Ildikó Kalapács
Spokane WA
Christ P. Davis
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Andrew Curtis
Jamaica Plain MA
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Short Hills NJ
Tom Stephens,
Detroit National Lawyers Guild Michigan
"Foreclosure relief & prevention, a Green New Deal, massive stimulus to the real economy for living wage jobs, and prosecution of bankster frauds"
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Germantown Naomi Kline Organization MD
"It's time to stop the profiteering."
DS,
Saint Clair MI
"Trickle-down is a failure! Nourish the grass-roots!"
Donald Dye
St Petersburg FL
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Middletown CA
Amrita Burdick
Kansas City Missouri
Connie M. Canney
Alachua Florida
Aaron A
Washington citizen DC
mike townsend,
springfield il.
"Stop this grand theft and win the support of a huge majority of ordinary citizens! Talk about an opportunity to build a new coalition! You want to set the national tone,this is a gift from God that will only come one time--NOW!!"
Derek Schmidt
San Francisco CA
John Waltz,
Princeton NJ
""Bankers" (the Boards, not just the CEO's) who have signed onto and accepted bailout funds from the Treasury are, right out of the block, stuffing their pockets and defiant about it when questioned about inappropriate use of taxpayer funds when it should be used for lending. They state it is for the "previous quarter" not the period in question. Well, if the last quarter was so great to allow bonuses, they do not need a bailout! Congress must step in and have a direct oversight committee to approve every transaction proposed by Treasury. Stop the treasonous pillaging now! Extend balout restrictions to ALL executives of financial institutions accepting Treasury assistance."
Mark Lindahl
Des Moines Iowa
Mark Wenberg
Chester Virginia
Atiya Ahsan
Minneapolis MN
Bosley Hiss
Cambridge MA
Raymond King
Long Beach CA
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Vancouver British Columbia
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Minneapolis MN
MIndy
Baltimore
Rob Parker,
Buckhannon WV
"Don't forget that Obama's top contributors where Wall Street, and the Democrats were just as complicit (in fact even more enthusiastic about approving the bailout) as the Republicans in all of this. All power to the people!!!"
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LA CA
"si si puedo!"
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Goshen New York
"When the Twin Towers were in their throes of collapse I thought, hm, there go the towers of casino capitalism, now maybe we'll get some relief. But no, the plunder still goes on."
William G. Prettie,
Edmonton Alberta
"Yes, now is the time to rewrite the social contract."
John Neal
Charlotte NC
Patricia Williamson
Seattle WA
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Bend Oregon
Jonathan Cook
Saint Paul Minnesota
Meg Brookover,
bend CODEPINK/Bend OR
"We are All One People."
Kathy Manley
Albany NY
Lee Herman
Las Cruces NM
Molly Tuttle
Gorham Maine
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Salt Lake City n/a Utah
"Keep it rolling."
James Pillsbury,
Derby Western Austalia
"American in Australia"
Sondra Alcantara,
Bethpage NY
"Important work to be done. Let`s get to it!"
Bill Heckler,
Lakewood Dis CO
"I am glad to see this website and I hope it can make a difference."
Ben,
Fletcher NC
"Stop the madness!!!"
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Los Angeles California
Jeni DeMarco
Nunda NY
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KATY TEXAS
"OUR HEALTH CARE IS A JOKE COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS."
Robert Werme,
Woodbury CT
"We have to put a tournaquet on this engineered hemorrage of the common wealth!"
marvin cohen & sally hayes,
walnut creek mt.diablo peace & justice center ca.
"support truth by investigating the many lies & crimes of the bush gang & indict for true justice for all support truth-investigate many lies & crimes of bush gang & indict, fine, & imprison to show the world that justice for all is not just rhetoric "
Doug Tarnopol
Cranston RI
Trudy Quaif
Delmar New York
Will Azada,
Knoxville TN
"Corporatism must STOP! Back to democracy for the people and by the people. "
Lisa Douglas,
Canada
"Stop the unregulated bailout of Wall St! Don't allow the laundering of your tax dollars by Bush and Co. to go ahead without regulations that stipulate how the billions can be used. Read the Shock Doctrine while you're at it."
David Veith,
New Braunfels TX
"Tragedy and Hope? Another US air raid on a wedding party in Afghanistan as we celebrate the election: http://www.truthout.org/110508R Please let us finally put an end to this insanity"
Larry Dicken
Secaucus New Jersey
Kevin Millsip
Vancouver Check Your Head
Lola Dalrymple
New York NY
Susan Sico,
Menlo Park CA
"We need to organize and work for the right change, one that will benefit everyone."
Lisa Asagi
Honolulu Hawaii
brett Ader
Tallahassee Fl
John Capillo
Berea KY
Terry Erickson,
San Francisco CA
"Stop corporate "bankruptcy" from ripping off the American people!"
Lambert Rochfort
Seattle WA
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New York NY
Phil Howell,
Brownsville citizen, soldier, patriot Texas
"I'm proud to be an American - not Democrat, not Republican, not black, not white, not brown - just an American who loves my country as stated in the Declaration of Independence: "...We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, ..." Let's roll up our sleeves and start working for America and all Americans."
Susan Tomlinson
London Freelance
Annie Levine
Saoc ME
Lew Church,
Portland PSU Progressive Student Union Oregon
"Support a Main Street Bailout! Extend unemployment benefits from 39 to 52 weeks. Expand food stamps. Have Congress also enact a second stimulus check to workers. Globally, per Naomi Klein/Medea Benjamin's organizing, support human rights, with a specific target. Boycott Coke-Odwalla for human rights and labor rights in Colombia -- the SINALTRAINAL Boycott. NYU, DePaul, Rutgers, Univ. of Illinois, Bryn Mawr and Smith, so far, have kicked Coke off campus!"
John Voorhees
Santa Fe NM
Don Marshall,
VAncouver B.C.
"Yes we can!"
Tom Marcinko,
Phoenix AZ
