Daily Topics - Friday September 30th, 2011

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Daily Topics - Friday September 30th, 2011

Sep. 30, 2011 8:41 am

By shawnt56

Join me Oct. 3 to 5 - I'll be "live" noon-3p ET at the Take Back the American Dream conference — at the FSTV EStudio - Come say Hi!

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Humboldt William 14 years 47 weeks ago

#1

My unemployment benefits are paid to me now on a Bank of America debit card. Isn't this new debit card fee just another way for banks to take advantage of us?

mathboy 14 years 47 weeks ago

#2

Here's Marilyn's blog post.

http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2011/09/white-house-we-people-open

Or if you want to go directly to the petitions: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions

Once you get to the White House's site, you need to click on "View Recent Petitions" under the big yellow circle. After that, the process is a bit muddled. The names of the petitions' authors are not given, and I don't know what category Marilyn's is under. But any petition you like is worth signing. There are only 111 there right now, so it looks like people are understanding that it's better to sign an existing petition than to create a new petition that's similiar to an existing petition, which could split the pool of signatories.

Thom's Blog Is On the Move

Mar. 13, 2021 11:25 am

By webmaster

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