Get America Back On A Strong Footing

Petition

At a moment in history when fringe groups are asserting their influence to further their own interests at America’s expense, we recognize the need to demand a principled approach.  The purpose of this movement is to demonstrate that the public supports addressing our problems from the ground up.  Everyday Americans are the foundation of this country and restoring our standing in the world requires focusing on their needs.

 

10 Tenets of the Solid Ground Movement

Click on a tenet to view a list of bills and laws related to that ideal, and our assessments of whether they help or hurt everyday Americans.

1. The government must preserve essential programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
2. Quality education is a vital necessity that cannot be compromised.
3. Investing in our infrastructure is a key component to building our future.
4. A middle class American should never pay a higher share of taxes than a wealthy one.
5. Tax spending on the wealthy is an ineffective way to create jobs.
6. Health care is a right and not a privilege.
7. Everyone is entitled to equal rights regardless of race, gender, religion, and sexual identity.
8. Labor unions are needed to protect the workforce.
9. A corporation should not be treated as a person under the law.
10. Government should be transparent and accountable.


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Signees

Mike Scala, Queens, NY

Jaylon Carter, Valley Stream, NY

Adam Lovett, Brooklyn, NY

Paul Rozenberg, Brooklyn, NY

Marianne Scala, Deer Park, NY

Shelley Murphy, Palmyra, VA

Artemis Thompson, Washington, DC

David Gill, Poughkeepsie, New York

Wilma Baksh, Middletown, NY

Andrew Rosenheim, Portland, Oregon

Erika LeBlanc, Kew Gardens, NY

Amity Menard, New York, NY

Betty Ciambrone, N Merrick, New York

Joe Ciorciari, Watervliet, NY

Gabriel Scala, Oxford, MS

Claire Mischker, Water Valley, MS

patricia murphy, orlando, FL

Marcia Blake, Laurelton, New York

David Jones-Munoz, New Yoek, New York

Michael Dippi, West Babylon, NY

Julie Marvin, Townville, PA

Lisa Caruso, Glen Cove, NY

xxxxxxxx, Port Chester, NY

xxxxxxxx, Orange Beach, AL

Heather, North Babylon, NY

Paul Geoghegan, Whitestone, NY
10 for 10

Casey, Minneapolis, MN

Rhonda Stevens, Ozark, AL
I like this.

Marcia Wilson, Luck, Wisconsin

Paul Trotter, Milwaukee , WI

Heidi Waddell, Monticello, WI
I look forward to taking public action to ensure these tenets are met.

Betty Wilson, Pensacola, Florida
The tenants of this group are right on target.

Maggie Thomas, Madison, WI

Frank Heller, Duluth, MN

Lisa Coscette, Commack, NY

grace franco, holland, Pa

Phil Franco, Holland, PA

Kathleen Williams, Jamestown, RI
I wholeheartedly agree!

xxxxxxxx, Overland Park, KS

Rachel Rodgers, Phoenix, Arizona

J. Byron Kennedy, Santa Rosa, CA
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross"
-- Sinclair Lewis

Shawn M. Lynch, Ph.D., Andover, MA

xxxxxxxx, Lenexa, KS

xxxxxxxx, Bellevue, WA

Brad McFarland, Kansas City, Missouri

Mauricio Maluff, Evanston, IL

Nicholas Plummer, South Bend, IN

Justin Roth, SPRINGFIELD, IL

Noel D. Fulton, Memphis, TN

Brendan Karet, Buffalo, NY
This is amazing.

Allie, Washington, DC

Samuel Mackey, Everman, Texas

xxxxxxxx, Ft Wayne, In

Denis Loof, Rockaway Park, New York

Jon Diffily, Fort Worth, Texas

xxxxxxxx, Green Bay, WI

Cole Callahan, Yarmouth Port, MA

Keith Borland, Lake Stevens, WA

xxxxxxxx, Dexter, MI

elizabeth bishop, palo alto, california
about time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tyler Swift, Bellevue, Washington
Finally.

Garrett Sawyer, Vernon Hills, gpsawyer@comcast.net

Lauren Rossi, Brooklyn, New York

michael harmon, the woodlands, TX

Jason Iapicco, Perryville, MD

xxxxxxxx, Mundelein, Illinois

Michael Adams, Orlando, FL
Needs some tweaking, but good start!

Kenneth Langford, Portales, new mexico

Jeremy Miller, South Bend, Indiana

Yuri Tacher, Marietta, GA
Please, lets end this madness!

Donna L Preset, Belleview, Florida

Kimberly Capehart, Cincinnati, OH

James Poulsen, San Diego, CA

Matt Metzger, Richmond, Virginia
Watching these politicians on TV makes me sick. We need something real.

Doug McEntire, Paso Robles, CA

Joey Paulk, Pineville, La
As a Republican, I can say these are tenets in line with my political beliefs

Guy Snell, Atascadero, California

Ismael Corona, North Las Vegas, NV

Spocko, Shikar, Vulcan
Live long and prosper!

Brian Bishop, Oxford, Ohio
From here til' a better tomorrow.

Barry Bonifay, Berkeley, CA

blake matthews, farmington, ar

Anthony, Downey, CA
I'm so proud to sign this petition. These are the ideas that Democrats are supposed to stand for, but since they've been bought off, it's up to us to take back our country!

Joseph Mangold, West Dundee, Illinois
About time!

Jason Ayala, chicago, IL
About time.

Elizabeth Condit, Plano, TX

xxxxxxxx, Ann arbor, Mi

Chris Prendergast, Williamsburg, VA

CRN, Hudson, WI

xxxxxxxx, Normal, IL

Michael Harison, Seattle, WA

Zach Owens, Columbus, OH
Let's bring common sense back to the mainstream discussion!

Kent Glovinsky, Porterville, CA

Scott Williams, Ione, Ca

xxxxxxxx, Long Beach, CA

David Gerrald, Pickens, SC
Scientific research must be adequately funded even if it means reducing the defense budget.

Andrew Hansen, Spokane, WA

Katy, Hilliard, FL

Christo, Austin, Tx
I want more than this, but I will not accept less.

Michael Silva, Santee, CA

xxxxxxxx, Tarrytown, NY
Education first. Everything else shall follow. Too long has feel-good taken the place of facts.

Paul Stiverson, College Station, Tx

xxxxxxxx, portland, oregon

xxxxxxxx, San Jose, California
Love it!

xxxxxxxx, oceanside, ca.

Jonas Wood, Allentown, Pa

Kai Schwandes, Pisgah Forest, NC

Dennis Krueger, Snohomish, WA

Richard Tabor, Honolulu, HI

Tim Martin, Cincinnati, Ohio

Antonio Herrera, Berkeley, CA

jason, los angeles, ca

Taylor Henderson, Richmond HIll, Georgia

Bill Gunnells, Enumclaw, WA

xxxxxxxx, West Palm Beach, Florida

John Hruska, Bergenfield, NJ

Tom Conklin, San Antonio, Texas

Keith Schuler, Easton, MD
Add - Congress should fall under the same rules and regulations (including benefits and insurance) as all other government employees.

Kimberly Rodney, Sherrard, Illinois

Michael McCaskill, Creedmoor, NC

Thomas Rondy, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I am sorry to have to say that President Barack Obama has disappointed us horrendously by his utter failure to uphold the principles enumerated in this petition.

Bryan Aslaksen, Media, PA
We need a PATRIOTIC, STRONG and CLEAR Liberal movement guys!

Fred Davis, Colorado Springs, CO

Jake Hildreth, Pemberville, Ohio
"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires." - John Steinbeck

David John Wellman, Bloomington, MN

Brian, Asheville, North Carolina

Poet Warrior, Boston, MA

Margaret, Seattle, Wa

Bryce Draper, West Jordan , Utah

Paul Tolar, Staunton, VA

Andrew Champigny, Lynn, ma

Chris Prochaska, Streetsboro, OH

Daniel Escboar, Philadelphia, PA
Health care should be provided to everyone and it is absurd to think that the middle class pays more taxes than the upper class!

xxxxxxxx, Turtle Creek, PA

Patrick Rose, Knoxville, TN

Aaron Harmon, Sacramento, CA

Kurt Wheeler, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dan Carlson, Fargo, ND

Jenny Robinson, Charlottesville, VA

Wesley Spears, Lexington, Kentucky
Please for the love of god let's get this going. WE NEED THIS, as a nation.

Paul Stroud, Wake Forest, North Carolina
Its about time, I love this idea.

Nathan Knudson, Poway, CA

Joshua Carel, Oklahoma City, Ok

michelle helms, pittsburgh, pa

Will, San Diego, CA

xxxxxxxx, Blacksburg, VA

Pete Barnett, St. Louis, MO

Elliott, St. Paul, MN

John Dunn, Collingswood, NJ

xxxxxxxx, Carrollton, TX

xxxxxxxx, Franklin, MA
Corporations are not people

Andrew Whiting, Austin, TX

Steven Smith, Dearborn, MI

Blaire Edwards, Boca Raton, FL

Tanner Loza, Brockton, MA
Re: 7
Amend to "Everyone is entitled to equal rights." The rest of the original statement seems like something someone will try to legally bypass. It's also redundant in the sense that 'Everyone' is all-inclusive.

Philip Beechler, Charlotte, NC

Will Spitz, Brooklyn, NY

xxxxxxxx, Denton, Texas

Caitlin Willenbrink, Louisville, KY

Joshua Jenkins, Ohio, OH
Let's do this people!

Art Hartoyan, Glendale, CA

Brandon King, Boone, Iowa

Brittany McArdle, Louisville, Kentucky

Rose Schwartz, Las Vegas, NV

Grace Centin, Aloha, Oregon

Ashley Oles, Greenville, NC

Sam Nesbitt, Eugene, OR

Kimberly Bolin, Imperial, Missouri

Christopher Mocko, Roswell, GA

kevin o\'farrell, Richmond, VA

Michael Niemeyer, Hope Valley, RI

Aneesh Acharya, Pasadena, California

David Haines, Easley, Sc

xxxxxxxx, Mamaroneck, NY

cheryl knapp, minooka, illinois

Monique, , MA
Beautifully said.

Andrew Banh, Anaheim Hills, CA

A. Ward, cincinnati, Ohio

Meagan Dermody, South Hadley, MA

Ben Navarre, Tampa, FL
Let's get to work! Yes!!!

Abbie Levesque, Somerset, MA

Brian Kittle, Atlanta, GA

Ariela Lovett, Brooklyn, NY

Barry Weitz, Poway, CA

Sharon Willmann, San Antonio, TX

Kyle Amezcua, Atlanta, GA

Sarah Wilkinson, Suwanee, GA

xxxxxxxx, Naperville, IL

Skip Mendler, Honesdale , PA
This is a good start!

Dawn Bowles, San Antonio, TX

Daniela Cuellar, Gaithersburg, MD
!!!!

xxxxxxxx, Denver, CO

David Kincheloe, Bellingham, WA

Bri Scala, , PA

Chris Sevier, New York, NY

Tova Rothschild, Livingston, NJ

janet rossi, new york, ny

Christopher Ludwig, Gaylordsville, CT

xxxxxxxx, Decatur, Georgia

Robert Miller, Orlando, FL

Jon Hendricks, Osceola, Wisconsin

Mike Dearen, Katy, Texas

Raymond Menard, Boonton Twp., NJ

Julie, Brooklyn, NY

Barry Lovett, Livingston, NJ

Isobel Menard, Boonton Township, NJ

Michael Sprague, Olathe, KS

Emily Anderson, Brooklyn, NY

Alice Gebura, Harvard, MA

Ty Berry, Washington, DC

xxxxxxxx, Portland , OR.

Erin Keaveney, Freehold, NJ

xxxxxxxx, Columbia, sc

Melanie Reyer, Hewlett, NY

Shaun, Brooklyn, NY

xxxxxxxx, Brooklyn, Ny

Roman Rozenberg, Brooklyn, NY

S Franklin, New York, New York

xxxxxxxx, Washington, IL

Graham Calder, Winnipeg, Canada
Solidarity my American friends, from Canada.

Eugenia Rozenberg, Old Bridge, New Jersey
Absolutely!!!!!!

Dallas Hurley, Lexington, Kentucky

Terence King, Estacada, Oregon

Aaron Ensinger, Hartford, CT

Louis Cruz Jr, Dale City , VA

rebecca band, Oakland, CA

Peter, Long Beach, New York

xxxxxxxx, Brooklyn, NY

Ana Espaillat, Baldwin, NY

Janely Marin, Miami, Fl

Isaac, Silver Spring, MD

Scott Matlock, Columbus, Ohio

xxxxxxxx, worcester, massachusetts

Christna Gravinese, Huntington Station, NY

Pamela K, East Islip, New York

Salvatore Gargiulo, Brentwood, New York

David A. Shapiro, Brooklyn, NY

Michele Gravinese, Huntington Station, NY

Barbara Leth, Walden, New York

Daniel Robinson, Washington, DC

xxxxxxxx, NEW YORK, NY

Dave, Vista, CA

Bette Sachs, Key largo, Fl

J. Iannuzzi, Smithtown, NY

Nicholas Casiello, Merrick, New York

Alison Dillworth, Charlotte, NC
Let's take America back, the good old days weren't all THAT bad!

Deavon W. Wilson, New York, NY

AnnMarie DeFeo, Gainesville, Florida

Heather Watson, Memphis, TN

Spense O\'Neal, , LA