Currently there is a petition to establish US diplomatic relations with Liberland on petitions.whitehouse.gov. We know that our fans and readers are interested in Liberland and thought we would shine some light on this petition.

Establish U.S. Diplomatic Relations with Liberland.
We the people petition the President of the United States to formally establish U.S. diplomatic relations with the sovereign country of Liberland. Liberland is a Constitutional Democracy that came into existence due to a border dispute between Croatia and Serbia. This area along the west bank of the Danube River is not claimed by Croatia, Serbia, or any other country. It was therefore “terra nullius,” a no man’s land, until Vít Jedlička seized the opportunity and on 13 April 2015 formed a new state in this territory. The boundary was defined so as not to interfere with the territory of Croatia or Serbia. Its total area of approximately 7 km² is now the third smallest sovereign state. We believe U.S. diplomatic relations will bring international recognition and peaceful territorial respect.

Please check out our other Liberland posts here: The beginning of Liberland , Follow My Vote at Freedom Fest (where we met the President of Liberland)

Note: Follow My Vote is a non partisan oragnization and does not endorse parties or countries. We will however, continue to follow the rise of Liberland and petitions we feel our readers would like to know about.

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The NFL previously held a non-profit tax exemption status. This means they did not have to pay a dime to the government out of their $10 billion a year industry.

The petition gained the signatures of 429,565 supporters by the end. Several U.S. Senators had even joined the cause in September of 2014, helping two bills be introduced surrounding this cause.

The following statement on the petition helped this cause come to fruition.

The Commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell, makes nearly $44 million a year — earning more than the heads of companies like Coca-Cola and Wal-Mart. Through TV deals alone, the NFL has inked nearly $30 billion with various television networks. And so often, fans like you and me are asked to foot the bill for new stadiums through our own taxes.

Yet despite being the most profitable sports league in the entire world, the NFL does not pay federal taxes.

The NFL should pay their fair share towards our economy! Just like Major League Baseball, which gave up its nonprofit status in recent years, as well as the National Basketball Association, the NFL should not be able to hide under a nonprofit status in order to avoid paying federal taxes.

The NFL has methodically worked to shift all the power to their side, leaving players, employees and PARTICULARLY THE FANS little say in what goes on with the league. We deserve a say, but do not wish to boycott our teams! Therefore, we are calling on our elected representatives to revoke the tax-exempt status we bestowed upon the league half a century ago. Please sign this petition, and let Congress know that you want them to reconsider the NFL’s tax exempt status.

Please check out the Follow My Vote’s petition for provably honest elections! Help us make a successful petition to enact change!

Source: change.org.

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