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Author Archives: Dave Bradley
Health Insurance Hell
President Obama was able to open the doors so millions of Americans could at least get a foot in the door to try to get health insurance. But that doesn’t mean that once inside the door you are home free, … Continue reading
Posted in Affordable Care Act, Health Care & Medicare, Obamacare
Tagged health insurance companies
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Net Neutrality And Other Thoughts
Internet Neutrality appears to be dead. If you want to know what that will mean in practical terms, I have been told to look at our current wasteland of a cable and satellite TV system. I suppose you could add … Continue reading
Sunday Funday: Our Governor Can’t Count Edition
One of the oddest or perhaps funniest continuing plays in Iowa is how our Governor can only seem to add jobs gained but has brain freeze when it comes to the other side of the ledger – subtracting jobs lost. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
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The Condition of Governor Branstad’s Promises: Broken, Broken, Broken, and Broken
The Condition of Governor Branstad’s Promises: Broken, Broken, Broken, and Broken Des Moines, Iowa — Progress Iowa today released ‘The Condition of Governor Branstad’s Promises’, an accounting of the promises made by Governor Branstad in advance of his 2014 ‘condition … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Economy, Education, Jobs, Republicn Policy
Tagged state of the state
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Iowa Budget Dilemma for 2014
Editor’s note: I turn the page over to the folks at IFP today. Below is an excellent analysis of Iowa’s current fiscal course. Should be mandatory reading for legislators. Setting a Sustainable Course Against a Tide of Giveaways Iowa’s 2014 … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Budget, Economy, Guest Posts, Sustainability
Tagged iowa fiscal partnership, iowa policy project
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The Shame Of The Republicans
Last Week when our main stream media made a big to do about the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the “War On Poverty” they gave plenty of time for Republicans to strut in front of cameras across the country … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Economy, Food Insecurity, GOP, Hunger In America, Jobs, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy, SNAP, unemployment insurance, Walmart
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TPP And Other Thoughts
I haven’t done a hodge-podge column for a while. Mostly because I turned my brain off over the holidays. My first comment is that I find it so hard to believe how mean, how brutal, how anti-people the Republican party … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Blog for Iowa, Economy, Hunger In America, Media Bias, medicaid expansion, Republicn Policy, SNAP, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
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Sunday Funday – Spring Is Just Around The Corner Edition
It’s The Corner That Is Far Away. Well you have survived either an Arctic High or a Polar Vortex. Next task: survive the scare of your next heating bill. Good luck to all. This may kill more than the weather … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa, Humor
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Grassley: Skewed Priorities
KRAUSE: GRASSLEY SPENDS BILLIONS TO SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT BUT ZERO FOR UNEMPLOYED Bob Krause, announced candidate for the Democratic nomination for US Senate in 2016, today said that Senator Charles Grassley showed misplaced priorities, when he voted today against the … Continue reading
Posted in Charles Grassley, unemployment insurance
Tagged Bob Krause, government shutdown
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Iowans Support Minimum Wage Increases
NEW POLL: Iowans Support Minimum Wage Increase, Oppose Branstad Policies By Wide Margins Iowans believe the income gap between rich and poor is getting bigger, and most do not have an equal shot at getting ahead economically. Des Moines, Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in Branstad, Economy, Education, GOP, Iowa Legislature, Jobs, Labor, minimum wage, Republicn Policy
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